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 ...!ihnss!ihps3!stolaf!sft ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.