[bug #62044] [mandoc] combined with 'pdf' device can throw off line adjustment

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #62044 (project groff):

                  Status:                    None => In Progress            
             Assigned to:                    None => gbranden               

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Follow-up Comment #4:

[comment #2 comment #2:]
>   The culprit is "\n(.$" (twice) in the macro ME in file
> an-ext.tmac.
> 
> .    ie \n(.g .if \n(.$ \&\\$*\"
> .    el .if \n(.$>1 \\$2 \\$3 \\$4 \\$5 \\$6 \\$7 \\$8 \\$9\"
> 
> N.B.
> 
>   If \& is used in front of \\$*, then why not in front of \\$2?

That's not a bad suggestion but it has nothing to do with the root cause of
this bug.

The problem was that I didn't double the backslashes when interpolating the .$
register.


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