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Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:47:38 +0200
From: Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>
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Subject: Re: ksh.1: \*(Ba blip?
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Hi Jason,

Jason McIntyre wrote on Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:28:37PM +0059:

> source, from openbsd's ksh.1:
> 
> 	.Sm off
> 	.It *( Ar pattern\*(Ba No ...\*(Ba Ar pattern )
> 	.Sm on
> 
> groff and mandoc:
> 	*(pattern|...|pattern)
> 
> the only problem is that mandoc marks up the first \*(Ba in the same
> font as "pattern", and groff does not.

Actually, that's a known issue, listed here in the TODO list:

- The characters "|" and "\*(Ba" should never be bold,
  not even in the middle of a word, e.g. ".Cm b\*(Bac" in
  "mknod [-m mode] name b|c major minor"
  in OpenBSD ksh(1)

Yours,
  Ingo
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