Re: [Groff] Questions about the MM macro package

[Mike Bianchi]

On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 12:25:17AM +0400, Anton Shepelev wrote:
>       :
> I have followed you instructions and still couldn't eliminate
> the vertical margins. This is my document:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> .de TP
> ..
> .de EOP
> ..
> .PGFORM 30n 19v 0u 1
> .PH
> .VM 0u 0u
> .
> Hello, let's test some lists:
> .AL
> .LI
> One
> .P
> The first element it was.
> .LI
> Two
> .P
> Now we approaching a horrible and fearful
> margin -- the bottom margin of the page,
> beyond which unknown things await us. Let
> us close the list.
> .LE
> .P
> List closed.
> -----------------------------------------------------
> 
> And here's the output (not the 5-line space between the
> contents of the first page and the second):
>                                   
> Hello, let's test some lists:
> 
>   1.  One
> 
>       The   first  element  it
>       was.
> 
>   2.  Two
> 
>       Now  we  approaching   a
>       horrible   and   fearful
>       margin   --  the  bottom
>       margin   of   the  page,
>       beyond   which   unknown
>                                 < This is
>                                 < the empty
>                                 < space I 
>                                 < am talking
>                                 < about.
>       things  await us. Let us
>       close the list.
> 
> List closed.

Let's try again:

I've commented out .PGFORM, .PH and .VM.

I've replaced them with the nroff/troff/groff basic commands
        .pl             page length
        .ll             line length
        .po             page offset

Look at the groff(7) man page
        man 7 groff


pr -o8 -t i1
        .de TP
        ..
        .de EOP
        ..
        .ll 30n
        .pl 19v
        .po 0
        \#      .PGFORM 30n 19v 0u 1
        \#      .VM 0u 0u
        .
        Hello, let's test some lists:
        .AL
        .LI
        One
        .P
        The first element it was.
        .LI
        Two
        .P
        Now we approaching a horrible and fearful
        margin -- the bottom margin of the page,
        beyond which unknown things await us. Let
        us close the list.
        .LE
        .P
        List closed.


nroff -mm i1 >j1
pr -n -t j1
    1   Hello, let’s test some lists:
    2   
    3     1.  One
    4   
    5         The   first  element  it
    6         was.
    7   
    8     2.  Two
    9   
   10         Now  we  approaching   a
   11         horrible   and   fearful
   12         margin  ‐‐  the   bottom
   13         margin   of   the  page,
   14         beyond   which   unknown
   15         things  await us. Let us
   16         close the list.
   17   
   18   List closed.
   19   

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