Re: Re: Avoid page break in tables without box option

[Jan Eden]

Hi Branden,

On 2024-04-23 01:10, G. Branden Robinson wrote:

> Hi Jan,
> 
> At 2024-04-23T07:28:41+0200, Jan Eden wrote:
> > enclosing a table in a box avoids page breaks within the table
> > reliably for me – is it possible to get the same behaviour without the
> > box?
> 
> Yes.  This is what "keep" macros are for, assuming the macro package
> you're using offers those (all full-service packages except those for
> man pages[1] do).
> 
> Hmm, your recent questions about mm suggest to me that that's the
> package you're using, and our groff_mm(7) page does not employ the word
> "keep".
> 
> However, mm's display macros can serve this purpose and §7.3 of the DWB
> 3.3 mm manual mentions this fact.
> 
> Bracket your table with the `DS` and `DE` macros.

This works great, but there's a side effect on one of my machines:

- With groff 1.23.0, the whole document is set in Helvetica (as
  configured via .fam).
- With groff 1.22.4, the content of the static displays is set in Times
  New Roman (the rest of the document is set in Helvetica).

Is this a known limitation of the older groff package?

- Jan

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