Astolaf.260
net.unix-wizards
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!ihnss!ihps3!stolaf!sft
Thu Mar 25 14:40:33 1982
Re: ms diagnostic
As Mark pointed out, the diagnostic occurs when the temp file grows larger
than nroff can handle.  This occurs frequently when the user forgets or
mistypes a command to close off a section of text (e.g. a footnote).  Nroff
never sees the end of the "held" section and attempts to stuff the entire
document into the temp file.
Steve Tarr
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