RE: [Groff] delayed

[Mohammad Razwan]

>The simplest (but by no means really simple) way to do this is to delay
>printing the header until the bottom-of-page macro (all the stuff that
>happens when the end-of-page is reached, but before the next page is
>started). In ms macros, this takes place in the macro ".BT". You will
>have to find what corresponds to this in the macro package you are using.
>Having found it, you then have to re-write it (you can simply place the
>new version at the beginning of the document; it will overwrite what the
>original macro paclage said). The tricky part is to print the header in
>the right place, which involves a motion back up to the top of the page
>into the header margin. You can use
>
>   \v'|Vplace'u\h'|Hplace'u
>
First of all: thanks are in order for both yourself and Tadziu. I'll give your 
suggestions a try.

Second: I am using -ms, would it not be easier to call .PT from .BT after 
suitably modifying .PT and .BT. And what about marking the place in macro 
address@hidden where .PT is normally called and then returning there from .BT

I tried that the other day and I couldn't get that to work. Is that something 
to do with .PT being called in an environment, or maybe I just made a mistake?

Finally, I noted the same "mistake" the other day from a textbook done in troff 
that the current header did not reflect the situation on the current page, 
unless it was intended that way.


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