Re: Linux man-pages PDF book

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Hi Branden,

On Sun, Apr 14, 2024 at 06:57:43AM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> At 2024-04-14T13:37:15+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > There's also the page issue.  Now it seems to reset the page number for
> > every TH.
> 
> This might be a simple issue.  Make sure that you're passing groff (or
> troff) an option to set the `C` register to a true value.
> 
> groff_man(7):
>      -rC1     Number output pages consecutively, in strictly increasing
>               sequence, rather than resetting the page number to 1 (or
>               the value of register P) with each new man document.

Hmmmm.  Maybe I should follow v7's tradition and restart the page number
at each TH.  Let's call it an accidental improvement, and not a
regression.  :)

Although it would be interesting to learn when/why this changed.

Thanks!
Alex

> 
> Regards,
> Branden



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