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[groff] 81/122: grotty(1): Clarify misleading language.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [groff] 81/122: grotty(1): Clarify misleading language.
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:59:30 -0500 (EST)

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit c7eb3af2ae5df1ec575950f2c250a171a3161e44
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Mon Nov 9 22:03:21 2020 +1100

    grotty(1): Clarify misleading language.
    
    The legacy output format supports bold italics just fine, and it
    composes in an obvious way.  Show how.  Stop suggesting that SGR escapes
    are the only way to get the combination.
---
 src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
index 31a9b80..039dd72 100644
--- a/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
+++ b/src/devices/grotty/grotty.1.man
@@ -116,9 +116,7 @@ to change text attributes
 .
 Devices supporting the appropriate sequences can view
 .I roff
-documents using eight different background and foreground colors or
-which require the bold and italic attributes \f[BI]at the same time\f[]
-(by using the \[lq]BI\[rq] font style).
+documents using eight different background and foreground colors.
 .
 .
 .LP
@@ -191,13 +189,18 @@ with the sequence
 .RI \[lq] c\~\c
 BACKSPACE\~\c
 .IR c \[rq]
-and an italic character
+an italic character
 .I c
 with the sequence
 .RB \[lq] _\~\c
 BACKSPACE\~\c
+.IR c \[rq],
+and bold italics with
+.RB \[lq] _\~\c
+BACKSPACE\~\c
+.I c
+BACKSPACE\~\c
 .IR c \[rq].
-.
 Furthermore, color output is disabled.
 .
 The same effect can be achieved either by setting the



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