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Assume that anything that doesn't work or behaves oddly is a bug.
The documentation should be taken as the authoritative source for
how things ought to be.

Post to the groff mailing list with bug reports, questions and
suggestions, or contact me directly at:

    peter@schaffter.ca

If writing me directly, please include the word "groff" or "mom" in
the Subject line or you risk my spam filters nuking your message.

--Peter Schaffter

====================================================================

Version 2.5_b
=============
CODE <OFF> not always correctly restoring point size of text
afterwards.
---Fixed---

BLANKPAGE broken when columns are enabled.
---Fixed---

Registers #FROM_COVERTITLE and #FROM_DOC_COVERTITLE not being
cleared in macro COLLATE.
---Fixed---

DROPCAP not calculating distance to FOOTER trap correctly.
---Fixed---

Version 2.5
===========

Page offset not being restored correctly after CENTRE_BLOCK.
---Fixed---

LEFT_HANG intermittently causing type to be raised out of position.
---Fixed---

$CHAPTER_STRING default not being set in COPYSTYLE.
---Fixed---

When using mom bare metal, NEWPAGE depositing a superfluous blank
page unless B_MARGIN has been set explicitly.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4-4_e
===============

LANDSCAPE arg to PAPER not being appended to $PAPER so PAPER 
isn't picking it up when PAPER is called at the top of DEFAULTS. 
---Fixed---

BLANKPAGE with NULL arg printing incorrect page number when page
numbering is restored.
---Fixed---

BLANKPAGE with DIVIDER arg spitting out one too many pages.
---Fixed---

Hyphens appearing mid-line in runon footnotes.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4-4_b
===============
SMALLCAPS introducing a small indent equal to a wordspace when
called after PP.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4-4_a
===============
BIBLIOGRAPHY_SPACING not being respected.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4-4
=============
Default PAPER settings overwriting user-entered PAGEWIDTH,
PAGELENGTH, and PAGE.
---Fixed---

QUOTE and BLOCKQUOTE indents shifting after page breaks.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4-3
=============
TYPEWRITE: Inline \*[PREV] calling \*[ULX] without explicitly
returning to TYPEWRITER font.
---Fixed---

%u field in refer databases not triggering ref*type 0 (Internet
reference).
---Fixed---

Idem field of refer databases overwriting first occurrence of author
name.
---Fixed---

Captions not fully respecting TYPEWRITE.
---Fixed---

COVERTEXT not fully respecting TYPEWRITE.
---Fixed---

Changes to font family inside a COVERTEXT block not being reset to
default document family when the block is terminated.
---Fixed---

Unwanted linespace before labels above tables.
---Fixed---

Label number of AUTOLABEL_TABLES incrementing by 2 instead of 1.
---Fixed---

Page number of the page before a bibliography not printing.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4-1
=============
tbl not respecting pre-tbl fill mode.
---Fixed---

COVER and DOC_COVER not always capturing pertinent title and
copyright.
---Fixed---

Version 2.4
===========
BIBLIOGRAPHY output broken.
---Fixed---

Version 2.3
===========
.PS/.PE not working at start of documents without a preceding .PP.
---Fixed---

Output of .PS/.PE not centered correctly (the default).
---Fixed---

Version 2.2-a
=============
Omitting postfixed digit from ROMAN/roman args to LIST not
generating warning.
---Fixed---

FOOTERS causing infinite loop.
---Fixed---

Version 2.2
===========
COVERTITLE not picking up style params.
---Fixed---

FORCE_RECTO and BLANKPAGES not co-operating.
---Fixed---

TOC and LISTS_OF leading not being picked up and/or adjusted
properly.
---Fixed---

PDF outline putting first doc ahead of TOC in PDF outline when
TOC is auto-relocated and COVER has the BLANKPAGE arg.
---Fixed---

