Re: problem with mm macros

[Andreas Eder]

On Fr 26 Feb 2021 at 08:48, Robert Goulding <Robert.D.Goulding.2@nd.edu> wrote:

> Actually, I now see that documents headed with .LT don't use .AU etc., but
> .WA. And for the most part it works.
>
> But there is still a bug, with one of the four types of letters.
>
> Try this:
>
> .LT SP
> .WA "John Doe"
> Nowhere,
> USA.
> .WE
> .IA "Jane Smith"
> Somewhere,
> UK.
> .IE
> .LO SJ "Letter of Introduction"
> .LO SA "Dear Ms Smith"
> .P
> This is the text of the letter.
> .FC "Yours sincerely"
> .SG
>
> You'll find that: The subject line shows only the first word; the formal
> closing is omitted completely; and the writer's name at the bottom is
> followed by a trailing comma.
>
> If you change the first line to
> .LT BL
>
> or one of the other types, everything is printed correctly.

It seems, I have opened a can of worms here :-)

Andreas