Re: [Groff] Copy register value to another register?

[Clarke Echols]

DUH!

I forgot all about the double backslash.  Thanks for pointing
out the [not so] obvious when the brain isn't doing its job. :-)

Clarke

Larry Jones wrote:
> Clarke Echols writes:
> > But I prefer to use a macro like this:
> >
> >           .de macro
> >           .nr returnlocation \n[nl]u  \"Preserve location to return to.
>
> That substitues the value when the macro is defined, which isn't what
> you want; you need to double the backslash to defer the substitution
> until the macro is invoked:
>
>         .de macro
>         .nr returnlocation \\n[nl]u  \"Preserve location to return to.