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Re: [Groff] mom and toggling pagination


From: Nicolas Petton
Subject: Re: [Groff] mom and toggling pagination
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2016 09:34:28 +0100

Peter Schaffter <address@hidden> writes:

> I isolated the source of the problem and will be fixing it in the
> git repo tomorrow.  For now, if you're in a hurry, open your om.tmac
> file (the mom macro file) and search for 'MAC PAGINATE END'.

Thank you for the very quick fix!

> Even with the fix, your example file won't produce the results you
> expect.  When page numbering is at the bottom of the page, you have
> to toggle it on/off *before* a NEWPAGE.

Ok, I will do that, thank you.

> Also, it's generally not a good idea to put blank lines in mom input
> files.  If you want a blank line in an input file, put a period on a
> line by itself, as above.

Is this true for all groff input files, or is it specific to mom?  Also,
why is it not a good idea?

Cheers,
Nico

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