Re: [Groff] pic and nroff

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > However, I can confirm your problem with xterm if GROFF_NO_SGR is
> > not set.  Hmm.  Looks like a bug in xterm and derived terminals...
>
> can be, although I believe that `rxvt', at least, is completely
> idependent of `xterm', sharing no code whatsoever (not sure about
> apple's terminal app, but I would guess it has not much to do with
> `xterm' either).

I have no idea...

> could you give me a tip, first: what is the GROFF_NO_SGR variable
> for? should I know about it?

Whether grotty shall emit SGR control sequences or the traditional
backspace characters for bold and underlined is controlled with this
environment variable.

> no problem, if need be. are your reasonable sure that the problem is
> in their corner?  what should I report, exactly?  send the nroff
> output along?

Yes.  Tell them that the output looks just fine with KDE's konsole
(version 1.6.5).


    Werner