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From: jaap+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jaap Akkerhuis)
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Subject: Re: Underlining text in troff
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Date: 5 Jan 90 18:19:39 GMT
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.unix.questions: 4-Jan-90 Underlining text in
troff Dan Flak@mcgp1.UUCP (318)

> Does anyone have a good macro for underlining text in troff. The
> example in my book:

> .de us
> \\$1\l'|O\ul'
> ..

doesn't work. 

It should be \\$1\l'|0\(ul'. That is a ZERO not an O. Now throw the book
away and read the manual.

	jaap