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Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:05:11 +0100 (CET) |
> Maybe the real issue is that AT&T troff and its derivatives do not
> change to copy mode when reading names:
>
> .ds xx foo
> .ds \\f bar
> \*(\f2xx \n(.f
>
> prints "foo 2" with both 7th Edition troff and Heirloom troff. With
> groff, it prints "bar2xx 1". Consequently, Heirloom troff also does
> not change its mode when reading the contents of a "\[...]" bracket
> sequence. And thus, both occurences of "\E" in "\E*[\E*[foo]]" are
> interpreted as escape characters.
This is now fixed in the CVS -- \E gets expanded in escape names. The
fix was much simpler than expected. Please test.
Werner
Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/03/17
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/03/17
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/03/17
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/03/17
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- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Joerg van den Hoff, 2007/03/19
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/03/19
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/03/19
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Joerg van den Hoff, 2007/03/19
- Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Gunnar Ritter, 2007/03/19
Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Joerg van den Hoff, 2007/03/20
Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Larry Kollar, 2007/03/20
Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Joerg van den Hoff, 2007/03/21
Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Werner LEMBERG, 2007/03/21
Re: [Groff] problem with current snapshot, Joerg van den Hoff, 2007/03/22