Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!xanth!john From: john@xanth.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: suggestions for manual-entry Message-ID: <1518@xanth.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 14:00:27 EDT Article-I.D.: xanth.1518 Posted: Wed Jul 8 14:00:27 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 14:46:53 EDT References: <1341@cullvax.UUCP> Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va. Lines: 30 In article <1341@cullvax.UUCP>, drw@cullvax.UUCP (Dale Worley) writes: > Remove _^H (or ^H_, or whatever) > Remove .^H. (when the first and 3rd chars are the same, is > used for "boldface", or something) > Change |^H^ to ^ (some sort of fake uparrow) > > Actually, somebody should check how man *really* emits these things > first! Simple; the man pages are processed by nroff, which uses these for underlining, boldface, and the uparrow character, as you guessed. Other combinations include o^H+ for a bullet, s^HS for a section symbol, etc. nroff, you see, tries to do its best to be able to be used with troff input, so that 1) you can use it for draft copies of your troff document, and 2) if you don't have any high-quality output device, you can still nroff and read someone else's troff document. more takes the _^Hc and uses underline (if available) or standout mode to display the character(s)! -- John Owens Old Dominion University - Norfolk, Virginia, USA john@ODU.EDU old arpa: john%odu.edu@RELAY.CS.NET +1 804 440 4529 old uucp: {seismo,harvard,sun,hoptoad}!xanth!john