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Article #308Nroff trouble - is it a BUG ?
From: Russell Shilling
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1984 00:13
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1984 00:13
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I think I've discovered an error in (our) nroff. Using the 'ms' macros,
run this test file (tmp) through with:
nroff -ms tmp
This is the content of the test file 'tmp':
----- CUT HERE -----
.DS
.B "testy backslashes"
--------\\
\\
\\
\\
v
.DE
----- CUT HERE -----
This is the result (underline removed):
--------------------------------------------------------------
testy backslashes
--------(
(
(
(
v
--------------------------------------------------------------
This is not at all what I intended.
What is going on here, and how can it be fixed ?
My arrows are getting crunched for no known reason.
If there is a way to do this using something other
than the -ms macros, that info would also be helpful.
(I'm probably the only person in the known universe
who wants to print back-slashes with nroff.)
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