Re: [Groff] \(aq not working in OpenSolaris environment

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I'm testing some groff source with non-GNU troff in an OpenSolaris/
> SunOS 5.11 environment and noticed a problem. I'm using \(aq in the
> source to represent straight apostrophes, but when I view the TTY
> output, no apostrophes (nor any other characters) show up where they
> should be.
>
> Does \(aq not work with AT&T troff?

It's a groff extension.  If you look into the groff_char(7) man page
you can see that only entity names marked with `+' can be found in the
original AT&T troff.

> Is there some alternative way I can mark it up instead?

In a TTY, you have to use ', I think.  For PS output, you have to use
a font where the ' glyph looks like right.


    Werner