Output a backslash in groff, also avoiding hyphenation

Question

How groff can output \ symbol in my text, do not reading this symbol as a macro? And how to prohibit dividing words with a dash (hyphenation)?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '12 at 08:14

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You can get a printing version of the backslash with \e according to the manpage.

And there is .nh for »no hyphenation«.

answered Jun 09 '12 at 08:14

Joey

Actually the man page says: "(...)`\e` represents the current escape character. To get a backslash glyph, use `\(rs` or `\[rs]`." – U. Windl Apr 05 '22 at 12:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 10 '18 at 14:33

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For me, writing \\ as a sort of escape sequence works fine and outputs a singe backslash "\".

answered Dec 10 '18 at 14:33

Paul

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