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

[Andrew J. Piziali]

Werner, you wrote:
    
    >     .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
       .  \}
       .\}

It does not.  Enclosing the second "if" command in braces does not
prevent the mis-formatting of the page footers.
    


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