rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) (08/08/90)
I have read the manual. I have experimented with .ec and with escaping one back-slash with one to many with no success. Is there a way? -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us
rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) (08/08/90)
I started getting answers back almost before this item went out! Thanks to everybody who told me to try \e. This works. I am ashamed to say I did not see this in the manual, although I _THOUGHT_ I had reviewed it carefully. -- Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA 412-471-5320 ...!uunet!pitt!investor!rbp rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us
jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross) (08/08/90)
rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) > I have read the manual. I have experimented with .ec and with > escaping one back-slash with one to many with no success. > Is there a way? You bet. It's even in the manual. (Honest!) Just use: \e this prints the escape character (normally a backslash). For instance, printf("Hello World!\en"); You could also do something evil like: \\ in your text, but this is generally a bad idea. Jonathan A. Chandross Internet: jac@paul.rutgers.edu UUCP: rutgers!paul.rutgers.edu!jac
tmoore@coss.Dayton.NCR.COM (Tom Moore) (08/09/90)
Try the escape sequence '\e' to output the current escape character. -- * Tom Moore NCR Corporation PCD-6 (513) 445-1373 * * Consulting Analyst 1700 S. Patterson Blvd. VOICEplus 622-1373 * * Network Applications Dayton, OH 45479 Tom.Moore@Dayton.NCR.COM *
josef@nixpbe.UUCP (Moellers) (08/10/90)
In <1990Aug7.190300.8450@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes: >I have read the manual. I have experimented with .ec and with >escaping one back-slash with one to many with no success. >Is there a way? The manual (nroff/troff Technical Discussion) sais: 23. Escape Sequences for Characters, Indicators, and Functions Section Escape Meaning Reference Sequence : : : 10.1 \e Printable version of the current escape character : : : -- | Josef Moellers | c/o Nixdorf Computer AG | | USA: mollers.pad@nixbur.uucp | Abt. PXD-S14 | | !USA: mollers.pad@nixpbe.uucp | Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring | | Phone: (+49) 5251 104662 | D-4790 Paderborn |
brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot) (08/12/90)
In article <1990Aug7.190300.8450@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes:
<I have read the manual. I have experimented with .ec and with
<escaping one back-slash with one to many with no success.
<Is there a way?
Outside of a macro, ie, in the text file, it is just like you did: \\
While inside of a macro it is: \\\\ and double that for each macro defined
inside of a macro. It may actually work as \\ inside of a macro, since you
are not fetching values from a variable.
Without doing anything special to nroff when it starts, the \\ should print
a single \ without a problem. I use it all the time in troff test.
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rutgers/ decvax!nicmad/ INET:<@spool.cs.wisc.edu,@astroatc:brown@vidiot>hansen@pegasus.ATT.COM (Tony L. Hansen) (08/18/90)
< From: brown@vidiot.UUCP (Vidiot)
< In article <1990Aug7.190300.8450@investor.pgh.pa.us> rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305) writes:
<< I have read the manual. I have experimented with .ec and with escaping
<< one back-slash with one to many with no success. Is there a way?
< Outside of a macro, ie, in the text file, it is just like you did: \\
< While inside of a macro it is: \\\\ and double that for each macro
< defined inside of a macro. It may actually work as \\ inside of a macro,
< since you are not fetching values from a variable.
< Without doing anything special to nroff when it starts, the \\ should
< print a single \ without a problem. I use it all the time in troff test.
There's never a need to use multiple backslashes to get a backslash to
print. Just use \e to print the "current escape character", which is always
the backslash unless the .ec command is issued.
Tony Hansen
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