Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!crdgw1!barnett From: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: How to get *bold* with nroff in an xterm-window? Message-ID: Date: 5 Feb 91 21:56:35 GMT References: <399@rc6.urc.tue.nl> <1991Feb4.184204.23859@agate.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.ge.com Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 11 In-reply-to: stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU's message of 4 Feb 91 18:42:04 GMT In article <1991Feb4.184204.23859@agate.berkeley.edu> stolcke@ICSI.Berkeley.EDU (Andreas Stolcke) writes: > Some nroff version won't even generate boldface via backspacing, I think. > For example, Sun's nroff won't do it. nroff does. The problem is the character handling in cmdtool. cmdtool has never provided a complete emulation of a tty. Disable scrollbars and it should work. -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crd.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett