[Groff] Fw: mm macros put footers off end of page if using larger type

[Werner LEMBERG]

I'm not sure if people using mm are observing the bug-groff mailing
list also, thus I'm forwarding it...


    Werner

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> > I don't know if anybody is supporting the mm macros, but there
> > is a bug which lands page footers too far down the page (or entirely
> > off the bottom) if you try to make a "large type" edition of a document.
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> > #!/bin/sh
> > groff -mm -Tps <<'EOF' | gv -  # bottom footer is mostly invisible
> > .\" N.B. Pgps=1
> > .S 20
> > .PH "'three'part'header'"
> > .PF "'three'part'footer'"
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