From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RDNS_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: (qmail 3190 invoked from network); 11 Mar 2020 01:48:31 -0000 Received-SPF: pass (minnie.tuhs.org: domain of minnie.tuhs.org designates 45.79.103.53 as permitted sender) receiver=inbox.vuxu.org; client-ip=45.79.103.53 envelope-from= Received: from unknown (HELO minnie.tuhs.org) (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTP; 11 Mar 2020 01:48:31 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 603D09BB85; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:48:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7539BB47; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:48:03 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 20BBE9BB47; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:47:58 +1000 (AEST) Received: from oclsc.com (oclsc.com [206.248.137.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A6D499BB46 for ; Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:47:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by lignose.oclsc.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 2FC814422F; Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:46:26 -0400 (EDT) To: tuhs@tuhs.org Message-Id: <20200311014626.2FC814422F@lignose.oclsc.org> Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2020 21:46:26 -0400 (EDT) From: norman@oclsc.org (Norman Wilson) Subject: Re: [TUHS] eqn anomaly X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On (post-)V10: echo '.EQ define f % $1 % f("a,b") .EN' | eqn emits .lf 1 - .EQ .ds 11 "\f2a,b\fP .if 1m>\n(.v .ne 1m .rn 11 10 \&\*(10 .EN .lf 5 On a Linux system with GNU eqn (groff) version 1.22.3, the output is rather more verbose (48 lines!), but the troff result is just an a (rather than the proper a,b) and eqn complains eqn::3: newline before end of quoted text I assume this Linux result is more or less what Doug expects. Norman Wilson Toronto ON (still heating my basement with a MicroVAX)