Index: Makefile.sub
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/Makefile.sub,v
retrieving revision 1.8
diff -u -r1.8 Makefile.sub
--- Makefile.sub	8 Jan 2009 08:28:26 -0000	1.8
+++ Makefile.sub	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
   $(PROCESSEDEXAMPLEFILES) \
   $(GENFILES) \
   examples/stamp \
+  examples/common.roff \
   stamp-strip \
   hdmisc.tmac-s hdtbl.tmac-s
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
 
 all: $(PROCESSEDEXAMPLEFILES) stamp-strip
 
-$(PROCESSEDEXAMPLEFILES): gnu.eps examples/stamp
+$(PROCESSEDEXAMPLEFILES): gnu.eps examples/stamp examples/common.roff
 
 gnu.eps:
 	if test -f $(top_srcdir)/doc/gnu.eps; then \
Index: groff_hdtbl.man
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/groff_hdtbl.man,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -r1.9 groff_hdtbl.man
--- groff_hdtbl.man	5 Jan 2009 20:33:52 -0000	1.9
+++ groff_hdtbl.man	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 On the other hand, table processing with
 .B hdtbl
 is much slower than using the
-.BR tbl (@MAN1EXT)
+.BR tbl (@MAN1EXT@)
 preprocessor.
 .
 A further advantage is that the HTML-like syntax of
@@ -918,19 +918,6 @@
 .B ms
 macro package.
 .
-.PP
-.B hdtbl
-has built-in page header and page footer macros,
-.B HM
-and
-.BR BM .
-If they interfere with your own header and footer macros, simply
-say
-.CR ".rm\ HM"
-and
-.CR ".rm\ BM"
-to remove them.
-.
 .
 .SH AUTHOR
 .
Index: hdmisc.tmac
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/hdmisc.tmac,v
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.11 hdmisc.tmac
--- hdmisc.tmac	5 Apr 2009 16:43:02 -0000	1.11
+++ hdmisc.tmac	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -239,12 +239,12 @@
 .  br
 .
 .  if \\n[.$] \
-.    ps (\\n[s]u * \\$1z / 1z)
+.    ps (\\n[.s]p * \\$1z / 1z)
 .
 .  ie (\\n[.$] - 1) \
-.    vs (\\n[v]u * \\$2p / 1p)
+.    vs (\\n[.v]p * \\$2p / 1p)
 .  el \{\
-.    vs (\\n[v]u * \\$1p / 1p)
+.    vs (\\n[.v]p * \\$1p / 1p)
 .    return
 .  \}
 .
@@ -300,319 +300,4 @@
 .    fi		\"	reactivate formatting
 ..
 .
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**	Some macros and the page setup used by the examples	**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**	some of the following macros use system commands	**
-.\"	**	and are therefore `unsafe': they need the `-U' argument **
-.\"	**	when calling groff/troff				**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**		Header macro for the examples			**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.de H
-.  nr *w* (17 * \w\\$* / 10 + 4n)
-.  TBL border=1n \
-       bc=yellow \
-       bgc=red4 \
-       fgc=yellow \
-       csp=0 \
-       fst=TB \
-       "fsz=1.7 1.5" \
-       hal=c \
-       tal=c \
-       "width=(\\n[*w*]+4n)<?\n[.l]"
-.  TR .TD
-.  P1 \\$*
-.  ETB
-.  SP
-..
-.
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**	Utility macro for the date, requires UNIX date.		**
-.\"	**	after return string *date contains the date in the	**
-.\"	**	standard form of the Unix date-command,			**
-.\"	**	for example "Sun Dec  5 22:27:57     2004"		**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.de date
-.  pso bash -c "echo -n .ds *date\ ;date"
-.  tm \\*[*date] ***
-..
-.
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**	Utility macro for time measurement, requires UNIX date	**
-.\"	**	.time s[tart]|[end]					**
-.\"	**		.time start:					**
-.\"	**			reg *time gets the start-time (seconds) **
-.\"	**		.time [end]:					**
-.\"	**			reg *time gets the difference of the	**
-.\"	**				end- and start-time (seconds)	**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.de time
-.  ds * \\$1\"
-.  substring * 0 0
-.  ie "\\*[*]"s" \
-.    pso bash -c "echo -n .nr *time 0+;date +%s"
-.  el \{\
-.   pso bash -c "echo -n .nr *time -;date +%s"
-.   nr *time 0-\\n[*time]
-.   tm elapsed time: \\n[*time] seconds
-.  \}
-..