Version 2.1-b
=============
Toggling of pagination broken.
---Fixed---

HEADERS_AND_FOOTERS printing footer at top of second page instead of
printing header unless FOOTER_ON_FIRST_PAGE is called.
---Fixed---

Version 2.1-a
=============

Some part-by-part formatting changes to headers not being recognized
when global header options have been invoked.
---Fixed---

Version 2.1
===========

UNDERSCORE adding an extra space after underlined text.
---Fixed---

bug #44903: 2 column output misplaced
---Fixed---

PDF_IMAGE and FLOAT environments conflicting.
---Fixed---

DROPCAP picking up color from last call to .gcolor.
---Fixed---

PAD not working properly with mom's indent macros.
---Fixed---

Margin notes not respecting differing recto-verso margins.
---Fixed---

Graphical object macros not clearing fill/no-fill registers and
modes.
---Fixed---

LIST ALPHA emitting a number register to output.
---Fixed---

HEADER_PLAIN and FOOTER_PLAIN broken.
---Fixed---

Version 2.0-c_1
===============

.TS with no H causing FN_OVERFLOW warning when there are footnotes
on same page.
---Fixed---

PDF_TARGET "descriptive text" not printing.
---Fixed---

Version 2.0-c
=============

Endnotes page offset wrong if (BLOCK)QUOTE last macro before
ENDNOTES.
---Fixed---

Character translation of diacritics from lowercase to caps broken.
---Fixed---

Spacing not being restored (.ns/.rs) after a HEADING that falls at
the top of the page.
---Fixed---

Version 2.0-b
=============

When line numbering is enabled, line numbers after QUOTE being reset
to '0'.
---Fixed---

When line numbering is enabled for QUOTE and BLOCKQUOTE, style
params for line numbers not being applied.
---Fixed---

TOC overprinting footer when it comes immediately after
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
---Fixed---

TOC page numbers not printing when positioned at top of page.
---Fixed---

TOC page numbers not always incrementing properly.
---Fixed---

Version 2.0-a_1
===============

QUOTE_INDENT not being respected in FLOAT.
---Fixed---

SMARTQUOTES OFF broken.
---Fixed---

DOCHEADER_LEAD being reset to default after first chapter.
---Fixed---

Forced floats that fit on the page causing floats on the next page
to be treated as forced.
---Fixed---

Forced floats not advancing on the page after output if the float is
forced to the next page, causing running text to overprint.
---Fixed---

Text after defered floats not being shimmed properly.
---Fixed---

Tables that span pages overprinting first two lines of table on new
pages.
---Fixed---

PDF_IMAGE not respecting .IL, .IR, or .IB.
---Fixed---

AUTOLEAD not sticking after .START.
---Fixed---

Version 2.0-a
=============

Footer not printing on first page when HEADERS_AND_FOOTERS enabled.
---Fixed---

$AUTHOR string missing.
---Fixed---

Version 2.0
===========

tbl macros .TS/.TE not working unless inside a float.
---Fixed---

Terminal period after page number(s) in refer items not always
printing.
---Fixed---

====================================================================

Version 1.6-a
===========

Footnotes on last page of columnar docs before a TOC getting printed
at bottom of last column, not current column.
--Fixed---

HEADER_RULE OFF turning off headers completely.
---Fixed---

FINIS depositing a blank final page when invoked too close to the
bottom margin.
---Fixed---

Version 1-6
===========

ENDNOTE_STRING_CAPS not disabling caps when arg given.
---Fixed---

Superfluous blank line before paragraphs with paraheads.
---Fixed---

Paraheads causing line numbering to overprint two line numbers.
---Fixed---

Endless loop when DOC_LEAD_ADJUST is disabled. 
---Fixed---

In the case where the list doesn't fit the page, -mom inserts
an extra page with one word and a warning about "environment stack
underflow" and then continues on the following page.
--Fixed--

PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE not respecting TYPEWRITER_FAMILY when DOCTYPE
is LETTER.
---Fixed---

