Re: [Groff] -me macro bug in centered block behavior?

[Keith Marshall]

On 04/11/11 23:44, Dave Kemper wrote:
> The output is not at all what you would expect from the documented
> behavior of .(c and .)c.  What should be a free-standing block is appended
> to the preceding paragraph, and the alignment of the last line of that
> paragraph is a bit inexplicable.
> 
> Interestingly, putting a single empty line in the source code right
> above the .(c macro call changes the output to what's expected, ...
> 
> ...
> 
> Is there any reason this should behave so differently (and seemingly
> illogically) without that extra blank line in the source?

The blank line in input causes a break.  Logically, one might expect .(c
to force one anyway, but from your example it seems that it doesn't.

I don't use -me, (and don't have the inclination to peruse its info or
man documentation to confirm), but this does seem like a bug.  I'll
leave it to the -me experts to comment further.

-- 
Regards,
Keith.