[bug #68543] [man] want `EF` string or similar for user-configurable "example" typeface

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:13:16 -0400 (EDT)
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Update of bug #68543 (group groff):=0A=0A                Severity:         =
     3 - Normal =3D> 1 - Wish=0A              Item Group:           Documen=
tation =3D> Feature change=0A                 Summary: groff_man_style(7): =
add notes on use of font escape=0Asequences =3D> [man] want `EF` string or =
similar for user-configurable "example"=0Atypeface=0A=0A    _______________=
________________________________________=0A=0AFollow-up Comment #9:=0A=0A[c=
omment #6 comment #6:]=0A> [comment #1 comment #1:]=0A>> This is probably p=
ertinent to a discussion of font styles=0A>> in man pages, as it pertains t=
o troff output.=0A> =0A> True.  However, the scope of this ticket is only a=
mending the documentation.=0A> For a requested behavior change, you should =
open a new ticket.=0A=0ALet's let Deri have this one for a possible `EF` st=
ring.  He's already fought=0Ahis way through the attachment UI.=0A=0AI appr=
eciate you recollecting that email of mine, as I'd forgotten about it,=0Aan=
d it captures most of the finger-wagging points I wanted to make in bug=0A#=
68261, so I've quoted comment #0 there and have added its objectives to tho=
se=0Afor that ticket's resolution.=0A=0A=0A    ____________________________=
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