Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!prls!philabs!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11!josef From: josef@nixpbe.UUCP (Moellers) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: How do you display a back-slash in nroff? Message-ID: Date: 10 Aug 90 06:07:57 GMT References: <1990Aug7.190300.8450@investor.pgh.pa.us> Sender: news@nixpbe.UUCP Lines: 20 In <1990Aug7.190300.8450@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: >I have read the manual. I have experimented with .ec and with >escaping one back-slash with one to many with no success. >Is there a way? The manual (nroff/troff Technical Discussion) sais: 23. Escape Sequences for Characters, Indicators, and Functions Section Escape Meaning Reference Sequence : : : 10.1 \e Printable version of the current escape character : : : -- | Josef Moellers | c/o Nixdorf Computer AG | | USA: mollers.pad@nixbur.uucp | Abt. PXD-S14 | | !USA: mollers.pad@nixpbe.uucp | Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring | | Phone: (+49) 5251 104662 | D-4790 Paderborn |