-.
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**		Perform n-times all the arbitrary arguments	**
-.\"	**		.PN n a2 a3 ...					**
-.\"	**			PN is nestable				**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.de PN
-.  nr *pn +1
-.  nr PN\\n[*pn] (\\$1 + 1) 1
-.  shift
-.
-.  while \\n-[PN\\n[*pn]] \
-.    P1 \\$@
-.
-.  nr *pn -1
-..
-.
-.
-.\"	Utility macro:	.d2x decimal_number [base [string_name]]
-.\"
-.\"		Convert `decimal_number' to another base `base' (in the
-.\"		range 1..16) and store the result in string `string_name'.
-.\"		If `base' is missing or empty, convert to a hexadecimal
-.\"		number.  If `string_name' is missing or empty, return value
-.\"		in string `hex#', otherwise return the value in both
-.\"		`string_name' and `hex#'.
-.\"
-.\"		The base value 1 is handled specially: The returned
-.\"		string contains the character `|' `decimal_number' times
-.\"		(for example, input value 4 yields `||||').
-.ds d2x-0 0\"
-.ds d2x-1 1\"
-.ds d2x-2 2\"
-.ds d2x-3 3\"
-.ds d2x-4 4\"
-.ds d2x-5 5\"
-.ds d2x-6 6\"
-.ds d2x-7 7\"
-.ds d2x-8 8\"
-.ds d2x-9 9\"
-.ds d2x-10 A\"
-.ds d2x-11 B\"
-.ds d2x-12 C\"
-.ds d2x-13 D\"
-.ds d2x-14 E\"
-.ds d2x-15 F\"
-.
-.
-.de d2x
-.  if !\B\\$1 \{\
-.    tm \\n[.F]:\\n[.c]: invalid or missing first argument
-.    tm1 "     usage: `.d2x decimal_number [base [string_name]]'
-.    return
-.  \}
-.
-.  nr i# (-1) 1
-.  nr j# 1
-.  ds hex#
-.  nr dec# (\\$1) 1
-.
-.  if !\\$1 \
-.    nr dec# (-\\n[dec#])
-.
-.  ie !"\\$2"" \{\
-.    ie !\B\\$2 \
-.      tm \\n[.F]:\\n[.c]: invalid base `\\$2'
-.    el \
-.      ie ((\\$2 < 1) : (\\$2 > 16)) \
-.        tm \\n[.F]:\\n[.c]: invalid base `\\$2'
-.      el \
-.        nr b# \\$2
-.  \}\}
-.  el \
-.    nr b# 16
-.
-.  nr xb# 1
-.
-.  ie (\\n[b#] == 1) \{\
-.    nr dec# +1
-.    while \\n-[dec#] \
-.      as hex# |\"
-.  \}
-.  el \{\
-.    while (\\n[dec#] - \\n[xb#]) \{\
-.      nr xb# (\\n[xb#] * \\n[b#])
-.      nr j# +1
-.    \}
-.
-.    while (\\n+[i#] < \\n[j#]) \{\
-.      nr ** (\\n[dec#] / \\n[xb#])
-.      as hex# \\*[d2x-\\n[**]]\"
-.      nr dec# (\\n[dec#] - (\\n[xb#] * \\n[**]))
-.      nr xb# (\\n[xb#] / \\n[b#])
-.    \}
-.  \}
-.
-.  \" strip leading zero, if any
-.  ds * \\*[hex#]\"
-.  substring * 0 0
-.  if "\\*[*]"0" \
-.    substring hex# 1 -1
-.
-.  if (\\$1 < 0) \
-.    ds hex# -\\*[hex#]\"
-.
-.  if !"\\$3"" \{\
-.    ie !\A\\$3 \
-.      tm \\n[.F]:\\n[.c]: invalid string name `\\$3'
-.    el \
-.      ds \\$3 \\*[hex#]\"
-.  \}
-..
-.
