Re: problem with mm macros

[Robert Goulding]

I get the same result; and then tried variants with .LT instead of .MT, and
the signature is not produced at all!

On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 9:44 AM Andreas Eder <a_eder_muc@web.de> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I'm a newcomer to roff and have just begun reading the book 'UNIX
> Document Processing and Typesetting'. There is an example of a letter in
> there thay I enclose here, necause it shows the poblem:
>
> .ND "January 1, 1999"
> .AU "Dr. Gray Hound"
> .AT "Project Leader"
> .MT 5
> .DS
> Our Reference: prog/001
> Your Reference: xyz/100
> .SP 4
> Mr. William Smith
> Chief Advisor
> Consult the Consultants
> Penny House
> Graceland
> .DE
> .SP 3
> Dear Mr. Smith
> .SP 2
> .ce
> Recruitment of a Programmer
> .fi
> .SP 2
> .P
> With reference to our discussion over lunch at the West Gate Club,
> the requirements of the programmer are as follows:
> .P
> The programmer should be conversant in all computer programming languages
> and be ready to develop any kind of software using different computers.
> The programmer must also be willing to do administrative and paperwork
> to get his/her pay.
> .P
> Although the requirements may seem to be unusual, I am sure
> that with your company's expertise in head hunting, finding a
> suitable person for the above-mentioned position will be a trivial matter.
> .P
> Hope to hear from you soon.
> .FC Sincerely yours
> .SG
>
> Now the problem is that groff doesn't show the author's title below the
> author's name. Both heirloom and neatroff do, so it is maybe a bug in
> groff? Also both heirloom and neatroff show name and tile in bold,
> whereas groff only shows the name an does not do so in bold.
>
> Maybe someone with more experience in roff can explain what goes wrong.
>
> Sincerly,
>
> Andreas Eder
>
>
>
>

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Robert Goulding
Director, John J. Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values;
Director, Program in History and Philosophy of Science;
Assoc. Professor, Program of Liberal Studies,
Fellow, Medieval Institute,
University of Notre Dame.