Re: [Groff] gtroff & soelim don't recognize ~ in paths

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > I'm used to it working in vi(m) and I seem to remember it working
> > in awk. I've also seen it work in X11-based file dialogs. Over
> > time, I suppose I've come to assume that ~ was a Un*x idiom rather
> > than a shell idiom.
> 
> Agreed; why shouldn't it work in groff?  It should be relatively
> straightforward to implement it (looks the other way).

Consider this:

  .tr ~X
  .so ~/foo/bar


      Werner