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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Inserting text directly in ditroff output
Message-ID: <8883@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 12:22:31 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 12:22:31 1987
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Keywords: ditroff, postprocessor

> We have an old version of ditroff that doesn't seem to be able to give a
> string directly to the postprocessor (like the \special command of TeX).
> Can anyone tell me what is the string ditroff outputs when it sends a
> string directly to the postprocessor? ...

The send-it-direct command at the troff input level is "\X'...'" and the
resulting output is "x X ..." (ends with a newline), at least in the
version I've got handy.
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