Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!jaap From: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis) Newsgroups: net.text Subject: Re: extending (di)troff Message-ID: <732@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 3-Jul-85 08:54:40 EDT Article-I.D.: mcvax.732 Posted: Wed Jul 3 08:54:40 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Jul-85 05:58:21 EDT References: <877@gloria.UUCP> Reply-To: jaap@mcvax.UUCP (Jaap Akkerhuis) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 15 In article <877@gloria.UUCP> colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: > 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 > **** NEWS FLASH *** NEWS FLASH **** NEWS FLASH **** According to the latest rumour the next release of ([td]i)troff, scheduled for release in September (but don't hold your breath), will allow the use multi character names for characters as follows: \C'An_arbitrary_long_character_name'