Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: extending (di)troff Message-ID: <5748@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Sat, 29-Jun-85 19:06:55 EDT Article-I.D.: utzoo.5748 Posted: Sat Jun 29 19:06:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Jun-85 19:06:55 EDT References: <877@gloria.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 14 > Two-character names must go! But we don't want to break anything. How > about this: > > x one-character name > \(xy two-character name > \( xyzabc) n-character name Better: \[xyzabc]. \[ is not used anywhere, unless somebody has done some really strange things to troff lately. -- "Maturity means doing what's right, not just what's easy." Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry