Re: [Groff] page numbering in .TC in mm macros

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> Pascal Stumpf wrote:
> > Since groff 1.21, the .TC macro in mm uses the mm page number
> > (\\n[P] instead of \\n[%]):
> > 
> > http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/groff/contrib/mm/m.tmac?root=groff&r1=2.38&r2=2.39
> > 
> > This causes confusion with the default cover file, ms.cov, which
> > resets the page number using .bp 1, so that the numbering is always
> > off by one in the ToC (actual page 1 is page 2 in ToC, and so on
> > ...). Should ms.cov contain something like .nr P 1 to reset *both*
> > numberings and eliminate inconsistent/unexpected behaviour?
>
> Can someone using the mm macros provide a fix?

As a bit more background I found this patch from Larry Jones that seems
to be the cause of the CVS revision above.

    https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-groff/2010-05/msg00033.html

Cheers, Ralph.