On 10/3/20 9:48 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: [...] >> The "short" answer[1] is that I think Alex is correct; Paul's caution is >> unwarranted and arises from confusion with the font alternation macros >> of the man(7) macro package. Examples of the latter are .BI and .BR. >> Those set their even-numbered arguments in one font and odd-numbered >> arguments in another, with no space between them. That suppression of >> space is the reason they exist. With the "single-font" macros like .B >> and .I[2], if you don't want space, don't type it. Hi Branden, This explanation is great :) Would you mind writing a patch with it? Cheers, Alex >> >> I could say more, including an annotated explanation of the groff and >> Version 7 Unix man(7) implementations of the I macro, if desired. :) :) >> >> Regards, >> Branden >> >> [1] since as everyone knows, I struggle with brevity >> [2] I (and others) discourage use of .SM and .SB because they can't be >> distinguished from ordinary roman and bold type, respectively, on >> terminals. >>
