[Info-vax] runoff .RNH fun and games.

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In article <v9qdne_DO9BChCrPnZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d at mchsi.com>, "John E. Malmberg" <wb8tyw at qsl.network> writes:
>On 12/20/2013 10:31 PM, George Cornelius wrote:
>> John E. Malmberg wrote:
>>> I am trying to use runoff to generate a .hlp file from a .RNH file.
>>>
>>> I already found the issue that the source filename needs to be in upper
>>> case.
>>>
>>> The issue that I am finding is that each line of output from runoff has
>>> <CR><LF> at the end followed by a blank line with <CR><LF> on it.
>>
>> That is not what it is doing - at least if you selected
>> single-spaced lines.
>
>The default is single-space lines and I have specifically selected 
>single space lines.
>
>I still get double spaced lines in all cases.
>
>>> I can reproduce this from VAX/VMS 7.3 to IA64/VMS 8.4.
>

Hmm... file LATIN.RNH is:

.break
.left margin 0
.right margin 72

1 LATIN
.break
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed 
convallis auctor lacinia. Etiam ut erat metus. Aliquam ac 
sapien sapien. Phasellus sit amet feugiat erat, sed iaculis 
risus. Proin ut accumsan lorem. Nullam vitae faucibus 
tellus. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in 
faucibus. Nam non fringilla dui. Ut eu lectus arcu. Duis 
rutrum mauris quis congue scelerisque. 
.blank
Format: LATIN


If I then issue "$ RUNOFF LATIN.RNH" to produce LATIN.HLP, I get this as
scene in EDT:


1 LATIN<CR><LF>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.  Sed  convallis<CR><LF>
auctor  lacinia.   Etiam  ut  erat  metus.   Aliquam  ac  sapien sapien.<CR><LF>
Phasellus sit amet feugiat erat, sed iaculis risus.  Proin  ut  accumsan<CR><LF>
lorem.   Nullam  vitae  faucibus tellus.  Interdum et malesuada fames ac<CR><LF>
ante ipsum primis in faucibus.  Nam non fringilla  dui.   Ut  eu  lectus<CR><LF>
arcu.  Duis rutrum mauris quis congue scelerisque.<CR><LF>
<CR><LF>
Format:  LATIN<CR><LF>

This file's attributes are:

Record format:      Variable length, maximum 0 bytes, longest 74 bytes
Record attributes:  None <<<=====  note: no carriage control specified


If I then type LATIN.HLP, I get:

1 LATIN
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.  Sed  convallis
auctor  lacinia.   Etiam  ut  erat  metus.   Aliquam  ac  sapien sapien.
Phasellus sit amet feugiat erat, sed iaculis risus.  Proin  ut  accumsan
lorem.   Nullam  vitae  faucibus tellus.  Interdum et malesuada fames ac
ante ipsum primis in faucibus.  Nam non fringilla  dui.   Ut  eu  lectus
arcu.  Duis rutrum mauris quis congue scelerisque.

Format:  LATIN


Where are these the double space lines?

What RUNOFF .FLAGS have you specified as enabled?  Have you specified
.SPACING in your .RNH files???
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