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Re: mm macro .S interferes with .ne command, causing stack-overflow


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: mm macro .S interferes with .ne command, causing stack-overflow
Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 08:11:01 +0200 (CEST)

> There seems to be a bug in either the mm macros or gtroff itself,
> where if the .S directive is used to change the vertical spacing
> after a .ne command, then if the text adds up to more than one
> page-length an abort occurs with
> 
>    fatal error: input stack limit exceeded (probable infinite loop)
> 
> I got this using Fedora Core 7 (gtroff version 1.18.1.4).  [...]

This problem doesn't appear with the current CVS version.  I don't
know when this has been fixed; maybe you should try the latest
released version (1.19.2) or compile the CVS by yourself.


    Werner




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