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From: smazu@ameris.UUCP (Steven P. Mazurek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: nroff -mm macro question
Summary: You need to use the printable version of the escape character
Message-ID: <981@ameris.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 91 01:09:33 GMT
References: <2570002@hpcc01.HP.COM>
Organization: Ameritech Services, Schaumburg, IL
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In article <2570002@hpcc01.HP.COM>, burch@hpcc01.HP.COM (Jeff Burch) writes:
> My nroff source looks like:
>    .VL 20
>    .LI "/test\.[Ch]"
>    This regular expression will search for the string "test.C" or
>    "test.h".  Note: the "\" is used to escape the ".", otherwise ...
>    .LE
> 
> I want this to be formatted like:
>    /test\.[Ch]    This regulare expression will search for the "test.C" or
>                   "test.h". Note: ...

You need to use the "on-the-fly" printable version of the escape
character which in this case happens to be the back-slash. Try replacing
your .LI line with:

		.LI "/test\e.[Ch]"

the "\e" should print the back-slash.

If you have Documentor's Workbench manuals you should be able to locate
this and similar information in the section on Nroff/Troff Escape
sequences - good luck.



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