Re: ligatures in troff

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From: Wolf Paul
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1989 11:41

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In article <5858@rpi.edu> flynn@anyguay.acm.rpi.edu (Kevin Lincoln Flynn) writes:
=Again, it works fine, except that every time the character combinations
='fl,' 'fi,' or 'ffi' appear in the text proof attempts to load that particular
=ligature off disk...  and it doesn't exist!  I didn't see any way in the
=manual to tell troff NOT to use the ligatures...  is there a way?  

Try this:

	.lg 0

Should work fine :-)

Wolf
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From: wnp@attctc.DALLAS.TX.US (Wolf Paul)
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Subject: Re: ligatures in troff
Keywords: troff, ligatures, fl, fi, ffi
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Date: 7 Jul 89 11:41:41 GMT
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