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Re: [Groff] Both Headers AND Footers with Mom Macros


From: Robert Thorsby
Subject: Re: [Groff] Both Headers AND Footers with Mom Macros
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 08:17:56 +1100

On 2006.03.06 15:54 Peter Schaffter wrote:
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006, Robert Thorsby wrote:
> I have started playing with mom and like her. Is there any
> way to use mom with **both** headers and footers in the
> one document? If so, can anyone point me in the right
> direction.

By default, no.

There is a way around this, using groff's .am request, but
there's a catch: you must define HEADER_LEFT/CENTER/RIGHT
and FOOTER_LEFT/CENTER/RIGHT plus any style changes
you want for the various parts of headers and footers in the
places marked inside the .am requests in the recipe below.

---Recipe for getting both headers and footers; must come before
START---
<recipe snipped>

Thanks very much. It's just what I'm looking for.


I'm interested to know how you intend to use the combo
of headers and footers.  If your situation is a common one,
I may macro-ize the above to save other users the trouble.

I use it (intend to use it) in multipage letters. Traditional letters (ie, those done on a typewriter) had their first page typed on fancy letterhead and the remaining pages on plain paper. It was the practice, particularly in Law firms, for the typiste to add headers and footers to the continuation pages. I used this setup for my own correspondence when I used FrameMaker in Windows 3.1. I haven't done Windows for over a decade now, and I have always wanted an easy way to reproduce my FrameMaker setup.

I'll send you off-list an email with a groff "letter" attachment that shows how I intend to use both headers and footers.

Robert Thorsby



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