Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Werner,

> > Does this help?  AIX 3.2.5's troff.
> 
> Thanks a lot!  So it seems to be really a bug in many non-GNU versions
> of troff.  I'll document it eventually.
> 
> Just curious:  What does
> 
>   .de xx
>   \\$1
>   .br
>   ..
>   .
>   .xx "$""\&"""
>   .xx "$""\&""\&"
> 
> produce on those `buggy' troff versions?

    $ cat in
    .de xx
    \\$1
    .br
    ..
    .
    .xx "$""\&"""
    .xx "$""\&""\&"

    $ nroff in | cat -S
    $""
    $""

AIX 3.2.5 again.


Ralph.