Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!mit-eddie!bu-cs!bzs From: bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.admin Subject: Re: Bug in `.ux' macro in 2.11 doc/tmac.n USENET TROFF macros ; fix Message-ID: <3156@bu-cs.BU.EDU> Date: Sun, 28-Dec-86 13:51:16 EST Article-I.D.: bu-cs.3156 Posted: Sun Dec 28 13:51:16 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Dec-86 21:39:13 EST Organization: Boston U. Comp. Sci. Lines: 17 Xref: mnetor news.software.b:152 news.admin:98 >Anybody know what ESCAPE 8 and ESCAPE 9 sequences are in nroff >output? I noticed these in some nroff output of the install >guide in the doc directory. >-Dennis Bednar These are escape sequences meaningful to a Teletype Model 37, I think those are half-line up/down or something like that. Use the -T option to nroff to specify a more appropriate output device, see the manual. It's also not very hard to write a post-processor to simulate the 37 on most any reasonable cheap printer, I've done it a few times in the distant past, essentially if((c = getchar()) == ESC) switch(c = getchar()) and then do whatever is necessary (:-). See the 'col' man page (and col sources if you have them.) -Barry Shein, Boston University