> Safe escapes:
> \' \- \$ \* \& \<SP> \<CR>
> \c \d \e \f \u \n
>
> Note that \w is *not* safe.
Hmm.
> In general, we can't count on the viewer to be able to render
> horizontal or vertical motions with precision, we can't count on it
> to know font sizes, and we can't even count on it to know whether
> its output uses fixed- or variable-width fonts.
Similar to evaluation, I would like to have some guide lines how to
use \w -- there are examples where this escape greatly improves the
layout in a generic way. Ideally, those are encapsulated in proper
man macros, but...
> On a related topic, there are a couple of man macro extensions that would go
> a long way towards eliminating the need for people to do ugly troff
> hackery. [...]
I agree.
> .EX/.EE: Example displays:
> .DS/.DE: Displays for running text
Those are fine.
Werner
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