-.
-.\"	Utility macro:	.random#
-.\"			.random-seed seed1 seed2
-.\"
-.\"		Return pseudo-random numbers in the range 0..0xFFFFFF,
-.\"		represented as the concatenation of `#' and six
-.\"		hexadecimal digits, in the string `#random'.  The
-.\"		macro `random-seed' can be used to set seed values,
-.\"		which should be integers in the range 1..2147483562 and
-.\"		1..2147483398 for `seed1' and `seed2', respectively
-.\"		(the macro applies a modulo operation to assure this
-.\"		range).  If `random-seed' isn't called the registers
-.\"		`seconds', `minutes', `hours', `dy', `mo', `year', and
-.\"		`$$' are used to compute it.
-.\"
-.\"		The used generator is presented in L'Ecuyer's 1988 paper
-.\"		`Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number
-.\"		Generators', which combines two Multiplicative Linear
-.\"		Congruential Generators (MLCGs) to achieve a period of
-.\"		2.3*10^18.
-.af hours 00
-.af minutes 00
-.af seconds 00
-.af year 0000
-.af mo 00
-.af dy 00
-.
-.ds random-s1 \n[minutes]\n[seconds]\n[$$]\n[hours]\"
-.\" prevent overflow
-.substring random-s1 0 8
-.
-.nr random-s1 (\*[random-s1] % 2147483562)
-.nr random-s2 \n[dy]\n[year]\n[mo]
-.
-.
-.de random-seed
-.  if !(\\n[.$] == 2) \{\
-.    tm1 "random-seed: Invalid number of arguments.
-.    tm1 "             usage: `.random-seed seed1 seed2'
-.    return
-.  \}
-.
-.  nr random-s1 (\\$1 % 2147483562)
-.  nr random-s2 (\\$2 % 2147483398)
-..
-.
-.
-.de random#
-.  nr * (\\n[random-s1] / 53668)
-.  nr random-s1 (40014 * (\\n[random-s1] - (\\n[*] * 53668)) \
-                - (\\n[*] * 12211))
-.  if !\\n[random-s1] \
-.    nr random-s1 +2147483563
-.
-.  nr * (\\n[random-s2] / 52774)
-.  nr random-s2 (40692 * (\\n[random-s2] - (\\n[*] * 52774)) \
-                - (\\n[*] * 3791))
-.  if !\\n[random-s2] \
-.    nr random-s2 +2147483399
-.
-.  nr * (\\n[random-s1] - \\n[random-s2])
-.  if (\\n[*] < 1) \
-.    nr * +2147483562
-.
-.  \" reduce the result to the leftmost 24 bits
-.  nr * (\\n[*] / 128)
-.
-.  d2x \\n[*]
-.  ds hex# 000000\\*[hex#]\"
-.  substring hex# -6
-.  ds #random #\\*[hex#]\"
-..
-.
-.
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.\"	**			minimal Page setup			**
-.\"	******************************************************************
-.
-.nr s \n[.ps]
-.nr v \n[.v]
-.pv 1.2 1.2 "" X
-.nr l 6.6i				\"	set text width
-.ll \n[l]u
-.nr o 2c				\"	set offset
-.po \n[o]u
-.nr p 29.7c				\"	set paper length (A4)
-.pl \n[p]u
-.nr tH 1i				\"	set top margin
-.sp |\n[tH]u
-.
-.ev 99
-.lt \n[l]u
-.ev
-.
-.
-.de HM
-.  sp |.5i				\"	print header in top margin
-.  tl \\*[t*HM]
-.  sp |\\n[tH]u
-.  ev
-..
-.
-.
-.de BM
-.  ev 99
-.  sp |(\\n[p]u - .5i)			\"	print footer in bottom margin
-.  tl \\*[t*BM]
-.  bp
-..
-.
-.
-.de EM
-.  rm BM			\"	no page number at bottom of last page
-.
-.  if !"\\*[t*kept]"" \{\
-.    tm1 "hdtbl: Not all tables have been printed.
-.    tm1 "       Add `.bp' at the end of your document.
-.  \}
-.  if !"\\*[t*held]"" \{\
-.    tm1 "hdtbl: There are held tables which haven't been printed.
