[bug #68537] [ms] automatically numbered footnotes don't work in tbl(1) tables

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:37:50 -0400 (EDT)

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                 Summary: [ms] automatically numbered footnotes don't work in
tbl(1) tables
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: gbranden
               Submitted: Fri 17 Jul 2026 09:37:44 PM UTC
                Category: Macro package ms
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Fri 17 Jul 2026 09:37:44 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
Spawned off of bug #68354, mentioned in a comment by Bjarni.

Nobody gets this right.


$ cat ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms
.LP
This is my
.I ms
document.
.TS
L.
foo\**
.TE
.FS
Bar.
.FE
$ heirloom tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | heirloom
nroff -ms | cat -s

This is my ms document.

foo[2]

 _________________________
   [2] Bar.

                       July 17, 2026

$ solaris10 tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | solaris10
nroff -ms | cat -s

This is my ms document.

foo[2]

 _________________________
   [2] Bar.

                       July 17, 2026

$ dwb tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | dwb nroff -ms |
cat -s

This is my  ms document.

foo

__________________________
Bar.

                       July 17, 2026

$ 9 tbl ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | 9 nroff -ms | cat
-s

This is my  ms document.

foo

__________________________
Bar.

                       July 17, 2026

$ nroff -t -ms ATTIC/automatic-number-footnote-mark-in-table.ms | cat -s

This is my ms document.

foo[2]

───────────
  [1] Bar.



It looks like Deri may have a simple fix (see aforementioned bug).  Confirm
and land for groff 1.25 if so.







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