Re: [Groff] nroff vs. troff conditional using escapes?

[Clarke Echols]

If you place a space at the start of a line, it causes a break.
If preceded by \& (a non-printing space), that should suppress it.

Clarke

Michael(tm) Smith wrote:
> Clarke Echols <address@hidden>, 2008-02-25 20:56 -0700:
>
> >     .PP
> >     For more information, see the preceding section (\c
> >     .t-or-n "Description\c" "DESCRIPTION\c"
> >     ) or the
> >     .t-or-n "Introduction" "INTRODUCTION"
> >     section for this document.
> >
> >  Also I should not have put the \c escapes in the second .t-or-n
> >  line.
>
> Thanks -- I hadn't know I could do what with \c.
>
> So I think what would actually best for me to try to do is have
> my app always generated the \c before and after the string, and to
> preserve any whitespace that follows the string; like this:
>
>   .PP
>   For more information, see the preceding section (\c
>   .t-or-n "Description\c" "DESCRIPTION\c"
>   ) or the \c
>   .t-or-n "Introduction\c" "INTRODUCTION\c"
>    section for this document.
>
> Is that safe in groff? I know it's now safe to have space at the
> end of lines, but is it safe to have it at the beginning of line?
>
>   --Mike