Re: The 3-faces problem

[Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)]

Hi Tadziu,

On 11/2/21 18:51, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote:
> > - It's all a single identifier, so breaking it into multiple
> > lines to avoid using \f would hurt readability.
>
> I think it's a matter of debate whether
>
>    .RB [ U ] INT \fIN\fP _WIDTH
>
> or
>
>    .RB [ U ] INT\c
>    .IB N _WIDTH
>
> is more readable.  In the latter at least it's obvious
> in which typeface each part will be set.

Hmm, you might convince me.  Not sure.

> > but for some reason the underscore (_) is also set in italics
> > (well, under-underscored, since italics is just a big hype :).
>
> How can you tell?
>
> If you're using devps:
>
>    in the Adobe fonts Times-Roman, Times-Italic, and Times-Bold
>    the underscore is identical, so you don't see which underscore
>    is being used (but it's the bold underscore).
>
> If you're using devtty:
>
>    If GROFF_NO_SGR is unset:
>      the output is correct, the underscore is in bold.
>
>    If GROFF_NO_SGR is set (and you're piping into less):
>      Both bold underscore and underlined underscore are output as
>      <underscore><backspace><underscore>.  less has a preference
>      for interpreting this as an "italic" underscore rather than
>      as a bold underscore.  There's nothing you can do short of
>      modifying less.

Ahh, it's less's fault then.  Okay, I can live with that.  I thought I 
was doing it wrong.

>

Thanks!

Alex


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