Re: [Groff] character u21D5 is not available in groff

[Ted Harding]

On the contrary, it is there! It is in the Symbol font (\fS)
at position 0274[octal] = 188[decimal], but it has no name.
So define

.char \[el] \f[S]\N'188'\fP

and then you have it!

Best wishes too all,
Ted.
(About to follow up with comments on the double up-down arrow).

On 29-May-2014 19:48:31 Denis M. Wilson wrote:
> Another glyph that is in most text PostScript fonts, is widely used in
> English, but is not in groff, is the ellipsis (three dots).
> 
> Denis
> 
> On Thu, 29 May 2014 20:13:49 +0200
> "Bernd Warken" <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> > Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
>> > 
>> > > The following line is from groff_char.man:
>> > > 
>> > > \[vA]    \e[vA]  uni21D5 u21D5   vertical
>> > > double arrow in both directions
>> > > 
>> > > I couldn't find this character \[vA].  Some idea?
>> > 
>> > Originally contained in the glyph sets of -Tlj4 and -Tdvi; added to
>> > -Tps later on, using the standard AGL name `uni21D5'.
>> 
>> Fine.  I seem reasonable to include this and the other 4 characters
>> into groff in general for all devices.  How can this be done?
>> 
>> Bernd Warken
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 

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