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Re: [Groff] \X and \%
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] \X and \% |
Date: |
Wed, 15 May 2002 01:58:09 +0200 (CEST) |
> > Can someone please test the following with AT&T troff:
> >
> > .ll 1p
> > \X'foo'\%hyphenation
> >
> > Using GNU troff, I get
> >
> > -
> > hy-
> > phen-
> > ation
> >
> > that is, `\X' starts a word so that \% afterwards no longer inhibits
> > hyphenation but inserts a breakpoint.
>
> AIX 3.2.5 gives
>
> $ cat in
> .ll 1p
> \X'foo'\%hyphenation
> $ nroff in | cat -S
> -
> hyphenation
>
> $
Hmm, how shall I interpret this? Will the word `hyphenation' be
hyphenated at all? For me, the result looks weird.
Werner