Re: [Groff] -ms and PO bug?

[Jörgen Grahn]

On Tue Jun 21 00:32:15 2005, address@hidden wrote:
> 
> > Okay, I'm seriously confused here, [...]
> 
> I hope that my other mail helps you to understand the problem.

Yes, it did. Thanks.

...
> > Anyway, that isn't as important as I thought. What I /know/ to be
> > different in CVS groff compared to older releases is that evaluating
> > PO before the first .LP zeros it, causing this zero-margin effect.
> 
> Yes, this has been changed, namely by Egil:
> 
>   2004-07-27  Egil Kvaleberg  <address@hidden>
> 
>     * tmac/s.tmac (address@hidden): Don't save `PO' register.
>     (pg*end-col, pg*end-page): Directly use `PO' register.
> 
> I've CCed him -- I no longer know the exact reason.

I think I was involved last time we looked at -ms and PO, but I must admit
that I no longer remember the details.  They are also in the mailing list
archives, I think.

What I /do/ remember is that the previous PO (mis)feature was more serious
and harder to work around than the current one, so I'm still happy.

/Jörgen

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  // Jörgen Grahn       "Koka lopplummer, bada Ross, loppor borta."
\X/ <address@hidden>                                   -- Jonas