> And I can surround the target of this .char definition
> with \m escapes and it still works fine.  So something
> else seems to be going on here.

You are right -- it's not that simple.  For example,
the following also works:

  .char a \m[red]a\m[]
  .char b \m[blue]b\m[]
  .tr abba
  ab

and prints a red "b" and a blue "a".



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