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Subject: Re: looking for dwb 2.0 source
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Date: Sat, 27-Jun-87 13:51:32 EDT
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Posted: Sat Jun 27 13:51:32 1987
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Posting-Front-End: GNU Emacs 18.47.1 of Fri Jun 26 1987 on ho5cad (usg-unix-v)


In article <35@blipyramid.BLI.COM> mao@blipyramid.BLI.COM (Mike Olson) writes:
>   post-processor named 'psfig.'  a key element of the software they described
>   was the ditroff incantation
>	   \X'message'
>   where message is passed intact to the postprocessor.
>   the version of ditroff we're running doesn't support \X commands.  i've

See if your version of ditroff supports this input:

	\!special sauce

This has  been  in troff for "a  while"  (before dwb 2.0),  but I have
heard it was broken in some versions.  Dunno; have never used it; yes,
it is documented that it exists.

	Bill Carpenter
	(AT&T gateways)!ho5cad!wjc
	HO 1L-410, (201)949-8392