On 19-Feb-07 Ted Harding wrote: > 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
I'd just like to add, for the general good, that the above arose in a test of a macro for smart quotes (based on a suggestion by Werner going back to 06 Feb 2001): .\" Smart quotes: the input character " alternates between \(lq and \(rq, .\" starting at \(lq following invocation of .smartq .\" ./smartq turns it off. .de smartq .ds dblq0 \(lq .ds dblq1 \(rq .nr dblqn 0 .char " \\\\*[dblq\\\\n[dblqn]]\\R'dblqn (1 - \\\\n[dblqn])' .. .de /smartq .rchar " .. The objective of the test was to check that the redefinition of the doublequote " did not affect its use to delimit macro arguments (logically it should not, but it's always worth a test). So you can do, for instance, .smartq This illustrates the use of "smart quotes" in groff. In this passage, the quotes are "smart", but in the following (which typesets groff input code in CR font) we want them "dumb": .br ./smartq \f[CR] .br \&.de amac .br \eZ'\ev'-1m'\e\e\(Do1\ev'1m''\eZ'\ev'1m'\e\e\(Do2\ev'-1m'' .br \&.. .br Here is the macro amac in operation: .br \&.amac "First argument" "Second argument" Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 19-Feb-07 Time: 20:12:50 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------
