On 03/02/15 12:05, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > In the "UNIX processing handbook", 1988, there is a mention of .NP > macro for ms macros.
I assume you mean the reference on page 105, (in the PDF version of UTP, as produced by various subscribers to this list)? Whilst it could have been more clearly expressed, I think that, in referring to it as an *internal* macro, it is implicit that Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly mean an *undocumented* feature of whatever reference implementation of ms they were working with at the time. > I cannot find it groff 1.22 ms. Has it been dropped? As others have already suggested, I doubt that it was ever there; groff tends to use long macro names, like "page@top" for its ms internals. As with all things undocumented, it is generally unsafe to rely on them if you value portability and longevity of support. Thus, even if you determine that page@top is the groff ms equivalent of UTP's NP, it would be unwise to use it if you want your document source to be processable by any implementation of ms other than groff's. Later in UTP, you will find hints on how to induce a pseudo page transition on to the first page, (using .fl and 'bp). Perhaps you could adapt the technique to your needs. -- Regards, Keith.
