groff
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Groff] \(bs escape sequence


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] \(bs escape sequence
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 07:43:18 +0000 (GMT)

> The special character \(bs is not implemented in groff.
> 
> In the 1st ed. of Bourne - The UNIX system, it is displayed as a
> large circle with something like a bell inside (bell sign?), but in the
> Kernighan reference it looks like a black full moon (large bullet sign).
> 
> Does anyone have more information?

>From groff/font/devutf8/NOTES:

  The following from the original troff manual (by Ossanna and
  Kernighan) is unmapped:

    \(bs    shaded solid ball (Bell System logo, AT&T logo)


      Werner

reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]