Re: .ss paragraph-style-footnote example, then and now

[G. Branden Robinson]

Argh.  I need to correct an error in my description of "Example 3".

I've corrected my own quoted text below.

> I agree that that could be done, and might be desirable.  I would
> reiterate that the original example _does not illustrate the use of
> the second argument to .ss_, which I think is a flaw given the
> context.  In fact, the _only_ groff feature it uses is the .nop
> request.  By changing the .nop request into a pair of spaces you can,
> perhaps, achieve the same result with only CSTR #54 features.  (I say
> "perhaps" because V7 Unix troff didn't honor the .ss request for nroff
> devices at all, and Heirloom doesn't seem to either).  I'll call this
> "Example 3".
> 
> .ll 4.5i
> 1.\ This is the first footnote.\c
> .ss 48
>   \" 2 spaces
> .ss 12
> 2.\ This is the second footnote.
> 
> The above works on groff equivalently to the old original example.

In fact, after having tested with Heirloom troff and dpost, Heirloom
seems to require a break before it will apply a change to .ss at all.

Regards,
Branden

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