On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 01:21:34AM +0200, Werner LEMBERG wrote: > > >> 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'? >
I cannot reproduce the problem with plain groff, but came across it when using macro packages like mm or mom. This demonstrates the problem: .PRINTSTYLE TYPESET .HEADER_LEFT "top" .START text1 .NEWPAGE .br .rs .br .sp 5 text2 .NEWPAGE text3 .NEWPAGE foo .br .sp 5 text4 Put above into file "test" and process with groff -mom -Tps test > test.ps; gv test.ps and see, how text2 and text3 are placed with the same distance to the header rule. For text4, groff finally honors the preceeding .sp 5 Cheers, ulrich
