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3 total messages Started by Russell Shilling Thu, 04 Oct 1984 00:27

Nroff doesn't print back-slashes - Is it a BUG ?

#310

Author: Russell Shilling
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1984 00:27

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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.)


	Russell Shilling

	{ allegra, ihnp4, seismo }!scgvaxd!muddcs!russell
	=====      I'm so glad to be a delta ...    =====

Re: Nroff doesn't print back-slashes

#315

Author: George Sicherman
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 1984 01:36

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[Man was not meant to tamper with the unknown.]

Displays get diverted, so backslashes go through "copy mode."

Crude fix:  use \\\\ instead of \\.
Sharp fix:  use \e.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...seismo!rochester!rocksanne!rocksvax!sunybcs!gloria!colonel

Re: Nroff doesn't print back-slashes - Is it a BUG ?

#313

Author: M. J. Shannon, Jr.
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 1984 14:42

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As is well documented in the Nroff/Troff reference manual, the way to produce
backslashes in your output is with the sequence `\e'.
-- 
	Marty Shannon
UUCP:	{alice,rabbit,research}!mjs
	(rabbit is soon to die.  Does this mean alice is pregnant?  Yup!)
Phone:	201-582-3199

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