Re: [Groff] why this warning ?

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Walter,

> i have a warning that i do not understand.  the tbl below give a
> warning: grotty:tab:7: character above first line discarded (using:
> groff -t -Tascii tab). Any idea why ?
> 
> .TS
> tab(|);
> l s s s
> c c c c.
> UEBERSCHRIFT
> a|b|c|d
> a|b|c|d
> a|b|c|d
> .TE

The -Z option to groff shows what grotty sees.  It's line 7 of this, the
`DFd' that's causing the warning.

    $ grotty <tab3 | cat -s
    grotty:tab:7: character above first line discarded
    UEBERSCHRIFT
    a   b   c   d
    a   b   c   d
    a   b   c   d

    $ head tab3 | cat -n
         1  x T ascii
         2  x res 240 24 40
         3  x init C
         4  F tab
         5  p1
         6  F tab
         7  DFd
         8  x font 1 R
         9  f1
        10  s10
    $
    $ sed '7s/^/#/' tab3 | grotty | cat -s
    UEBERSCHRIFT
    a   b   c   d
    a   b   c   d
    a   b   c   d

Don't know why but this might help someone else looking.

Cheers,


Ralph.