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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
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> 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.

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