Re: Bullet lists in man page?

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From: Michael Rourke
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1991 21:50

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In <1991Apr18.181005.15881@csl.dl.nec.com> harrison@csl.dl.nec.com (Mark Harrison) writes:

>Is there an easy way to get a bullet list in a man page?
>".SS" comes close but I would prefer something that didn't
>skip to the next line.

.IP \(bu 8
Text....
.IP \(bu 8
Text....

Will give you bullet list. '8' is the indent.
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