Version 1.5-d
=============

ILX not quitting left indents set within ITEM.
---Fixed----

Version 1.5-c
=============

COVER_COUNTS_PAGES incrementing pagenum by 1 too many.
---Fixed---

HEADER/FOOTER_RECTO strings vanishing when the default CAPS option
is turned off.
---Fixed---

TQ not removing QUAD arg from cleared tabs.
---Fixed---

DROPCAP_OFF trap remaining in effect after dropcap has been
processed.
---Fixed---

PARAHEAD_SIZE 0 resulting in 0-sized type!
---Fixed---

When DOC_LEAD is called to change document leading in collated docs,
document leading steadily increases by small amounts at each
subsequent call to COLLATE.
---Fixed---

(DOC_)COVER requests annihilating families used in various document
elements if those families differ from the document's overall
family.
---Fixed---

Covers and doccovers not always respecting null pagenumbering.
--Fixed---

Version 1.5-b
=============
Use of \E*[UC] and \E*[LC] inside strings for HDRFTR_RECTO and
HDRFTR_VERSO breaking headers.
---Not fixable.  CAPS option added to HDRFTR_RECTO/VERSO to
   accomodate situations where capitalized reserved
   strings(\*[$TITLE], \*[$AUTHOR], etc) are desired.---

COLLATE depositing a blank page if last output line before it falls
at the bottom of running text.
---Fixed---

PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE not setting $FAMILY or $FONT or $PP_FT, with
consequences for COLLATE.
---Fixed---

FOOTNOTE_MARKERS OFF not disabling footnote markers if used before
START.
---Fixed---

1st footnotes with overflow vanishing altogether with an
"automatically ending diversion 'FN_OVERFLOW' on exit" warning.
---Fixed---

Right hand margin notes vanishing when an RH margin note overflows
to the next output page.
---Fixed (I think)---

Doc bug; \*[S<size>] escape incorrectly typed as \*S[<size>] in the
section on mom's inlines.
---Fixed---

Paragraphs inside blockquotes not being spaced when .PARA_SPACE is
active.
---Fixed---

Version 1.5-a
=============
Indenting of references (collected with .REF) on endnotes pages when
endnote numbers are right-aligned appears to be backwards; the
first line of the reference is indented more than the second.
---Fixed---

Version 1.5
===========
DROPCAP not printing the dropcap letter at all in PRINTSTYLE
TYPEWRITE, nor when DROPCAP is used (accidentally?) after a valid
"first" paragraph.
---FIXED---

DROPCAP going into an infinite loop when groff called with the
-Tascii switch.
---FIXED---

SHIFT_LIST, when used anywhere but with a top-level list, is killing
list indents for every list level *returned to* afterward.
---Fixed---

TOC page number for heads and subheads that get bumped to next page
(because of .ne) off by 1.
---Fixed---

Moving backwards in nested lists not setting the proper indent.
---Fixed---

Default linebreak color missing in om.tmac.
---Fixed---

Some links in macrolist.html not pointing to html "name" owing to
missing # in link names.
---Fixed---

Version 1.4-b
=============
Line lengths and indents not always being respected in LIST.
---Fixed---

CAPS OFF, called inline with \*[CAPS OFF] not working.
(Added two new inlines, \*[UC] and \*[LC], to do the job.)
---Fixed---

When type is set after START but no docelement tag given, the
expected family ($DOC_FAMILY) and font (R) are not in effect.
---Fixed---

When DOCTYPE is CHAPTER and .TITLE is omitted after .COLLATE, the
title vanishes from page headers/footers.
---Fixed---

Version 1.4-a
=============
In collated documents, when using a different HEADER_FAMILY,
if BLANKPAGE <n> is given after COLLATE (but before START) all
subsequent text is set in the HEADER_FAMILY face rather than the
standard text face.
---Fixed---

