> > However, I can confirm your problem with xterm if GROFF_NO_SGR is
> > not set. Hmm. Looks like a bug in xterm and derived terminals...
>
> can be, although I believe that `rxvt', at least, is completely
> idependent of `xterm', sharing no code whatsoever (not sure about
> apple's terminal app, but I would guess it has not much to do with
> `xterm' either).
I have no idea...
> could you give me a tip, first: what is the GROFF_NO_SGR variable
> for? should I know about it?
Whether grotty shall emit SGR control sequences or the traditional
backspace characters for bold and underlined is controlled with this
environment variable.
> no problem, if need be. are your reasonable sure that the problem is
> in their corner? what should I report, exactly? send the nroff
> output along?
Yes. Tell them that the output looks just fine with KDE's konsole
(version 1.6.5).
Werner
