Re: [Groff] odd interaction between .bl and .(c in -me macros

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Could you provide a patch which I can directly apply to the
>> groff CVS?
> 
> Attached.  Log message should probably include something to the
> effect of "make .bl work inside blocks" or so.

Applied, thanks!

> By the way, I've also figured out why the centering of wide blocks
> in the "me" macros does not work correctly: the macros change the
> line width to 6.0 inches, but the indent for blocks is computed in
> environment 1 which retains the default line width of 6.5
> inches. Thus, blocks get formatted to a width of 6 inches but are
> printed with an indent of .25 inches and thus stick out at the
> right. (I had originally thought that the indent was intentional
> (and we should therefore reduce the line width), but this appears
> not to be the case.)

This cries for another patch :-)

However, in case you are interested in helping, I need a GNU copyright
assignment since the number of patches you have provided over the
years already exceeds a non-trivial amount.  Sorry for the
inconvenience.


   Werner


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