Re: [Groff] [Heirloom] Strange characters with MM

[Carsten Kunze]

> If I process the following MM document:
> 
> Hello
> 
> with:  troff -mm file.mm |dpost >file.ps
> 
> file.ps has (in addition to what you would expect) two dashes in the upper
> left of the page, and two dashes in the top right of the page.
> 
> groff -mm file.mm >file.ps
> 
> works correctly (without 4 extraneous dashes).

>From groff_mm:

The groff mm macros are intended to be compatible with the DWB mm
macros with the following limitations:
o      No Bell Labs localisms are implemented.
o      The macros OK and PM are not implemented.
o      groff mm does not support cut marks.

(Note the last item.)

And I found an interesting post at 
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2008-11/msg00024.html

I would say )k should simply be removed (via .rm )k in mmt).

Did someone use troff -mm on Solaris or Heirloom in the past?  From what I see 
in the macros these cut marks are not configureable (i.e. possible to switch 
off).

--Carsten