From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <9front-bounces@9front.inri.net>
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,
	MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham
	autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
Received: from 9front.inri.net (9front.inri.net [168.235.81.73])
	by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CEB6284D4
	for <ml@inbox.vuxu.org>; Mon,  3 Jun 2024 08:22:41 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from ygrex.ru ([5.19.241.250]) by 9front; Mon Jun  3 02:21:38 -0400 2024
Received: from ygrex-t550.ygrex.ru (unknown [172.16.64.55])
	(using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)
	 key-exchange ECDHE (prime256v1) server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1) server-digest SHA256)
	(No client certificate requested)
	by ygrex.ru (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2BD6D4008A
	for <9front@9front.org>; Mon,  3 Jun 2024 09:21:24 +0300 (MSK)
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2024 09:21:23 +0300
From: ygrex <ygrex@ygrex.ru>
To: 9front@9front.org
Message-ID: <20240603092123.5457b1a9@ygrex-t550.ygrex.ru>
In-Reply-To: <Zlz3zWycnjYSnxVB@alice>
References: <20240602214727.5acc13aa@ygrex-t550.ygrex.ru>
	<Zlz3zWycnjYSnxVB@alice>
X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
List-ID: <9front.9front.org>
List-Help: <http://lists.9front.org>
X-Glyph: ➈
X-Bullshit: webscale XMPP injection property element hardware-aware controller 
Subject: Re: [9front] Re: Any way to insert code verbatim bypassing the rest
 of parsing in troff?
Reply-To: 9front@9front.org
Precedence: bulk

Thank you everyone for the suggestions.

On Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:53:01 -0700
Anthony Martin <ality@pbrane.org> wrote:

> You can turn off filling and disable the escape mechanism with:
> 
> .nf
> .eo
> some text with backslashes like \ and \foo.
> 
> and empty lines like above.
> just don't start a line with a control character:
> 	.this is good
> \.as is this
> .but not this
> 'or this.
> see?
> .ec
> .fi
> 

This seems exactly what I needed. To make it look more like a
code block I ended up with the following incantation:

.RS
.fw CW
.nf
.eo

code follows here

.ec
.fi
.ft
.RE

It results in being indented and in constant width font.
Some precautions needed if it gets spanned to the next page though, .bp
helps to save formatting.

-- 
Sincerely yours,

Igor Bogomazov
Saint Petersburg, Russia