On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 07:29:16AM -0500, Clarke Echols wrote: > I ran into an interesting "behavior" this morning... > > > Here is the offending text: > > .H3 "\f2.\^.\^.including 21 examples" > > Macro H3 is defined as: > > . de H3 > . ce 1 > . ft HB > . ce 1 > \\$1 > . ft 1 > .. > > I get an error because groff is interpreting the first dot > in .\^.\^. as the first character in the argument to H3, apparently > ignoring \f2. If I put a \& sequence in front of the first dot, > it's happy and everything works. > > Is this what I should expect? > > Clarke
Yes, it is what you should expect. The \f2 and \^ are processed before the argument is passed to H3 . You could place the \& in front of the \\$1 inside the macro so you don't have to remember about the \& in the argument. -- Mike Bianchi Foveal Systems 973 822-2085 call to arrange Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.AutoAuditorium.com http://www.FovealMounts.com
