Re: [Groff] Re: Resource forks in OSX__Wrapping up

[Alejandro López-Valencia]

Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>> There is one thing I don't have clear just yet. Shouldn't \N'xxx'
>>> accept octal and hex numbers too?
>>
>> Rats! I am blind! It certainly does. Then why didn't work the first
>> five times I tried? I have big bone to chew on...
>
> I didn't think it accepted octal either.
>
>     $ echo '\N"65"\N"101"\N"0101"x'| groff -Tascii|cat -s
>     Aeex
>
> Perhaps it's changed in a recent version and you're mixing versions?

Quite probably, I have already spent my daly quota of sanity for today.
:)