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From: vauclair@prlb2.UUCP (Marc Vauclair)
Newsgroups: net.text
Subject: n/troff. backslashes in .B[1-2] envs.
Message-ID: <493@prlb2.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 22-Feb-85 06:34:11 EST
Article-I.D.: prlb2.493
Posted: Fri Feb 22 06:34:11 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Feb-85 02:39:26 EST
Organization: Philips Research Laboratory Brussels
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Does anyone know how I can get a \ in a boxed text ?
Given a file named #t4 containing the following stuff :
------------------------------------------------------------------------
.PP
THis is a test of a : \\
.sp 2
.B1
.sp 2
.PP
THis is a test of a : \\
.sp 2
.B2
.sp 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Using the command : 'nroff -ms #t4 | col' gives the following result :
=========================================================================

     THis is a test of a : \

_______________________________
|                             |
|                             |
|                             |
|     THis is a test of a : ( |
|                             |
|______________________________|

=========================================================================
A possible cure is modifying the input code to the following form :
=========================================================================
.PP
THis is a test of a : \\
.sp 2
.B1
.sp 2
.PP
.eo
THis is a test of a : \\
.ec
.sp 2
.B2
.sp 2
==========================================================================
It gives the following result :
==========================================================================

     THis is a test of a : \

________________________________
|                              |
|                              |
|                              |
|     THis is a test of a : \  |
|                              |
|_______________________________|

==========================================================================
But this solution works properly only if there are no other \ escape in the
text on the concerned line.

Marc Vauclair
Philips Research Laboratory Brussels

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