Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!trw-unix!trwspp!wartik From: wartik@trwspp.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Diversions in Nroff Message-ID: <53@trwspp.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-May-83 16:06:27 EDT Article-I.D.: trwspp.53 Posted: Tue May 31 16:06:27 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 02:08:24 EDT Lines: 20 Can someone please explain to me the behavior of nroff on the following file? % cat foo .di XX hi there .di % nroff foo (66 blank lines) hi there (64 blank lines) % Diversions are supposed to swallow up text, right? This example apparently is producing two pages of text, with "hi there" at the top of the second page. Why is "hi there" being printed at all? Why are there two pages? We have both System III and 4.1BSD, and I've run this file through both versions of nroff, with identical results. Is this a bug, or an esoteric property of diversions? Thanks in advance, -- Steve Wartik {decvax,ucbvax}!trw-unix!trwspp!wartik