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Re: [Groff] Status of man-page patches
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Eric S. Raymond |
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Re: [Groff] Status of man-page patches |
Date: |
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:38:10 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.2i |
Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden>:
> Checking things like this takes a lot of time...
Yes, I see it would. I apologize for not being more of a troff expert.
> Another issue: Sequences like \| or \~ never need a second backslash.
> The same is true for \h, \v, and many others -- actually all escape
> sequences which are not related to expansion.
I will bear these things in mind when making future changes.
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<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>