Re: [Groff] Strange output ...

[Ted Harding]

On 19-Feb-07 Nick Stoughton wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-02-19 at 18:44 +0000, address@hidden wrote:
>> .de amac
>> \Z'\v'-1m'\\$1\v'1m''
>> \Z'\v'1m\\$2\v'-1m''
>> ..
>> Here is the macro amac in operation:
>> .amac "First argument" "Second argument"
>> 
> That would be because of the missing ' on the second line:
> 
> \Z'\v'1m\\$2\v'-1m'' should be \Z'\v'1m'\\$2\v'-1m''
> -- 
> Nick Stoughton                          Cell: 510 388 1413
> USENIX Standards Liaison                Fax:  510 548 5738

OOPS!! Thank you -- just shows that eyesight matters!

And, by the way, to get the desired effect it should have been:


.de amac
\Z'\v'-1m'\\$1\v'1m''\Z'\v'1m'\\$2\v'-1m''
..
.LP
Here is the macro amac in operation:
.amac "First argument" "Second argument


Best wishes,
Ted.

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Date: 19-Feb-07                                       Time: 19:14:28
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