-.    tm1 "       Add `.t*free' at the end of your document.
-.  \}
-.  if \\n[t*#] \
-.    tm hdtbl: Missing `.ETB' macro at end of document.
-..
-.
-.
-.em EM
-.
-.if "\n[.m]"" \
-.  gcolor black
-.if "\n[.M]"" \
-.  fcolor white
-.
-.mso hdtbl.tmac\"			load table macros
-.
 .\" EOF
Index: hdtbl.tmac
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/hdtbl.tmac,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 hdtbl.tmac
--- hdtbl.tmac	7 Apr 2009 06:02:52 -0000	1.13
+++ hdtbl.tmac	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@
 .mso hdmisc.tmac
 .mso 62bit.tmac
 .
-.wh 0 HM	\"	comment this out if a page header macro exists
-.wh -1i BM	\"	comment this out if a bottom margin macro exists
-.
-.\" replace `HM' with the name of your pageheader macro, e.g., `pg@top' for MS
-.am HM
-.  t*hm
-..
-.
 .
 .\"	*****************************************************************
 .\"	*		default values for some arguments		*
@@ -73,11 +65,6 @@
             "\m[\\*[t*fgc]]Table \\n+[t*cptn]:\0\c\k*"\"
 .
 .
-.\"			Running title, running footer
-.ds t*HM //arbitrary text for pageheader, except on the first page//\"
-.ds t*BM //arbitrary text for pagefooter, except on the last page/\\n[%]/\"
-.
-.
 .\" %beginstrip%
 .
 .\" for better error messages
@@ -979,6 +966,8 @@
 ..
 .
 .
+.\" Append to your page header macro ('pg@top' for MS)
+.\" to enable tables to span pages.
 .de t*hm
 .  ev t*tbl
 .  nr ** \\n[.t]
Index: examples/chess_board.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/chess_board.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 chess_board.roff
--- examples/chess_board.roff	5 Jan 2009 20:10:42 -0000	1.5
+++ examples/chess_board.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .nr *x 8
Index: examples/col_rowspan_colors.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/col_rowspan_colors.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 col_rowspan_colors.roff
--- examples/col_rowspan_colors.roff	4 Jan 2009 14:50:57 -0000	1.5
+++ examples/col_rowspan_colors.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .de color#
Index: examples/color_boxes.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/color_boxes.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 color_boxes.roff
--- examples/color_boxes.roff	4 Jan 2009 14:50:57 -0000	1.4
+++ examples/color_boxes.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .H Horizontal Rules and Boxes .br with Randomly Colored Border and Background
Index: examples/color_nested_tables.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/color_nested_tables.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 color_nested_tables.roff
--- examples/color_nested_tables.roff	4 Jan 2009 14:50:57 -0000	1.4
+++ examples/color_nested_tables.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .PN 15 Text before first table.
Index: examples/color_table_cells.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/color_table_cells.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 color_table_cells.roff
--- examples/color_table_cells.roff	4 Jan 2009 14:50:58 -0000	1.4
+++ examples/color_table_cells.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .H Horizontal Rules and Randomly Colored Table Cells
Index: examples/color_transitions.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/color_transitions.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -r1.6 color_transitions.roff
--- examples/color_transitions.roff	5 Jan 2009 20:10:42 -0000	1.6
+++ examples/color_transitions.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .de ctab
Index: examples/mixed_pickles.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/mixed_pickles.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -r1.4 mixed_pickles.roff
--- examples/mixed_pickles.roff	5 Jan 2009 20:10:42 -0000	1.4
+++ examples/mixed_pickles.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .
Index: examples/rainbow.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/rainbow.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 rainbow.roff
--- examples/rainbow.roff	5 Jan 2009 20:10:42 -0000	1.5
+++ examples/rainbow.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .
Index: examples/short_reference.roff
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/groff/groff/contrib/hdtbl/examples/short_reference.roff,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -r1.5 short_reference.roff
--- examples/short_reference.roff	4 Jan 2009 14:50:58 -0000	1.5
+++ examples/short_reference.roff	19 Jan 2010 22:43:20 -0000
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 ..
+.so examples/common.roff
 .
 .time start
 .pv 1.2 1.2 "" x