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[S] Verbatim displays.

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Subject: [S] Verbatim displays.
From: Rolf Turner <rolf@math.unb.ca>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:00:23 -0400 (AST)
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Thanks to David James and to Phil Spector who answered my question as
to how to get verbatim displays in documentation files.

David James suggested

.Cs
(material to be displayed)
.Ce

and Phil Spector suggested

.nf
(material to be displayed)
.if

(low-level troff/nroff) adding

> but I'm not sure if it's the "sanctioned" way of doing a verbatim display
> in an Splus documentation file.

Both ideas work; the first idea gives an extra identation (about
5 characters) of the display.

Thanks again.

                                        cheers,

                                                Rolf Turner
                                                rolf@math.unb.ca
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