Re: [Groff] \[-+] not available? why?

[Ted Harding]

On 29-Jul-2014 12:42:53 Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Anton,
> 
>> I'm looking at groff_char(7) and see
>> 
>>        N/A       \[-+]        uni2213         u2213
>> 
>> or when I try using it:
>> 
>>     full.1:5686: warning: can't find special character `-+'
>> 
>> How can I access the "minus plus" symbol?
> 
> Tell us a little more about how you are trying.  It works here for some
> of my tests.
> 
>     $ echo '\[-+]' | nroff | grep .
>     ∓
>     $ echo '\[-+]' | nroff -Tascii | grep .
>     -+
>     $ echo '\[-+]' | nroff -Tiso-8859-1 | grep .
>     ∓
>     $
> 
> I'm guessing it's to do with the type of output you're producing.
> Cheers, Ralph.

It think it more probably has to do with the version of groff.
In 1.18.1 I have only \[+-] and \[t+-], not \[-+] which seems
to be absent from all the font files.

Best wishes to all,
Ted.

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