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From: hecht@hsi.UUCP (Alice Hecht)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: British pound sign in troff?
Summary: Here is is!
Message-ID: <1087@hsi.UUCP>
Date: 22 Feb 89 16:37:19 GMT
References: <15201@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>
Organization: Health Systems Intl., New Haven, CT
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In article <15201@oddjob.UChicago.EDU>, pooh@oddjob.UChicago.EDU (Pooh) writes:
> 
> I am looking for a quick and dirty way to construct a British
> pound sign (as in the currency) in troff.  I have access only
> to the -ms macros and they don't list one in their special
> characters.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Pooh
>        pooh@oddjob.uchicago.edu

To include the British pound sign using the -ms macro, just type
            \(po  or \(ps
 The \(po is defined as the pound sign as well as the \(ps.
Don't ask me why there are two ways to do the same thing but there they
are.

Alice

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Alice Hecht                                       ...!uunet!hsi!hecht
Health Systems International                      hecht@hsi.uu.net