Document title identification string missing on endnotes pages when
the endnote marker style is LINE.
---Fixed---

Space between endnote items on endnotes output pages not being
inserted.
---Fixed---

Version 1.4
===========
Invoking .FOOTERS isn't automatically putting pagination in the top
margin.
---Fixed---

.PP_FONT after .COLLATE not being respected.
---Fixed---

$SAVED_PP_FT not being fed to .FT in .PP after .COLLATE
---Fixed---

.CODE OFF not always restoring previous family and font.
---Fixed---

.ITEM, when not in a list, should do nothing.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-e_3
===============
ENDNOTES is not, by default, printing headers on endnotes pages.
---Fixed---

Processing of the "Endnotes" title for the TOC is putting the
page number 1 line too high and not inserting leader.
---Fixed---

Collated docs not respecting $PP_FT (it's picking up the font from
the pagenumber font)
---Fixed---

Docheader spacing sometimes depositing too much space between
various docheader elements in TYPEWRITE when DOCTYPE is DEFAULT or
NAMED.
---Fixed---

When COLUMNS are on, subheads that are deferred to the next
column/page because there isn't enough room for the s/h and one
line of text are causing columns to overprint.
---Fixed---

HDRFTR_LEFT printing one line too high when .HEADER_COLOR is used.
---Fixed---

DOCTITLE link broken in the docs.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-e_2
===============
TOC formatting incorrect when the pound/number sign (#) is used in
head elements.
---Fixed---

[Documentation]: The docs erroneously state that TOC control macros
can be entered anywhere in a file prior to invoking TOC (they should
be entered before START).
---Fixed---

Page numbers in the bottom margin being printed too low on output
pages preceding an invocation of COLLATE or macros that call it.
---Fixed---

A superfluous blank, numbered page is being generated by COLLATE
(and macros that call it, namely TOC and ENDNOTES) when the last
line of output text before it falls on the last valid baseline of
an output page.  Same thing happening occasionally with normal
document termination.
---Fixed---

SHIFT_LIST not being observed when moving *back* to a shifted list;
the list is reverting to the left margin.
---Fixed---

NUMBER_SUBHEADS not working with TYPESET when PARA_SPACE is on.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-e_1
===============
Missing #COLLATE register (accidentally wiped out) creating various
problems with .COLLATE (missing headers, leading increasing
slightly each time .COLLATE invoked, etc).
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-e
=============
mom failing during groff build while processing
examples/typesetting.mom
---Fixed---

Windows user reports COLLATE fails with a bottom margin error
(generated by mom).
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-d
=============
Small error in the examples of output in the "Footnotes and
Punctuation" documentation section.
---Fixed----

PAD_LIST_DIGITS/SHIFT_LIST broken when the enumerator type is
roman or ROMAN.
---Fixed---

COLLATE wiping out <doc element>_FAMILY settings.
---Fixed---

DOC_LEAD_ADJUST OFF not being observed when COLLATE is invoked.
---Fixed---

DROPCAP setting the dropcap too high in initial paragraph after a
COLLATE.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-c
=============
Owing to a superfluous "if" in the FONT macro, the "missing font"
routine is being silently ignored.
---Fixed---

FOOTNOTE, used in nofill mode, adds a linebreak between the
marker and the text of the footnote.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-b
=============

ITALIC_MEANS_ITALIC not being respected when DOCTYPE LETTER.
---Fixed---

Underlining of italic passages in PRINTSTYLE TYEPWRITE not spanning
pages.
---Fixed---

PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE depositing extra space on new pages above quotes
that span pages.
---Fixed---

MN doesn't accept OFF, QUIT, END, X, etc.
---Fixed---

Margin notes that begin flush with the last line of text on a page
are running down the same page, instead of the remainder being
collected and output on the next.
---Fixed---

MN sometimes erroneously dropping margin notes near the bottom of
a page, even when they'd fit.  (MN-shifted not being removed by
MN-top.)
---Fixed---

