[forwarded to the groff list also]
> One small problem is that it seems that either groff is no longer
> using the number register called ":p" for storing the footnote
> numbers, or else the instruction ".nr :p 0" isn't taking effect. So
> we can't reset the footnote number to 0 at the start of each new
> chapter.
I'm no expert in mm; hopefully, someone on the list can help here...
However:
> Oh, I also get a segmentation fault in grohtml if I try to convert my
> wife's thesis to html with -Thtml (in contrast to -Tps).
This is something Gaius certainly want to investigate. Before further
investigation I ask you to download the CVS version of groff, testing
whether the crash is still triggered.
> If you're interested, I can provide you with the data files.
Please do so in case the CVS version doesn't improve the situation.
> it uses tbl in stressful ways, one footnote is so long that I had to
> add a .vs -4 to avoid a bug in groff overprinting the following page
> over the footnote body,
This might be another bug in groff's mm implementation.
> and it even uses pic to overdraw a line over a table on one page,
> via the use of diversions).
Is this a bug or a special feature of your wife's thesis?
Werner
