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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.text
Subject: Re: nroff eats my esc codes
Message-ID: <1874@kitty.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 24-Jul-87 12:26:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: kitty.1874
Posted: Fri Jul 24 12:26:12 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 14:16:01 EDT
References: <4219@sunybcs.UUCP>
Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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Summary: some nroff versions allow literal embedding of ESC codes
Xref: mnetor comp.misc:883 comp.text:988

In article <4219@sunybcs.UUCP>, twomey@sunybcs.uucp (Bill Twomey) writes:
> Is there any way of letting nroff pass escape through
> to the final document?  I'm trying to play with an HP LaserJet,
> and I need assorted coses preceeded by escape, \033.
> I have tried putting them on lines with \!, which is supposed
> to copy through the contents of the line.  I have had no luck.
> 
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

	I am not certain if this is "acceptable procedure", but on DWB
for the 3B2, I insert escape codes literally using vi (i.e., CTRL-V followed
by ESC), and they pass through nroff quite well.
	Neither I nor anyone else in my organization has ever encountered
any bugs or problems in doing this on thousands of document pages during the
past three years.
	I have heard from others that the above method is NOT "acceptable
procedure", but if it works reliably on my nroff version, why not?

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