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Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility
From: |
Ralph Corderoy |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility |
Date: |
Wed, 13 Jun 2001 11:26:09 +0100 |
Hi Werner,
> So we have
>
> "$""""" = " + $ + "" + "" + " = $""
>
> It seems that UNIX troff doesn't behave like that. I have no idea
> how to handle this incompatibility. Suggestions please. Can someone
> investigate the behaviour of `"' (in various combinations) with UNIX
> troff?
Does this help? AIX 3.2.5's troff.
$ cat in
.de xx
\\$1
.br
..
.xx abc
.xx "abc"
.xx "a""b"
.xx "a""""b"
.xx "$"""""
.xx y"x$""""x"y
$ nroff <in | cat -S
abc
abc
a"b
a""b
$""
y"x$""""x"y
All looks fine to me. I get the same output from groff.
Ralph.