Re: groff 1.17: line length register not set w/ -man macros

[Bruce Lilly]

Bruce Lilly wrote:
> 
> Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> >
> > > INPUT FILES:
> > > ===================== mantest.1 =================================
> > > .TH foo
> > > .tm register LL should be set to 6.5i: \n(LLu
> > > .tm registers IN = \n(INu, PS = \n(INu, SN = \n(SNu
> > > =================================================================
> > >
> > > COMMAND LINE:
> > > groff -man < mantest.1 > /dev/null
> > >
> > > DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
> > > Register LL (line length) should be set to 6.5 inches. It is zero.
> > > Register IN (indent) etc. are OK, so it's not a general register issue.
> >
> > The GNU troff implementation of man (in file an-old.tmac) doesn't use
> > the LL register.  Is `LL' documented in the original AT&T
> > implementation?
> >
> >    Werner
> >
> > PS: Is the original AT&T man documentation available online?
> 
> Hmmm.  This worked in groff 1.11.  I also looked in the groff 1.17
> tmac.an, which looks like is does set LL.  (why does -man use
> an-old.tmac rather than tmac.an; I would understand if groff were
> invoked with -man-old ...?)
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Oops; that was a vestige of  the (possibly adulterated) groff 1.11
installation, not 1.17 (which has no tmac.an).