Re: [Groff] nop request and .tm

[Werner LEMBERG]

> As to changing the escape character: I have to confess that I've
> never got into a situation where that was called for, so I'm a bit
> out of that part of the discussion.  However, for those who have
> that concern, what are the views on using "\E" (escape character,
> whatever it may be, not interpreted in copy mode)?

To define `robust' macros this is useful.  But in most cases using

.eo
...
.ec

is more convenient.  And it doesn't solve the tmac.trace problem to be
independent on the escape character value.


    Werner