Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!intelca!qantel!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: n/troff. backslashes in .B[1-2] envs. Message-ID: <294@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Feb-85 19:58:23 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.294 Posted: Wed Feb 27 19:58:23 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 07:04:35 EST References: <493@prlb2.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 9 > Does anyone know how I can get a \ in a boxed text ? > Given a file named #t4 containing the following stuff : Try using \e - it's the name for a printable "escape" character, which is "\" by default. -- Ed Gould mt Xinu, 739 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed +1 415 644 0146