>> The groff manual says:
>>
>> .rs Restore spacing; turn no-space mode off.
>>
>> However,
>> .rs
>> .sp 3
>> does not work; one has to output some text first, to get .sp to
>> work.
I don't understand the problem. Can you please give a complete
example which I can directly compile with `groff -Tutf8'?
This works for me:
.rs
.sp 2
foo
->
foo
This works for me, too:
foo
.br
.ns
.sp 3
.rs
.sp
bar
-> foo
bar
You have to be in `vertical mode' (to use a TeX term), this is, no
partially filled output line yet to be emitted, to get any effect from
`.ns'/`.rs' (since they don't cause a line break), thus the `.br'.
>> About the .nop request:
>>
>> .nop anything
>> Always process anything.
>>
>> What is this request good for?
Essentially, it's syntactical sugar only.
Werner
