Re: [Groff] Odd ms Macro Page Offset Register Behavior

[Werner LEMBERG]

>     .ie \n[FormatterPass]=1 \{
>     .  open SecondPassFile /tmp/defs
>     .\}
>     .el .if \n[FormatterPass]=2 \{
>     .  so /tmp/defs
>     .  sy rm -f /tmp/defs
>     .\}
>
> 
> If -rFormatterPass=2 is omitted from the groff command line or the
> .ie/.el command sequence is removed, commented out or replaced by
> ".if 0", the page footers format properly.

Without analyzing your problem in detail, I wonder whether the
following works:

   .ie \n[FormatterPass]=1 \{
   .  open SecondPassFile /tmp/defs
   .\}
   .el \{
   .  if \n[FormatterPass]=2 \{
   .    so /tmp/defs
   .    sy rm -f /tmp/defs
   .  \}
   .\}


    Werner