[bug #55081] [me] multi-column mode does not work with very long page lengths

[Dave]

Follow-up Comment #20, bug #55081 (project groff):

[comment #19 comment #19:]
> Right now I'm thinking that the main barrier to solving this is
> the fact that me(7) does its initialization _including_ things
> that depend on the page length (like setting up the footer trap)
> before reading even a single line of the input.

Hmm.  I write this in near-total ignorance of the implementation, but could
-me hijack the .pl request and implement its own version that additionally
adjusts whatever needs to be adjusted when the page length changes?

The -me documentation already prescribes a narrow window where .pl can be
specified.  By rolling its own .pl, -me could even spit out a warning if the
user tries to adjust the page length after this point.

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