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From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: Ignorant troff question
Message-ID: <1144@vidiot.UUCP>
Date: 7 Dec 90 05:33:10 GMT
References: <1990Dec3.015835.27999@mozart.amd.com>
Reply-To: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
Organization: Vidiot's Hangout
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In article <1990Dec3.015835.27999@mozart.amd.com> brian@positron.amd.com (Brian McMinn) writes:
<I'm writing a research paper using troff (and the -ms macros) and I
<need to reference an author whose name has a double-dotted-o in it.
<This character isn't listed in the list of special characters at the
<end of the troff reference.  I've tried several "obvious" sequences,
<but none have worked.  Does this letter exist?  If so, how do I get it
<to print?

.\" Set up the the special characters
.ds #[ \&
.ds #] \&
.ds #h ((1u-(\\\\n(.fu%2u))*0.13m)
.ds #v 0.6m
.ds #f 0
.\"			\" accents
.ds ' \k_\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#h)'\*(#[\(aa\h'|\\n_u'\*(#]
.ds ` \k_\h'-(\\n(.wu*7/10-\*(#h)'\*(#[\(ga\h'|\\n_u'\*(#]
.ds ~ \k_\h'-(\\n(.wu-\*(#h-0.05m)'\*(#[~\h'|\\n_u'\*(#]
.\"			\" umlaut
.ds : \k_\h'-(\\n(.wu*8/10-\*(#h+0.1m+\*(#f)'\v'-\*(#v'\*(#[\z.\h'0.2m+\*(#f'.\h'|\\n_u'\v'\*(#v'\*(#]
.rm #[
.rm #]
.rm #h
.rm #v
.rm #f

The string you want is \*:
-- 
      harvard\     att!nicmad\        spool.cs.wisc.edu!astroatc!vidiot!brown
Vidiot  ucbvax!uwvax..........!astroatc!vidiot!brown
      rutgers/  decvax!nicmad/ INET:<@spool.cs.wisc.edu,@astroatc:brown@vidiot>