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From: djc@lear.cs.duke.edu (David J. Cherveny)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Request for help with new(?) man macros from ucbvax
Summary: New telnet man page from ucbvax uses new(?) man macros
Message-ID: <21321@duke.cs.duke.edu>
Date: 8 Aug 90 13:13:26 GMT
References: <BOB.90Jul25152503@volitans.MorningStar.Com>
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Reply-To: djc@lear.UUCP (David J. Cherveny)
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I recently picked up the latest greatest version of telnet from ucbvax
and the man page for telnet uses some macros I've never seen and don't
have... is this a UCBism?  A 4.4ism?  I'm running SunOS 4.0.3.

Example:



.Dd June 28, 1990
.Dt TELNET 1
.Os BSD 4.2
.Sh NAME
.Nm telnet
.Nd User interface to the
.Li TELNET
protocol
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm telnet
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl n Ar tracefile
.Op Fl l Ar user
.Op Fl e Ar escapechar
.Op Ar host Op Ar port
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm telnet
command
is used to communicate with another host using the
.Li TELNET
protocol.
If
.Nm telnet
is invoked without the
.Ar host
argument, it enters command mode,
indicated by its prompt
...



David Cherveny				djc@hodgkin.mc.duke.edu
Duke University Med Center
Durham, NC