Re: [Groff] Comments affecting groff output?

[Tadziu Hoffmann]

> > I  have come across a very strage situation in which
> > the behaviour of groff seems to depend on:
> >
> >   a.  whether it happens in a diversion or not and
> >   b.  the presence of a comment.
>
> Multiline conditionals are a bit tricky.
> The following conditionals should work:

Forgot this type:

  .if condition \{stuff
  more stuff
  even more stuff\}

which resembles your example, with the first "stuff"
being an *empty line* that has a comment.


See also the explanation here:

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2004-01/msg00106.html

(and the other messages of this thread).