Re: [Groff] .IP quoting incompatibility

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Werner,

> >       .de XX
> >       \\$1
> >       ..
> >       .de YY
> >       .XX "\\$1"
> >       ..
> >       .YY "$"""""
> 
> Aah, I haven't thought of that!  Ralph, what does your troff produce?
> It seems that this is indeed a bug (more or less) in groff because
> arguments always have to be handled with literal textual
> substitution.

AIX 3.2.5 nroff.

    $ cat in
    .de XX
    \\$1
    ..
    .de YY
    .XX "\\$1"
    ..
    .YY "$"""""
    $ nroff in | cat -S
    $"

HTH,


Ralph.