On 4/1/23, G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com> wrote: > At 2023-04-01T19:45:19-0400, Douglas McIlroy wrote: >> What does .char do for you that .ds doesn't? > > I don't remember where I saw this trick, but you can use a > `char`-defined object as a margin character, and I suppose just about > anywhere else the language syntax is accepting of an atomic character.
Yes, I find it handy to be able to set cflags values on .char-defined characters.