Re: [Groff] multiline footer?

[Larry Kollar]

Joerg van den Hoff wrote:

> currently I try to get a multiline footer at the page bottom (in my
> case only on page one but it could be a running footer, too). I'm  
> using
> the `ms' macros. I tried to modify the BT macro as such:
>
> .de BT
> .if \\n%=1 \{\
> .  sp -2v
> .  so footer.tbl
> .  bp
> \}
> .ie o .tl \\*[pg*OF]
> .el   .tl \\*[pg*EF]
> ..
>
> the real problem is my attempt to first backspace two lines so that  
> the
> (in my case: four line) table fits in the FM space. without the `.sp'
> the thing works in principle (but cuts off half my table). simply
> increasing FM is not the solution for my multipage document I think.

On the contrary, I think increasing FM is exactly what you need to  
do. If you need to change it later, just make the change before the  
page break. You can give it a try and see if it works anyway; what  
could it hurt? Put in in the command line (maybe groff -ms -rFM=9v)  
and you won't even have to change your document.

-- Larry