From: Jason McIntyre <jmc@kerhand.co.uk>
To: discuss@mdocml.bsd.lv
Subject: Re: ksh.1: \*(Ba blip?
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:55:49 +0059 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101024135613.GA3665@kerhand.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20101023224738.GB29843@iris.usta.de>
On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:47:38AM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> 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)
>
ah, ok.
jmc
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2010-10-22 21:29 Jason McIntyre
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