Groff: HM with ms ?

[Gonzalo Hernandez]

Dear reader:

The following -apparent- bug report is being sent both to you and Mr.
Kollar (who wrote the man page for groff-ms).  Hopefully you have a
workaround, or fix, for this problem.

Best regards,

G. Hernandez
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of Washington
310 Condon Hall
1100 Campus Parkway
Box 351310
Seattle, WA 98195-1310

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 11:59:46 +0000 (GMT)
From: Gonzalo Hernandez <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
Cc: Gonzalo Hernandez <address@hidden>
Subject: HM with ms ?

Dear Mr, Kollar:

In formatting a manuscript with -ms and groff, I find that setting the
head-margin HM seems to work only in integer inch units.  Setting:

.nr HM 1.5i

gives only a 1 inch head margin, while

.nr HM 2.0i (or .nr HM 2i)

provides a 2 inch margin. Ditto for larger values, where only the
integer value is used.  For completeness' sake, I am using the groff
suite for a laptop Apple PowerBook -OSX- obtained with Fink.  Also,
typically, I employ the ATT DWB suite -which I have used for many
years- with a SUN Solaris workstation, but I use the portable when I am
in the field.

Although I though the usual workaround for such things, using
centimeters, i.e.,

.nr HM 4c

would have worked, but didn't.  I got the 1 inch head-margin instead.
Do you have a suggestion or fix for this small problem ?  Thanks.

Best regards,

G. Hernandez
   Department of Earth and Space Sciences
   Box 351310
   310 Condon Hall
   1100 NE Campus Parkway
   University of Washington
   Seattle, WA 98195-1310

Telephone:
   Office: 206 543 9055
   FAX   : 206 543 0489

E-mail
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