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

[Bernd Warken]

On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 07:23:32PM +0100, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> In any case, I won't change the man macros.  Until now, noone has ever
> reported a problem with not having `.R'.  The information you've
> provided will possibly be put into a section about `compatibility
> issues when writing man pages'.

The functionality of a .R macro for roman can be simulated by

.RI "some text"

or

.RB "some text"

There isn't a second argument, so only roman text is output.

Bernd Warken