Re: nroff questions on italics/underscore

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From: Guy Harris
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 1984 03:53

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> I thought that nroff checked to see if bold and underscore
> mode-starting-strings (t.bdon, t.iton) existed before attempting
> backspace/overprint kludgery to simulate bold and italic.

Versions of "nroff" prior to System III only supported the "bdon" and
"bdoff" sequences, and didn't do overprinting for emboldening.  The
System III and later versions are nicely orthogonal in this matter,
supporting magic sequences for both and supporting overprinting for
both.

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy

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