Re: opposite of \c?

2024-09-06 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi népéta, At 2024-09-07T14:52:33+1000, népéta mew wrote: > yeah, i did also create an inline version of the macro, i mostly > wanted a .q( .q) version just to make it easier to do things like > nested quotes, but making that work seems like probably more trouble > than it's worth. Okay, well, he

Re: opposite of \c?

2024-09-06 Thread népéta mew
"G. Branden Robinson" wrote: > Hi népéta, > > At 2024-09-07T12:14:47+1000, nep...@canaglie.net wrote: > > is there functionality that acts as the reverse of the \c sequence? > > i'm trying to write macros that surround a block of text in quotes, > > such > > > > .q( > > wow wow the text is quote

Re: "transparent" output and throughput, demystified

2024-09-06 Thread Dave Kemper
On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 2:31 PM Deri wrote: > if Dave wants to use use Spin̈al Tap > This seems to work:- > > printf ".ft TINOR\n.ps 18\nSpin\h'-5p'\[u0308]\h'+5p'al Tap\n.pdfbookmark 1 > Spi\[u006E_0308]al Tap"|test-groff -Tpdf -ms > Spin̈alTap.pdf Just want to point out that the \h escapes shoul

Re: opposite of \c?

2024-09-06 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi népéta, At 2024-09-07T12:14:47+1000, nep...@canaglie.net wrote: > is there functionality that acts as the reverse of the \c sequence? > i'm trying to write macros that surround a block of text in quotes, > such > > .q( > wow wow the text is quoted > .q) > > becomes > > 'wow wow the text is qu

opposite of \c?

2024-09-06 Thread nepeta
hello. is there functionality that acts as the reverse of the \c sequence? i'm trying to write macros that surround a block of text in quotes, such .q( wow wow the text is quoted .q) becomes 'wow wow the text is quoted' (pretend those are fancy quotes) the opening macro is just \oq\c and it w