DUH! I forgot all about the double backslash. Thanks for pointing out the [not so] obvious when the brain isn't doing its job. :-)
Clarke Larry Jones wrote:
Clarke Echols writes:But I prefer to use a macro like this: .de macro .nr returnlocation \n[nl]u \"Preserve location to return to.That substitues the value when the macro is defined, which isn't what you want; you need to double the backslash to defer the substitution until the macro is invoked: .de macro .nr returnlocation \\n[nl]u \"Preserve location to return to.
