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

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > > Maybe the documentation of .R should just removed from
> groff_man(7).

Yes.  I'll remove it.  Thanks for spotting.

> > We can't change all the existing man pages though, or am I missing the
> > point?
> > 
> >     % g '^\.R ' mkisofs.8 
> >     .R \-magic

But this is definitely a typo.

> That doesn't format correctly at the moment anyway:
> 
> .TP
> .B \-hfs
> Create an ISO9660/HFS hybrid CD. This option should be used in
> conjunction
> with the
> .BR \-map ,
> .R \-magic
> and/or the various
> .I double dash
> options given below.

It should of course be

...
.BR \-map ,
.B \-magic
and/or the various
...


This should be reported to the maintainer of mkisofs.


    Werner