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

[Werner LEMBERG]

> > > Have \*R be (Reg) as God intended.  But also trap any arguments
> > > being passed to .R and error else they'll otherwise disappear as
> > > we saw with mkisofs.  The use of just `.R' on a line to affect
> > > the next line won't work but the next line of text won't
> > > disappear so it's not too bad.
> 
> I've tried and failed  :-(

What about this:

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.de1 R
\c
.ie \\n[.$] \{\
.  tm `R' is a string (producing the copyright sign), not a function.
.  nop \\$*
.\}
.el \{\
.  ie c\[rg] \
.    nop \[rg]\c
.  el \
.    nop (Reg.)\c
.\}
..
.
This is
.R a test.
.br
This is a test with the \*R sign.

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I haven't tested it fully, though.


    Werner