[texhax] spc b/t body and foot

[Bryan W. Lepore]

trying to debug some formatting problem:

i have a header and footer, i can make the 'body' of the text reach up to the
header, but when i try

\footskip=negative-or-positive-or-zero %<- tried it anyway
\textheight=9.0in

the .cls has:

\RequirePackage[letterpaper,margin=0.5in,includeheadfoot]{geometry}

i THINK its using the article package.

beyond that i'm stuck.  how do i make the body of text reach all the way down to
the footer? i.e. make zero space between bottom of 'body' and 'foot'
(Lamport, p.182)?

-bryan