Diversions in Nroff

eric%UCBARPA at berkeley eric%UCBARPA at berkeley
Wed Jun 8 09:15:00 AEST 1983


From:  Eric Allman <eric%UCBARPA at berkeley>

In the input:

	.di XX
	hi there
	.di

the "hi there" is still in the input buffer when the diversion is
closed.  Hence, it appears to be outside the diversion.  The input:

	.di XX
	hi there
	.br
	.di

works as expected.

eric



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