Re: [Groff] Multi-column format with ms macros

[Tadziu Hoffmann]

> I am trying to format three columns per page using the ms macros.
> However, the first item on the first page in the first column
> gets printed lower than the first items in columns two and three,
> yet page 2 has the tops of all the columns at the same vertical
> position.  I'm using groff 1.20.1.

There's a call to DEVTAG in the definition of @MC (to which MC
is aliased) which is responsible for this, though I can't at the
moment guess what function this could serve (ultimately DEVTAG
is a wrapper around tag (which I couldn't find in groff(7), but
which probably works similar to \X)).  I'm guessing this call
leaves an empty something in the output stream.  Perhaps the
call should be confined to a separate environment.