[bug #55081] [me] two-column output does not work with footnotes or very long page lengths

[G. Branden Robinson]

Follow-up Comment #10, bug #55081 (project groff):


[comment #9 comment #9:]
>   I was wrong, the ".sp ..._ķ" "works" (if the value of 'k' is big enough),
but not with the unit "u".
> 
>   Branden's solution is right (comment #1).
> 
>   (comment #8) Yes, touching the last trap on a page (footer trap) is the
way to go.
> 

Not necessarily the _last_ trap, and there's no practical way to get that
information anyway.  We space to the _next_ trap, the distance to which is
available in the .t register, and that makes sense because what if there's a
float between the current location and the footnote break or page footer?  If
someone says .bc, a float is pending, and it will fit in the space, the float
should definitely go there.

Do you agree?

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