>> Or wrap them in something that turns off delim and restores it? :-(
>
> This is a very good idea! Unfortunately, it needs an extension of
> eqn which doesn't exist yet:
>
> delim on
>
> to reactivate the previous delimiter characters (in compatibility
> mode `on' would rather set the start and end delimiter characters to
> `o' and `n', respectively).
This is now implemented in the CVS. In other words, the s/`/$/g'
patch to UTP is no longer necessary. Similarly, you can now use the
hash character (#) as an eqn delimiter even if you use tbl.
Werner