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bug #60840: Wrong calculation of the absolute vertical position (\v'|...')

Submitter:  Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Submitted:  Sun 27 Jun 2021 09:41:59 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Core Severity:  3 - Normal
Item Group:  Incorrect behaviour Status:  None
Privacy:  Public Assigned to:  None
Open/Closed:  Open Planned Release:  None
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Mon 28 Jun 2021 04:34:53 AM UTC, comment #1: 

Bug #60820 covers a documentation shortcoming of \v'|...' operation, which might explain part of this.  ("|" in vertical context does not always specify an absolute position.)

From your example input file, Heirloom troff produces nearly identical results for the second page, and notably different results for the first.  This suggests that part of groff's behavior follows historical troff practice, and part of it may depart from it.  (Or possibly Heirloom does.  Even with Tadziu's explanation linked from #60820, I'm at a loss to explain Heirloom's results here.)

Dave <barx>
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Sun 27 Jun 2021 09:41:59 PM UTC, original submission:  


 Example:

'bp
.sp 1i
\v'|72000u'
TEXT
\v'|72000u'
TEXTI
\v'|72000u'
TEXTIA
\v'|72000u'
TEXTIAB
.bp
.sp 2i
TEXT
\v'|72000u'
TEXTI
\v'|72000u'
TEXTIA
\v'|72000u'
TEXTIAB


  Device independent output:

x T ps
x res 72000 1 1
x init
p1
V84000
H72000
DFd
wx font 5 TR
f5
s10000
h2500
md
tTEXT
wwh5000
tTEXTI
wwh5000
tTEXTIA
wwh5000
tTEXTIAB
n12000 0
V792000
p2
x font 5 TR
f5
s10000
V156000
H72000
tTEXT
wwh5000
V84000
tTEXTI
wwh5000
V12000
tTEXTIA
wwh5000
V-60000
tTEXTIAB
n12000 0
x trailer
V792000
x stop


Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>

 

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