Re: [groff] Problems redefining macro $c for -me macros

[Mike Bianchi]

> I also find it funny if I ever need to talk about money in dollars: a
> dollar sign ($) is obviously needed.  Tried escaping the $ like `\$', but
> that ..obviously.. didn't work.

But it seemed ..so.. close, so I tried this:
        .char \[$] "$
        Dollar \[$]

The special character \[$] is defined as the string  "$" .
NOTE that the  .char  statement _requires_ that the trailing " not be present.

                                                                Mike

On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 08:50:04PM +0700, Stephanie Björk wrote:
> That seems very reasonable an explanation.  Thank you. :)
> 
> I didn't know that the problem had something to do with EQN's inline
> equation.  It wasn't so obvious, but it makes sense nonetheless.
> 
> I also find it funny if I ever need to talk about money in dollars: a
> dollar sign ($) is obviously needed.  Tried escaping the $ like `\$', but
> that ..obviously.. didn't work.  I guess the only way to use $ signs
> properly is to use a different delimiter or tell EQN, ``delim off''.
> 
> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 8:08 PM, Ralph Corderoy <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Stephanie,
> >
> > > using the eqn "delim" request with dollars seems to start an inline
> > > equation for ".de $c"!
> >
> > Yes, Steffen's right.  The `$' in `$c' is looking to the preprocessor
> > eqn as part of the inline equation delimeters set beforehand with `delim
> > $$'.  Moving the `.de $c' definition to before the `.EQ' to `.EN' block
> > would seem the simplest solution.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers, Ralph.
> > https://plus.google.com/+RalphCorderoy
> >

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