groff's -mm macros have Moved the Footer in version 1.18.
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groff |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| groff (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: groff
The footer printed with the -mm macros has changed position between
groff versions 1.17.2 and 1.18 present in Ubuntu 5.04. This is a pain
as turning troff documents written before 5.04 into PostScript no longer
produces the same results despite the document source not changing.
Ubuntu actually provides version 1.18.1.1-7, but it's present in that
too and, as of the time of writing, groff CVS.
Here's a document that shows the problem.
.\" groff -mm -ma4 footermoves.tr >footermoves.ps
.\"
.PGFORM 21c-2i 29.7c-1i 1i 1
.PH "'hl'hc'hr'"
.PF "'fl'fc'fr'"
.\"
.S +1
.P
Footer not in a constant place across groff versions.
If the `.S +1' is commented out the problem doesn't occur.
The non-postprocessed output can be obtained by using -Z: groff -Z -mm
-ma4 footermoves.tr
Here's the differences between the two outputs.
--- footermoves.
+++ footermoves.
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@
H264467
tersions.
n13000 0
-V730889
+V735889
H523275
n13000 0
-V743889
+V748889 [Vertical position different here before printing `fl'.]
H72000
Cfl
h221364
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
h214038
tfr
n13000 0
-V756889
+V761889
H523275
n13000 0
x trailer
| Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in groff: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
| Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus) wrote | #2 |
Other things are moving on the page too. Take this simple test case.
.\" groff -t -ma4 -mm simple.tr >simple.ps
.\"
.DS
foo
.DE
.DS
bar
.DE
The location of `bar' is vertically lower with 1.18 compared to 1.17.2.
Again, from the differences in the definition of DS, it looks like unit
changes for header and footer margins may be the cause.