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From: Sandro Sigala <sansig@freenet.hut.fi>
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To: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com>
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Subject: Re: problem while writing *roff man page
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On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Don Yuniskis wrote:
> It seems that Sandro Sigala said:
> > .Dd August 7, 1996
> > .Os
> > .Dt CINFOC 1
> > .Sh NAME
> > .Nm cinfoc
> > .Nd cinfo database compiler
> > .Sh SYNOPSIS
> > .Nm cinfoc
> 
> Just FYI... since you've already defined the "Nm", hereafter, you
> can use just "Nm" to insert the name where you want it...
> 
Ok.

> > .Op Fl dV	<------ This is the problem
> 
> dV is probably a macro.  Precede it with "\&" (i.e. "\&dV") to
> prevent it being expanded as a macro.  In general, you should routinely
> shove \& in front of any two letter sequence WITHIN A MACRO INVOCATION

Excellent, now works fine :-)
Thankyou.

> 
> --don
> 
				-sandro