Re: .DEVTAG causes a problem with the ms macros

[Gaius Mulley]

Y T <address@hidden> writes:

> GROFF VERSION: 1.19.3 (version from CVS 10/22/2007)
> 
> OS: Linux
> 
> COMPILER: gcc
> 
> INPUT FILES:
> 
> .de Rp
> .if \\$1>0 \{\
> \\$2
> .nr Rp \\$1-1
> .Rp \\n(Rp "\\$2" \}
> ..
> .LP
> .Rp 20 "single column test"
> .br
> .2C
> .Rp 200 "double column test"
> 
> COMMAND LINE:   groff -ms file-above
> 
> DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
> 
> The first column starts lower on the page than the second.
> 
> SUGGESTED FIX [optional]:
> 
> The culprit seems to be the line
> .DEVTAG ".mc address@hidden address@hidden \\n[pg*gutw]"
> in the definition of the @MC macro (file s.tmac).
> If this line is removed, the problem is fixed.
> 
> The problem does not exist in version 1.18.1.1
> That version has the line
> .HTML-TAG ".mc address@hidden address@hidden \\n[pg*gutw]"
> instead of the .DEVTAG line above

Hi,

many thanks for the bug report, will look into this,

regards,
Gaius