Re: 8bit nroff fixes

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From: resende
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1987 21:54

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In a message posted to this network a few days Pat Sullivan writes:

>In DWB Release 2, the '%' character is an undocumented escape character
>which tells nroff to send out the following character code even if it is
>greater than 0200.  If this "feature" is present in older versions, it
>may be simpler than rebuilding nroff.  Following is an excerpt from our
>nterm file for a LaserJet with an HP "M" cartridge; note the '%' used
>to escape character codes greater than 0200:
>    ...
>charset
>ae 1 %\327
>AE 1 %\323
   ...

Where can I find a complete list of non-ASCII characters that  can
be passed to nroff  via nterm?
I am trying to build a nterm file for a printer with the IBM character
set, which includes a few vowells + accents that I would like to use from
nroff.

Any suggestions?

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