Re: [Groff] inconsistency between .R and \*R in man.tmac

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> > It seems clear `registered' is the Bell Labs/System V way, but what
> > initially invented the other interpretation that you'd prefer to
> > keep?
> 
> I don't know.  I've actually never seen *any* manpage macros (not
> even the groff ones) that implement ".R" for "roman".

I've just found this in groff.

    % awk '/^\.de R$/,/^\.\./' tmac/man.ultrix
    .de R
    .ft R
    .ul 0
    ..

Anyone know the history or got access to an Ultrix system to see what
the original man macros there define?  It pre-dates CVS.

Cheers,


Ralph.