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


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [Groff] inconsistency between .R and \*R in man.tmac
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 19:23:32 +0100 (CET)

> > I've just found this in groff.
> > 
> >     % awk '/^\.de R$/,/^\.\./' tmac/man.ultrix
> >     .de R
> >     .ft R
> >     .ul 0
> >     ..
> 
> DEC OSF/1 uses a similar definition:
> 
>   .       \" R - Roman font
>   .de R
>   .if n .ul 0
>   .ft R
>   ..

In any case, I won't change the man macros.  Until now, noone has ever
reported a problem with not having `.R'.  The information you've
provided will possibly be put into a section about `compatibility
issues when writing man pages'.


    Werner

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