> > From: "Ted Unangst" <t...@tedunangst.com> > > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 03:47:56 -0400 > > > > ul appears somewhat useless for its intended purpose. > > > > echo _xxx_ | ul does not result in underlined text in an xterm, so I doubt > > many people are using this. > > > > Unlike, say, mandoc, it can't output Greek letters. I also imagine most > > people > > have moved on to some form of markdown for their other text markup needs. > > > > Will anyone miss it? > > I doubt anybody ever uses it directly, but I've seen it used in > scripts. And even though POSIX doesn't mention it, it is present on > pretty much any UNIX-like OS. I think removing it would be wrong.
printf '_\bc_\bh_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be_\b _\bi_\bs_\b _\bb_\ba_\bd_\b!\b' | ul :-)
