Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > > Sigh.  It's a not a bug in GNU troff, I think.
> > 
> > Well, it's an incompatibility then.  It seems to involve argument
> > substitution inside quoted strings.  Consider the following:
> > 
> >     .de XX
> >     \\$1
> >     ..
> >     .de YY
> >     .XX "\\$1"
> >     ..
> >     .YY "$"""""

I just found out that in compatibility mode groff does the `right
thing': `YY' then returns $".

In case pod2man still uses this approach, it should say `.cp 1' to get
the same behaviour as with other troff versions.


    Werner