MN_INIT not accepting "" args for default values.
---Fixed---

Documentation for margin notes erroneously states that the first
(optional) argument can be either "ragged" or "symmetric".  S/b
"RAGGED" or "SYMMETRIC".
---Fixed---

Use of "" to tell MN_INIT to use the default for any specific
argument in the arg list broken.
---Fixed---

Paragraphs that begin with a "smart" double quote when the
preceding paragraph has no corresponding close quote (i.e. dialogue
passages containing multiple paragraphs) are starting off with a
close quote.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3-a
=============

First baseline of type isn't going where it's supposed to when the
docheader is turned off.
---Fixed---

Version 1.3
===========

Persistent error in html coding of docs (<nobr> tag).
---Fixed---

Version 1.2-f
============

Multiple line subheads near page bottom sometimes printing one line
of subhead at page bottom, and subsequent lines on next page.
---Fixed---

Post-quote spacing still wonky when paragraph spacing is turned on.
---Fixed--- (for good would be nice)

RULE not always resetting quad and quad value.
---Fixed---

Version 1.2-e
=============

Some string definitions in om.tmac had superfluous spaces after
them (e.g. $COVERTITLE).
---Fixed---

Spacing under quotes not correct when paragraph spacing is turned
on.
---Fixed---


First word of last line before footnotes is getting chopped.
---Fixed---

Version 1.2-d
=============

HEADER_FAMILY not changing header family.
---Fixed---

FAMILY, after COLLATE, not changing the family of all and every
page element or tag.
---Fixed---

Heads and subheads at the start of docs are printing one line lower
than they should.
---Fixed---
 
Gaps are appearing at the bottom of pages when there's a linebreak
followed by a subhead.
---Fixed---

When LS is invoked after a single text line at the top of a page
containing a T_MARGIN (set with T_MARGIN or PAGE), mom is performing
spacing adjustments as if the first line doesn't exist.
---Fixed---

Changes made to ALD and LS in version 1.2-c should not apply when
the document processing macros are used.  There is a significant
conflict with the internal use of ALD when the docheader is only
one line long (as, for example, when DOCTYPE is CHAPTER).
---Fixed, pending discovery of further conflicts---

Version 1.2-c
=============

Deferred footnotes not always being output, and groff complains
"ending diversion FN_OVERFLOW on exit."
---Fixed---

First .LS call after a top margin has been set (with .T_MARGIN
or .PAGE) causing mom to move off the top margin baseline.  Also,
there are conflicts between ALD, LS and T_MARGIN.
---Fixed---

DROPCAP not properly restoring a running \*[COND] or \*[EXT] after
COND or EXT are given as arguments to DROPCAP.
---Fixed---

Version 1.2
===========

.PAD not co-operating with mom's fontstyles, esp. when a full
family+fontstyle is given to .FT.
---Fixed---

.DROPCAP -- ditto the above.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.9
=============

Footnote markers not resetting properly on new pages when COLUMNS
is enabled.
---Fixed---

When overflowed footnote material is the only footnote material on
the page or in the column, no footnotes are output.
---Fixed---

The AUTOLEAD used in FOOTNOTE not being disabled after FOOTNOTES
are output, or after PROCESS_FN_LEFTOVER/PROCESS_FN_IN_DIVER.
---Fixed---

COL_NEXT and COL_BREAK, when invoked during the last column on a
page, are overprinting the last column instead of breaking to a new
page when there are footnotes in the column.
---Fixed---

BR_AT_LINE_KERN not "break-and-spreading" text when used in
justified copy.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.8
=============

BLOCKQUOTE_FAMILY not changing blockquote family.
---Fixed---

FOOTNOTE, whether in column mode or not, was using
#FN_COUNT_FOR_COLS for all footnote markers and handling.
---Fixed---

Deferred footnotes that occured on the second to last page of
documents not printing.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.7-a
===============

