Re: [Groff] Underlining in groff

[Werner LEMBERG]

> I remember being daunted when I first approached the issue of
> underscoring text.  For such a basic typesetting function, it seemed
> horribly kludgy to implement, especially since there are those
> tantalizing .ul and .cu requests for TTY output.

Unfortunately, .cu doesn't work reliably if you use it continuously
for more than a single line.  I don't know whether this can be fixed.

> I don't suppose there's any chance of underlining for the PostScript
> device being implemented in groff itself, is there?  Sure would make
> things a lot easier.

Please make suggestions how this could work.  I need a solution which
can be implemented for all devices (which are capable to do so), not
PS only.


    Werner