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From: rcj1@ihuxi.UUCP (Raymon Jender)
Newsgroups: net.bugs
Subject: outputting backslash in mmx
Message-ID: <972@ihuxi.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 13:36:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: ihuxi.972
Posted: Fri Jul 13 13:36:34 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Jul-84 01:50:26 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL
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	I noticed that trying to output a backslash that is located
	within a static display does not work. Is this a bug?

	Example:

	This does not output the backslash:

	.DS
		\\\__________/
	.DE

	But this works:

	.nf
		\\\_________/
	.fi

	Why?

				Ray Jender
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