Re: [Groff] pagesize for terminal output

[Clarke Echols]

This is off the cuff, but it should work.

There is an option you can use when invoking nroff/groff, then if you're
sending it to a terminal set that variable to be the page length.  In
your text file, test that variable and if it's set (you choose the 
value), then have your file set the page length to some ridiculously 
long value using the variable that sets the actual page length for
printing.

The output never gets to end-of-page, and you're home free.

I've done similar, but it's been years since I did it.

Clarke

walter harms wrote:
> Hi list,
> i have a programm that generate nroff output that is intended to be printed.
> that works fine.
>
> Problems occur when i want to see the page as latin1 then it will be rendered
> into 2 pages. Since i pipe the output into xmessage i do not care about page 
> length.
> Is there any fancy trick i can use to convince groff not to page break ?
> (without changing the nroff code).
>
> re,
>  wh