From b4f47224dd1036f4d89f641195a444eea00a55e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 00:15:11 +0000 Subject: add some notes about using col(1) and ul(1) to process the ascii markup since these may not be commonly known utilities; idea from and joint work with tedu@ CV: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- mandoc.1 | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'mandoc.1') diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1 index 52a6e6be..777c657c 100644 --- a/mandoc.1 +++ b/mandoc.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.234 2018/12/24 23:37:22 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.235 2018/12/28 00:15:11 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014-2018 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 24 2018 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 28 2018 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -256,6 +256,13 @@ where is the back-space character number 8. Emboldened characters are rendered as .Sq c Ns \e[bs] Ns c . +This markup is typically converted to appropriate terminal sequences by +the pager or +.Xr ul 1 . +To remove the markup, pipe the output to +.Xr col 1 +.Fl b +instead. .Pp The special characters documented in .Xr mandoc_char 7 -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451