Re: extending (di)troff

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1985 23:06

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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

Better:  \[xyzabc].  \[ is not used anywhere, unless somebody has done
some really strange things to troff lately.
-- 
"Maturity means doing what's right, not just what's easy."

				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

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