Re: [Groff] .do-page wierdness

[Jon Snader]

On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 04:16:10AM -0500, Michael Hobgood wrote:
> Jon,
>       I've discovered a slight wierdness with
> the .do-page macro.  If it is enabled, the line
> that appears under the chapter heading will move
> up the page 6 points. I.e if .do-page is not
> selected, the line will appear at 690 (PostScript
> coordinates on US letter paper).  If .do-page
> is selected, the line will appear at 696.
> As far as our current work, it should pose no
> problem, as we aren't that concerned with page
> layout (orphans, widows etc), but it might have
> an impact later on during the revision.
>       I've attached a clip of the preface.t
> file that you can use to see the problem.  
> 

Hmm.  The do-page macro itself doesn't do anything but set a
flag, so it must be the first invocation of .page that's causing
the wierdness.  I'll take a look at the file you included and try
to figure out what's going on.

Jon Snader