Hi Jeff,
> I think it’s better to use “'” than a space because what’s going on is
> more readily apparent—at least to those who understand the idiom.
And even to those that don't, it stands out more than whitespace,
especially given whitespace after the `.' is more common these days for
control-f
Ralph,
> > 'so /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.m
> > This probably wouldn’t be the preferred way of doing things anymore
>
> I see no reason to demote it. :-)
I was getting more at using “.mso”, but for the example above, the file
well might not be on the macro path. I think it’s better to use “'”
than a s
Hi Jeff,
> A traditional idiom for doing this was calling ‘so’ with the no-break
> control character, e.g.,
>
> 'so /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.m
>
> This probably wouldn’t be the preferred way of doing things anymore
I see no reason to demote it. :-)
soelim(1) from heirloom-doctools says
Note that
If a file isn’t needed by a troff preprocessor, it is sometimes
desirable to have an ‘so’ request ignored by soelim(1). A traditional
idiom for doing this was calling ‘so’ with the no-break control
character, e.g.,
'so /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.m
This probably wouldn’t be the preferred way of doing thi
