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Summary: [man]: deprecate `SB` macro
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Fri 04 Aug 2023 01:17:48 PM UTC
Category: Macro man
Severity: 1 - Wish
Item Group: Feature change
Status: In Progress
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: gbranden
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Follow-up Comments:
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Date: Fri 04 Aug 2023 01:17:48 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
The _groff man_(7) `SB` macro is a SunOS 4.0 extension reimplemented by Clark
for _groff_ back in the day.
But it was an unfortunate extension, since it did nothing that can't be
accomplished with Unix Version 7 _man_(7) macros.
(Another SunOS 4 extension, `TX` was insufficiently flexible and it's a good
thing Clark did not embrace it without reconsidering its design.)
+.\" Deprecated: Set arguments (or next input line producing written or
+.\" drawn output if none) in bold style at smaller type size.
+.\"
+.\" This is a SunOS 4.0 extension.
+.\"
+.\" Instead of
+.\" .SB whatever
+.\" say
+.\" .SM
+.\" .B whatever
+.\" or
+.\" .B
+.\" .SM whatever
+.\" to portably get an identical effect.
+.\"
+.\" .SB [text]
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