Need add'l troff term support
Guy Harris
guy at rlgvax.UUCP
Tue Oct 18 01:42:01 AEST 1983
A correction to the "man" pages posted for nroff terminal driving tables:
ignore the part that reads
.I Nroff
assumes that boldface mode is reset automatically by the
.I twnl
string, because many letter-quality printers reset the boldface
mode when they receive a carriage return;
the
.I twnl
string should include whatever characters are necessary to
reset the boldface mode.
This was a local hack required by a bit of braindamage in the NEC Spinwriter
and certain Diablo printers; whenever these printers receive a CR they reset
the auto-boldfacing and auto-underlining modes. Unfortunately this confuses
the hell out of programs with a straightforward and sensible model of the
printers they talk to (like "nroff"); anybody know what prompted this bit of
silliness on NEC and Diablo's part?
Guy Harris
{seismo,mcnc,brl-bmd,allegra}!rlgvax!guy
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