Re: [Groff] Nesting macro calls in mdoc

[Werner LEMBERG]

From: Colin Watson <address@hidden>
Subject: [Groff] Nesting macro calls in mdoc
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 04:19:30 +0000

> I've got a man page here, written in mdoc, which seems to nest macros
> correctly according to the documentation but generates an error. Can
> anyone shed any light on it? The line in question is:
> 
>   .Ic Sq \&? .
> 
> ... which should print the three characters `?' in a literal font
> followed by a dot. However, it produces this error message:
> 
>   Usage: .Ic interactive_command ... (#102)

This is a bug.  We'll try to fix this soon.


    Werner