Re: Proposed: stop subjecting right-hand sides of `char` family requests to character translation

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi Dave,

> tl;dr: For this input:
>
> .tr zx
> .char \(zz zeezee
> \(zz top
>
> Would you want the output to be "zeezee top" or "xeexee top"?

    $ preconv | nroff
    .na
    .nf
    .
    .char £ pound sterling
    .char $ United States dollar
    .
    The £ and $ are almost at par.
    .
    .tr aAbBcCdDeEfFgGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOpPqQrRsStTuUvVwWxXyYzZ
    £ crashes overnight!
    .
    .pl \n(nlu
    ^D
    The pound sterling and United States dollar are almost at par.
    POUND STERLING CRASHES OVERNIGHT!
    $

I'd want to see shouty caps.

-- 
Cheers, Ralph.