hello, > I don't understand how empty lines at the end can be related > to making things bold (which is what "b" is supposed to do).
you're right: it happens every time. > I suspect it is because of page length, with groff outputting > the empty part of an only partially filled page at the end. indeed: your tip works perfectly. > .pl 1 > > which will set the page length to just one line (so partially > filled pages cannot exist). Then you can leave out the final > sed command. so `.pl 10000` means "use whatever space you want for the moment" because the following macros are length aware. right? thanks for helping marc
