[Groff] man makro oddity

[walter harms]

hi,
i was playing with man pages and found by chance that empty lines before .TH 
seems to confuse groff.

<code>
./"

./"

./"
.TH The header

....
</code>

works fine (no warnings what so ever) but has am empty page in front and 
changes in page numbering are
ignored.

<code>
./"
./"
./"
.TH The header

....
</code>

But this produces the desired output. Is is possible to have a warning, when
accidentally empty lines in front are found ?

re,
 wh