Update of bug #67367 (group groff):

                  Status:               Need Info => Invalid
             Assigned to:                    None => gbranden
             Open/Closed:                    Open => Closed

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Follow-up Comment #7:

This weird output...


Gente...l(1)andslManual

NAME
       testen.man-
       ual

Overview
te...l(1)7-27


...is because you forgot to apply a scaling unit to the register value.  Maybe
that is what led you down the wrong track.

Here's an example that shows the features working just fine.


$ cat ATTIC/67367gbr.man
.TH foo 1 2025-07-31 "groff test suite"
.SH Name
foo \- frobnicate a bar
.SH Description
Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem
accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab
illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt,
explicabo.
$ perl -e 'print "#" x 80, "\n"'; nroff -man ATTIC/67367gbr.man; perl -e
'print "#" x 80, "\n"'
################################################################################
foo(1)                       General Commands Manual
foo(1)

Name
     foo - frobnicate a bar

Description
     Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem
accusantium
     doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae ab illo
inventore
     veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt, explicabo.

groff test suite                   2025‐07‐31
foo(1)
################################################################################
$ perl -e 'print "#" x 80, "\n"'; nroff -man -rLL=72n ATTIC/67367gbr.man; perl
-e 'print "#" x 80, "\n"'
################################################################################
foo(1)                   General Commands Manual                  foo(1)

Name
     foo - frobnicate a bar

Description
     Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem ac‐
     cusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae
     ab  illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta
     sunt, explicabo.

groff test suite               2025‐07‐31                         foo(1)
################################################################################
$ perl -e 'print "#" x 80, "\n"'; nroff -man -rLL=72n -rLT=75n
ATTIC/67367gbr.man; perl -e 'print "#" x 80, "\n"'
################################################################################
foo(1)                    General Commands Manual                    foo(1)

Name
     foo - frobnicate a bar

Description
     Sed ut perspiciatis, unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem ac‐
     cusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam eaque ipsa, quae
     ab  illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta
     sunt, explicabo.

groff test suite                 2025‐07‐31
foo(1)
################################################################################




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