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Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes
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Carsten Kunze |
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Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes |
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Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:53:33 +0200 (CEST) |
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Von: "(Ted Harding)" <address@hidden>
An: groff mailinglist <address@hidden>
Datum: 01.09.2014 10:00
Betreff: Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes
> WHile not quite sure about the details of the logic underlying
> the effect you describe, I think that your first line of table
> entries is suppressing the end-of-line in the input.
>
> Try instead (with TAB where the spaces are, as you describe):
>
> .TS
> a a .
> INPUT PRODUCES
> \\\\ \\\&
> abc def
> .TE
>
> where the extra "\&" introduces an invisible character in the
> input, thus isolating the end-of-line from the preceding "\\".
That is correct.
Another difference may be that AT&T tbl embeds tbl entries in fields. That
additional "layer" may reduce "\\" to "\". (But I can't access documentation
for that at the moment.) Therefore groff tbl shows \\ where tbl based on AT&T
shows only \.
Carsten
- [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes, Blake McBride, 2014/09/01
- Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/01
- Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes, Ted Harding, 2014/09/01
- Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/01
- Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes, Mike Bianchi, 2014/09/01
- Re: [Groff] [Groff & Heirloom] tbl problem with backslashes, Carsten Kunze, 2014/09/01