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Re: Annoying ?roff-ism

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From: Mr P I Neaves
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 14:32
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In article <GNB.93Jan4103138@baby.bby.com.au> gnb@baby.bby.com.au (Gregory N. Bond) writes:
>>>>>> On 28 Dec 92 16:24:44 GMT, jaap@alice.att.com (jaap) said:
>
>	.de Tx
>	.ie '\\n(.z'' T|\\n%|(cC.\\n(+(tT|\\$1|
>	.el \\!.Tx \\$1
>	..
>
>And they wonder why I use TeX!

Quite.

As a sometime groff user, where can I get some *decent* manuals/books etc
to learn how to write the above stuff ?

Is there any *good* documentation available via ftp ?

Ta.


Phil
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