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Re: [Nmh-workers] .BR and .IR for program names in man pages
From: |
Larry Hynes |
Subject: |
Re: [Nmh-workers] .BR and .IR for program names in man pages |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:04:00 +0000 |
David Levine wrote:
> Larry wrote:
>
> > My (limited) understanding is that the 'correct' approach is to
> > always use .BR in such cases; or, to put it another way, names of
> > programs should be bold, and options should be italic.
>
> From the "Program Names" section of docs/README.manpages:
>
> In running text, nmh program names should be set in bold,
> unless you are explicitly referring to the command's
> documentation, in which case use manpage cross-reference
> style.
>
> .B comp
> .BR comp ,
> .IR comp (1).
Ok, good, thanks David (and all). I'll keep this in mind.