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Article #6backslashes
From: utzoohenry
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1981 15:43
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1981 15:43
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A generalization of Phyllis's earlier note: backslashes at random places in text are a sure route to disaster, since they almost always mean something to nroff/troff, and usually not what you want. This is less obvious than beginning text lines with . or ' , but is even more disastrous since most lower-case letters have special meanings to nroff/troff when preceded by a backslash. Add this to the list of things to look for in the event of inexplicable misbehavior. I don't think it is fair to criticize JFO for this one; if one is going to use a particular character to flag commands, this inevitably implies being careful how you use that character.
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