Re: [Groff] Number registers

[andlabs]

Actually, it turns out this isn't the error. :-( Weird. I'll figure it out
soon.


andlabs wrote:
> 
> Great, thanks. Then that isn't the source of my problem:
> 
> x.troff:11: fatal error: input stack limit exceeded (probable infinite
> loop)
> 
> But I just figured it out: ms requires .TL before anything else (and after
> .RP). The way I have the code starts with something that is not .TL. And
> thus, the above error. :-( I guess I'll just give a .RP, then a .TL, then
> an .AU, then the rest of the doc.
> 
> 
> Nick Stoughton wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 16:44 -0700, andlabs wrote:
>>> Hello. I'm working with code that amends to ms' PP. The code uses a
>>> number
>>> register 1t - that is the number 1 followed by lowercase t. First, is
>>> such
>>> an identifier legal in groff? Second, what happens if a register is not
>>> defined with .nr and used with \n(xx - would it be 0 or would it be an
>>> error?
>> 
>> Yes and 0! It took all of about 15 seconds to test:
>> 
>> $ nroff << END
>> .nr a 1
>> .nr 1t 2
>> this is the value of a: \na and this is the value of b: \nb. Did you see
>> it?
>> and this is the value of 1t: \n[1t]
>> END
>> 
>> produces
>> 
>> this  is the value of a: 1 and this is the value of b: 0. Did you
>> see it?  and this is the value of 1t: 2
>> -- 
>> Nick
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

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