Re: [Groff] Suppressing tbl header on first page

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I can't find any description of how to do this simple task anywhere.
> Having set up a multi-page table with
> 
> .TS H
> <header>
> .TH
> ...
> 
> is there any way to ensure that the continuation header does *not*
> appear on the first page of the table?

No.  The ms macros don't have this feature.  Here a quick hack to do
it:

  .rn tbl*print-header tbl*print-header-old
  .
  .de tbl*print-header
  .  mk #T
  ..
  .
  .TS H
  <header>
  .TH
  .
  .rn tbl*print-header-old tbl*print-header
  ...
  .TE


    Werner