#52697 mgp: no syntax to output a % as first char in a line

Package:
mgp
Source:
mgp
Description:
MagicPoint — an X11-based presentation tool
Submitter:
Yann Dirson
Date:
2005-07-18 04:08:35 UTC
Severity:
normal
#52697#5
Date:
1999-12-14 12:49:25 UTC
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To:
There is no documented syntax that would allow to display a line
starting with a %.  An example biting me was printing a perl hash:

%hash = ( 'as' => 'qw' );


I had to prefix the % with a space, but the result is visually
unpleasant.