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Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise
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Ted Harding |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise |
Date: |
Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:42:11 +0100 (BST) |
On 26-Aug-01 Andrew Koenig wrote:
>> Consider the following example:
>
>> .de test
>> Hallo!
>> ..
>> \fB.test\fP
>
>> Surprisingly, this yields
>
>> Hallo!
>
>> Even more surprising is the fact that it isn't bold...
>
>> Is this documented? How does UNIX troff behave?
>
> Unix troff produces no output for this example.
>
> The relevant behavior is documented in the very first paragraph of
> the troff manual, which says:
>
> Input consists of `text lines', which are destined to be printed,
> interspersed with `control lines', which set parameters or
> otherwise control subsequent processing. Control lines begin with
> a `control character'--normally . (period) or ' (single quote)--
> followed by a one or two character name that specifies a basic
> `request' or the substitution of a user-defined `macro' in place of
> the control line.
I'm aware of this paragraph! However, the above reported behaviour
(rather non-behaviour") slightly puzzles me (I don't have a "UNIX
troff" to hand at the moment).
_Either_ one takes the above paragraph literally, in which case
the line "\fB.test\fP" does _not_ begin with a "." and so is _not_
a control line; or else "\fB..." is transparent at the start of a line
and so the line should be interpreted as ".test" (in a Bold context)
(as is the case with groff).
One possibility is that because ".test" is a four-character name,
the definition ".de test ..." and/or the invocation ".test" are
not being recognised as macros. Could someone with "UNIX troff"
re-try with a two-character name, e.g.
.de jK
Hallo!
..
\fB.jK\fP
?
Thanks,
Ted.
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------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
- [Groff] surprise, surprise, Werner LEMBERG, 2001/08/26
- RE: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Ted Harding, 2001/08/26
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Andrew Koenig, 2001/08/26
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise,
Ted Harding <=
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Andrew Koenig, 2001/08/26
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Ted Harding, 2001/08/26
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Werner LEMBERG, 2001/08/27
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Ted Harding, 2001/08/28
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Werner LEMBERG, 2001/08/27
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Ralph Corderoy, 2001/08/28
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Ted Harding, 2001/08/28
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Ralph Corderoy, 2001/08/28
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Werner LEMBERG, 2001/08/29
- Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise, Werner LEMBERG, 2001/08/29