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Re: [Groff] inconsistency between .R and \*R in man.tmac


From: Ralph Corderoy
Subject: Re: [Groff] inconsistency between .R and \*R in man.tmac
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:02:14 +0000

Hi,

> I haven't found any manpages that use it.  However, it *is*
> documented in man(5):
> 
>   .R  Sets the text in a roman typeface until another font
>       change is encountered. Also ends nroff underline mode
>       if it was in effect.

OK, so how about this.

Have \*R be (Reg) as God intended.  But also trap any arguments being
passed to .R and error else they'll otherwise disappear as we saw with
mkisofs.  The use of just `.R' on a line to affect the next line won't
work but the next line of text won't disappear so it's not too bad.

Perhaps the Ultrix-specific file can disappear in the future?

Cheers,


Ralph.


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