Is there a way to exit double column mode without page break in groff?

Question

I'm trying to write up my CV in groff/troff and would like to have my contact details in two columns at the top, one column adjusted on the left and the other on the right. I tried doing it like this:

.2C
Name
.LP
Address line 1
.LP
Address line 1
.LP
Phone number
.LP
Email@ddress
.LP
Link to Github

The problem is that when I go back to a single column there is an automatic page break and my details are displayed in the left-hand column.

Is there a way to avoid the page break and have only a small section of the page display double columns?

Answer 1

The 2-columnn format is not that flexible.

What you would probably need is tbl. Typically that would look like:

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expand,tab(@);
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T{
Name: Me
T}@T{
Email: [email protected]
T}
T{
Address: Here
T}@T{
Telephone: available
T}
.TE

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and generate with

tbl columntest.ms | groff -ms  > out.ps

You may want to play a bit with the column-width until you're satisfied.