[bug #68511] [troff] `hcode` doesn't work on ordinary characters since commit 994fcce775, 2026-05-24

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:29:51 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.printing.groff.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Follow-up Comment #5, bug #68511 (group groff):

[comment #2 comment #2:]
> There's not really a good workaround to this.

I don't think this was a deliberate change.  I managed to bone something while
refactoring, and since there was no baseline unit test for mundane `hcode`
operation, I was working without a net and splattered onto the hard cement
floor.

I just didn't realize it.



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