Re: [Groff] [heirloom]

2014-12-08 Thread Denis M. Wilson
On Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:08:28 + Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Ingo, > > > You are confusing character escape sequences \[...] > > and user-defined strings \*[...]. > See groff_char(7) --

Re: [Groff] [heirloom]

2014-12-08 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Ingo, > You are confusing character escape sequences \[...] > and user-defined strings \*[...]. Thanks! Cheers, Ralph.

Re: [Groff] [heirloom]

2014-12-08 Thread Ingo Schwarze
Hi Ralph, Ralph Corderoy wrote on Mon, Dec 08, 2014 at 05:53:31PM +: > Carsten wrote: >> someone wrote: >>> \(lqABC\(rq >>> doesn't put double quotes around ABC like groff and Neatroff do. >> This is a groffism :) > `info groff' has this under node `Predefined man strings' suggesting > it's

Re: [Groff] [heirloom]

2014-12-08 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, Carsten wrote: > > \(lqABC\(rq > > > > doesn't put double quotes around ABC like groff and Neatroff do. > > This is a groffism :) `info groff' has this under node `Predefined man strings' suggesting it's with -man only, but it works all the time? Cheers, Ralph.

Re: [Groff] [heirloom]

2014-12-08 Thread Carsten Kunze
Hi Blake, > I haven't updated my Heirloom stuff in a little while but I came across an > interesting problem. > > \(lqABC\(rq > > doesn't put double quotes around ABC like groff and Neatroff do. This is a groffism :) Traditional troff did use ``ABC'' and nroff did use "ABC". But I'll add it.

[Groff] [heirloom]

2014-12-08 Thread Blake McBride
Greetings, I haven't updated my Heirloom stuff in a little while but I came across an interesting problem. \(lqABC\(rq doesn't put double quotes around ABC like groff and Neatroff do. Thanks. Blake