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Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests
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Ralph Corderoy |
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Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation |
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Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:30:42 +0100 |
Hi Dave,
> tl;dr: For this input:
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> .tr zx
> .char \(zz zeezee
> \(zz top
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> Would you want the output to be "zeezee top" or "xeexee top"?
$ preconv | nroff
.na
.nf
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.char £ pound sterling
.char $ United States dollar
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The £ and $ are almost at par.
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.tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ
£ crashes overnight!
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.pl \n(nlu
^D
The pound sterling and United States dollar are almost at par.
POUND STERLING CRASHES OVERNIGHT!
$
I'd want to see shouty caps.
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Cheers, Ralph.
- Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation, Douglas McIlroy, 2023/04/01
- Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation, G. Branden Robinson, 2023/04/01
- Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/04/02
- Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation, Douglas McIlroy, 2023/04/02
- Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation, Dave Kemper, 2023/04/10
- user-defined characters, translation maps, and environment binding (was: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests), G. Branden Robinson, 2023/04/24
- Re: user-defined characters, translation maps, and environment binding, Ralph Corderoy, 2023/04/24
- Re: user-defined characters, translation maps, and environment binding, G. Branden Robinson, 2023/04/24
- Re: user-defined characters, translation maps, and environment binding, G. Branden Robinson, 2023/04/24
- Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation,
Ralph Corderoy <=