Re: [Groff] Critique this bold-italic private macro for man pages

[G. Branden Robinson]

At 2017-05-03T17:24:41+0200, Carsten Kunze wrote:
> > "G. Branden Robinson" <address@hidden> hat am 3. Mai 2017 um 01:02 
> > geschrieben:
> > 
> > The .itc request is a groff extension so an additional layer of
> > 
> > .ie \(.g
> > 
> > could be added.
> 
> Where do you want to add this--in the macro package?

Nope.  By "private macro" I mean one defined and used only within one
document.

> I saw testing for \(.g in manpages--this is a bad idea.  Manpages
> itself need to be written portable, without testing for this or that
> formatter.

Most \n(.g tests I've seen in man pages are to try to _achieve_
portability, not break it.

E.g., ncurses uses these conditionals in many of its pages:

.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el       .ds `` ``
.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
.el       .ds '' ''

Regards,
Branden

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