Re: removing the .IX macro from the ms package in 1.23 breaks old documents

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi Joerg,

At 2024-10-04T14:49:29+0200, joerg van den hoff wrote:
> attached is an example. I tried to condense it and reduce those
> MHEAD,SHEAD macros to a minimum (they are doing more in my actual
> setup). so the missing SN numbers in the resulting TOC in this example
> are not a bug :).
> 
> the example should be reproducible on A4 paper (otherwise play around
> with point size to trigger the bug(s)). document should be formatted
> with something like
> 
> groff -ms -Tps (or -Tpdf).

Sounds straightforward.  Thanks--I'll have a look!

[snip]
> issues 1) and 2) above I can not remember to have seen previously (in
> my actual 150p document which I have maintained for 25 years) so my
> suspicion would be that it is a regression. but I might be wrong.

My system is set up such that I can easily test groff 1.22.3, 1.22.4
(Debian's version), 1.23.0, and Git HEAD/my working copy.  The first of
these was released well before I had any involvement in groff
whatsoever, so it's useful for figuring out when I need to chew through
my rope and flee into the wilderness away from the Israelites.

Regards,
Branden

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