Re: [Groff] surprise, surprise

[Andrew Koenig]

Clarke> I may have my AT&T manuals buried around here somewhere, but I don't
Clarke> have time to look for them right now.  However, I will argue that if
Clarke> the dot is not the first character in the line, before ANY other
Clarke> character, it should not be interpreted as a control device.

It should be.  The manual is crystal clear on that point.
However, that's not how the software actually behaves.

It surprised me too.

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Andrew Koenig, address@hidden, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark