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From: bobl@tessi.UUCP (Bob Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Query on NULs in nroff tables
Message-ID: <425@ghidrah.tessi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Nov-87 16:55:20 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 10 16:55:20 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 02:23:50 EST
Reply-To: bobl@ghidrah.UUCP (Bob Lewis)
Organization: TSSI, Beaverton, Oregon
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In preparing some nroff /usr/lib/term/tabXXXX files, I have a need to be able
to embed NUL ('\0') in several of the command and character sequences (this is
for the Panasonic KX-1091i).  Unfortunately, it seems as though the strings in
the usual tabXXXX.c files are usually null-terminated and the width
information preceeding them is not necessarily the length of the "Codetab"
character sequence.

I don't have source.  Is there some way to get nroff to send out a NUL?
My only other alternative is to filter the nroff output before printing,
but this is sloppy.

Please reply by mail.  I'll summarize or forward upon request.

Thanks in advance.

	- Bob Lewis
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