At 2017-04-24T12:16:39+0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Judging by the lack of suggestions, I'm assuming `\-' is the best bet to
> get a paste-able ASCII `-'.
I certainly believe that is the intent of the an and doc macro package
authors.
$ grep -n -3 45 /usr/share/groff/current/tmac/{an,doc}*.tmac
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac-678-.if '\*[.T]'utf8' \{\
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac-679-. rchar \- - ' `
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac-680-.
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac:681:. char \- \N'45'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac:682:. char - \N'45'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac-683-. char ' \N'39'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac-684-. char ` \N'96'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/an-old.tmac-685-.\}
--
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac-3453-.ec
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac-3454-.if '\*[.T]'utf8' \{\
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac-3455-.rchar \- - ' `
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac:3456:.char \- \N'45'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac:3457:.char - \N'45'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac-3458-.char ' \N'39'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac-3459-.char ` \N'96'
/usr/share/groff/current/tmac/doc.tmac-3460-.\}
Regards,
Branden