Suite number in DOCTYPE LETTER not printing.
---Fixed---

Footer elements not always vertically aligning.
---Fixed---

Footer rule gap not always correctly observed.
---Fixed---

Page numbering, when at top of page, not always falling on
HDRFTR_MARGIN.
---Fixed---

Default page numbering style for COPYSTYLE draft is DIGIT instead
of roman.
---Fixed---

Hyphens around page numbering when style is DIGIT, ROMAN or ALPHA
not vertically centered.
---Fixed---

EXT arg not working with DROPCAP.
---Fixed---

DOC_QUAD not automatically set immediately after START
---Fixed--

Tabs behaving erratically during document processing.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.7
=============

When DOCHEADER OFF <distance> is given, if <distance> falls short
of the top margin of running text, <distance> is not respected and
bottom margin falls low.
---Fixed---


Version 1.1.6-e
===============

The " mark (doublequote), when entered while not in document
processing mode (i.e. just straightforward typesetting), outputs
nothing unless SMARQUOTES is invoked explicitly.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.6-c
===============

In document processing mode, docs that use *none* of the
docprocessing tags being ignored.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.6-b
===============

String tabs not picking up #L_MARGIN when #L_MARGIN not explicitly
set with L_MARGIN, PAPER or PAGE.
---Fixed---

Infinite loop when B_MARGIN is set lower than FOOTER_MARGIN during
doc processing.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.6-a
===============

Mom partially broken when run with groff 1.19.1.  Don't know yet
what this is, whether bad coding in mom, or a problem with 1.19.1.
Only solution for now: run mom 1.1.6 with groff 1.18.
----Fixed---

Top margin of endnotes pages after the first endnotes page when
PRINTSTYLE is TYPEWRITE and endnotes single-spacing is turned on
falling one line too high.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.6
=============

DOCHEADER OFF (distance) not being respected.
---Fixed---

FINIS killing ENDNOTES page numbering and heads.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.5
=============

Draft and revision not appearing in page headers.
---Fixed---

\*[RULE] not working properly with indents and justified copy.
---Fixed---

Post-epigraph spacing in TYPEWRITE causing some first pages to run too
deep.
---Fixed---

Spacing of docheaders in TYPEWRITE not always consistent.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.4
=============

Blockquotes that span pages running too deep.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.3
=============

Footnotes not outputting on final page of document body when ENDNOTES
is invoked.
---Fixed---

Pad not working properly and/or spitting out warnings when fill mode is
on.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1.2
=============

PAGENUM_STYLE being ignored unless entered after START.
---Fixed---

Version 1.1
===========

String tabs not working as advertised when set from within other tabs.
---Fixed---

.COLLATE sometimes depositing a header on the first page of a subsequent doc.
---Fixed with workaround BREAK_QUOTE---

.UNDERLINE_QUOTES in PRINTSTYLE TYPEWRITE not on by default as advertised.
---Fixed---

.TI not cooperating with other indent styles.
---Fixed---

.WS and .SS not cooperating.
---Fixed---

.RW and .EW not working.
---Fixed---

========================================================================

KNOWN PROBLEMS
--------------

The indent macros from the typesetting macro set may not always
perform well in conjunction with the document processing macros,
especially when documents are set in columns.  Mostly, this is the
result of inadequate testing.  There are only so many "who'd want to
do this anyway?" scenarios I can think of on my own.

Epigraphs at the bottoms of page may sometimes run exactly one line
deeper than they should.  The alternative (from my point of view) is
to have them run 1 line shorter than they should.  The problem stems
from the fact the epigraphs are leaded differently than all other text,
and there's only so much adjusting that can be done with the whitespace
surrounding them to get them to bottom align.  Since stylistically,
epigraphs should never appear at the bottom of a page/column without at
least some running text beneath them in order to make sense of the role
they play in page layout, this not likely to be fixed for some time.