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Re: [Groff] Moving the footer up in ms


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [Groff] Moving the footer up in ms
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:22:53 +0100

Hi Timothy,

> Is there a way to move the footer up within the footer margin when
> using ms?  By default, groff+ms places the footer halfway down the
> footer margin, which is not what I want, but any attempt to move it up
> by inserting a .sp -x in .BT either results in an error [ fatal error:
> input stack limit exceeded (probable infinite loop) ]  or else
> produces a smear of footers.  This leads me to think that the .sp
> order is causing the footer macro to re-issue.

If it is then perhaps try what ms uses internally sometimes within your
footer macro.

    .ch pg*footer \\n[.p]u*2u

Cheers, Ralph.



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