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From: jaap+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jaap Akkerhuis)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: ligatures in troff
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Date: 7 Jul 89 14:50:57 GMT
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> Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.text: 6-Jul-89 ligatures in troff Kevin
> Lincoln Flynn@anyg (865)

> manual to tell troff NOT to use the ligatures...  is there a way?  


Look under section 10.2 ligatures, that tells about .lg

.lg N	ligatures on when N is absent or non-zero
	N = 2 only two character ligatures

Read further for more details.