Follow-up Comment #4, bug #65977 (group groff): [comment #3 comment #3:]
> commit 2881748b0216430290410910298d38610d7fbb81 > Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]> > Date: Sat Aug 24 16:34:35 2024 -0500 > > [groff]: Simply test of `device` request. > > It's no longer necessary to explicitly put a break on the output. > > See <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65977>. > > Continues commit 017779a9a7, 16 July. However, it's often necessary to put _something_ on the output. commit 959c4f38d2388a00d31e3015e857c2c87acafa97 (tag: 1.24.0.rc3) Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]> Date: Sun Feb 8 02:56:45 2026 -0600 [doc,man]: Fix Savannah #67992. Note a pitfall with using a device extension command as the first thing in a document, and a workaround. Fixes <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67992>. diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in index 39aed1e50..279f60dd6 100644 --- a/doc/groff.texi.in +++ b/doc/groff.texi.in @@ -20519,6 +20519,14 @@ that do not know about it.@footnote{@xref{Device Control Commands}.} @endDefesc +Use of device extension commands early in a document +(before the first text is formatted) +can interfere with processing of page location traps. +If you experience problems when placing them early, +precede the first with a dummy character escape sequence +@samp{\&}; +recall @ref{Dummy Characters}. + @DefreqList {tag, name} @DefreqListEndx {taga, name} Reserved for internal use. [...] _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65977> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/
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