Hi Carsten,
> > BTW, as well as \n(.$ including \} in its count, it naturally
> > follows that \$3, for example, is \}.
>
> It would be consistent but not desirable.
I disagree, I think consistency is desirable in this case.
> And fortunately it is not the case. More often then .$ I use ".if
> ^G\\$3^G^G ... " and this works in this case (\$3 is empty).
I agree it works, but \\$3 isn't empty, it only compares as empty
against another string. ;-)
$ cat endbrace.tr
.de t3
.tm \\$1/\\$3.
.if '\\$3'' .tm empty
.if !'\\$3'' .tm not-empty
..
.t3 1 - x
.t3 2 -
.if t \{
.t3 3 - \}
.t3 3 - \}
$
$ groff -w all endbrace.tr >/dev/null
1/x.
not-empty
2/.
empty
3/\}.
empty
3/\}.
empty
$
Cheers, Ralph.
