[net.text] Don't speak with a Berkeley Accent inside a table.

kc@rna.UUCP (Kaare Christian) (09/13/86)

Here is a discovery I recently made.  If anyone has a fix, or any
suggestion please let me know.

The Berkeley Accent marks don't work properly within a table.
Outside of a table they are beautiful, but they lack the necessary
chutzpah (sp?) to work in a table.  (The original ms accents work
fine in a table.)

The following document illustrates the problem.

----- SHELL ARCHIVE FOLLOWS ----
echo text
sed 's/^X//' > text << 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'
XThe Original, slightly paltry accents:
X.sp
X\e*'e
X\*'e
X\e*`e
X\*`e
X\e*:u
X\*:u
X.TS
Xc c.
X\e*'e	\*'e
X\e*`e	\*`e
X\e*:u	\*:u
X.TE
X.AM
XThe NEW AND IMPROVED Berkeley Accent Marks:
X.sp
Xe\e*'
Xe\*'
Xe\e*`
Xe\*`
Xu\e*:
Xu\*:
X.TS
Xc c.
Xe\e*'	e\*'
Xe\e*`	e\*`
Xu\e*:	u\*:
X.TE
X
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy