Aucf-cs.133
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utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!ucf-cs!lantz
Fri Apr 23 16:13:16 1982
Vertical Spacing in nroff
We have a problem with nroff which must have been noticed
elsewhere. When a multi-page paper is run off, pages after the
first don't start at the top of form, and the problem usually
gets progressively worse on each page.
Apparently whenever vertical space which doesn't convert to
an integral number of line feeds is requested (by specific re-
quest or as sometimes is done by ms and me), nroff supplies the
closest number of line feeds, but assumes it has supplied the ex-
act vertical space requested. Because of this, it adds in-
correctly, and doesn't supply the correct amount of space at the
end of the page.
Has anyone come up with a solution to this problem other
than always requesting vertical space in discreet numbers of line
feeds (which does work, by the way, but also precludes the use of
ms and me)?
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