Re: groff macros for manpages

[Roger Leigh <roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net>]

Bob Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org> writes:

>      The upstream manpages for dictd contain many lines that use a \fR
> symbol or macro such as:
> 
>               .BI \-c " file\fR or "  \-\-config " file"
> 
>      As far as I can see by experimentation, the \fR does nothing.
> 
>      Can anyone explain the function of `\fr'?

Switch to Roman (normal) font.  Other choices are I (italic), B (bold)
and P (previous style).  This turns off the .BI (alternate bold and
italic).

See groff_man and groff.info.

HTH,
Roger

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