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

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2017-12-03T09:06:52-0500, Mike Bianchi wrote:
> > 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.

There is already a character escape for the dollar sign.

$ echo 'You are Lobby Lud and I claim my \[Do]5.' | nroff| head -n 1
You are Lobby Lud and I claim my $5.

If compatibility with classical troff is desired,

\(Do

can be used.

-- 
Regards,
Branden

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