Re: [Groff] diversion question

[Gaius Mulley]

Tadziu Hoffmann <address@hidden> writes:

> > can anyone explain why this diversion
> [snip]
> > gives this output!
> [snip]
> > my query is why is `IUMBER' positioned at 2 inches
> > indentation, rather than at 1 inch?
> 
> When diversion foo is output, the current indent is 1 inch.
> foo was already formatted with an indent of 1 inch, which
> is retained on output.  The two indents add up.
> 
> So: either format foo with an indent of zero,
> or set the indent to zero when outputting foo.

ahh thanks, the penny drops and the missing jigsaw piece has been
found :-)

Gaius