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Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Jun 2001 13:51:07 +0100 |
Hi Werner,
> > .de XX
> > \\$1
> > ..
> > .de YY
> > .XX "\\$1"
> > ..
> > .YY "$"""""
>
> Aah, I haven't thought of that! Ralph, what does your troff produce?
> It seems that this is indeed a bug (more or less) in groff because
> arguments always have to be handled with literal textual
> substitution.
AIX 3.2.5 nroff.
$ cat in
.de XX
\\$1
..
.de YY
.XX "\\$1"
..
.YY "$"""""
$ nroff in | cat -S
$"
HTH,
Ralph.