Re: Pop quiz: How do YOU .do?

2020-04-14 Thread John Gardner
Wouldn't it be cool if we could just .nr _C \n(.C . .\" Rename the `cp` request to something inane .rn cp ^GC \" Here, ^G means U+0007 . .de cp . ie'+1'\\$1' .nr _C \\n(_C+1 \" +1: Begin new level . el \{ .ie '-1'\\$1' .nr _C \\n(_C-1 \" -1: End current level . el

Pop quiz: How do YOU .do?

2020-04-14 Thread G. Branden Robinson
How well do you know groff's .do request? Put it to the test! I found the existing man page documentation much too light and a certain paragraph in the Texinfo manual confounding. But I know there are people reading this list who are highly experienced, or simply more clever than I am. Pretend