Re: TAB character in groff output

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hi Ingo,

On 8/2/22 18:58, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
[...]
> > when attempting it on a platform that uses IBM code page 1047
> > as its input encoding. ;-)
>
> I would have expected the *output* font numbering to cause even
> more serious trouble than the *input* encoding.  Besides, not being
> a masochist to that degree you appear to assume, i prefer this
> counter-example:
>
>    printf "a\\\\N'9'b" | groff -T pdf > tmp.pdf
>
> After that, the file tmp.pdf displays three characters:
>
>    The letter "a", the Euro-sign (oops!?), and the letter "b".

Wow!  I'll redirect /dev/zero into the part of my memory where \N'n' is 
lying around.

> I expect we are soon going to dissuade Alejandro from his plan.  :)

Yup.  Well played!

Cheers,

Alex

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