Re: [Groff] nroff vs. troff conditional using escapes?

[Werner LEMBERG]

> What I mean is that I'd like to be able to do something like this:
> 
>   For more information, see the \n[troff]Description\n[troff]
>   \n[nroff]DESCRIPTION\n[nroff] section.

There are no inline conditionals in groff.  You would rather define a
macro like this:

  .de t-or-n
  .  ie t \
  .    nop \\$1
  .  el \
  .    nop \\$2
  ..

Then you can say

  For more information, see the
  .t-or-n Description DESCRIPTION
  section.


     Werner