extending (di)troff

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From: Col. G. L. Sicherman
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1985 15:12

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Two-character names must go!  But we don't want to break anything.  How
about this:

	x		one-character name
	\(xy		two-character name
	\( xyzabc)	n-character name

After all, no two-character name begins with a space.  This also allows

	\f( xyzabc)	n-character font name
	\n( xyzabc)	n-character number register
	\*( xyzabc)	n-character string name

and even

	\s( 12345)	huge point size

It's a little ugly, but it's workable.  Comments?
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel

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