problems in ci.1, rcsintro.1

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Problems with ci.1:

1. Unbalanced .RS or .RE macro

2. TBL markup not used where it should be.

--- ci.1.orig	2003-12-19 20:21:57.000000000 -0500
+++ ci.1	2003-12-19 20:21:13.000000000 -0500
@@ -504,19 +504,15 @@
 For example, if local time is January 11, 1990, 8pm Pacific Standard Time,
 eight hours west of \*u,
 then the time is output as follows:
-.RS
-.LP
-.RS
-.nf
-.ta \w'\f3\-z+05:30\fP  'u +\w'\f31990-01-11 09:30:00+05:30\fP  'u
-.ne 4
-\f2option\fP	\f2time output\fP
-\f3\-z\fP	\f31990/01/12 04:00:00\fP	\f2(default)\fP
-\f3\-zLT\fP	\f31990-01-11 20:00:00\-08\fP
-\f3\-z+05:30\fP	\f31990-01-12 09:30:00+05:30\fP
-.ta 4n +4n +4n +4n
-.fi
-.RE
+.TS
+center box tab(;);
+l | l l.
+option;time output
+=
+\-z;1990/01/12 04:00:00;(default)
+\-zLT;1990-01-11 20:00:00-08
+\-z+05:30;1990-01-12 09:30:00+05:30
+.TE
 .LP
 The
 .B \-z
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Problems with rcsintro.1:

1. Use local definitions of .EX/.EE or .DS/.DE to avoid low-level troff
requests in the page body.  There are plans to add these to groff man;
in the interim, this patch adds a compatible definition to your page.

--- rcsintro.1-orig	2007-01-01 17:59:00.000000000 -0500
+++ rcsintro.1	2007-01-01 18:03:49.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+.fi
 .de Id
 .ds Rv \\$3
 .ds Dt \\$4
 ..
 .Id $Id: rcsintro.1,v 5.3 1993/11/03 17:42:27 eggert Exp $
 .ds r \&\s-1RCS\s0
+.\" DS and DE will be added to the portable man macros; until then,
+.\" leave this here. 
+.de DS
+.nf
+..
+.de DE
 .if n .ds - \%--
 .if t .ds - \(em
 .if !\n(.g \{\
@@ -285,18 +292,16 @@
 details.
 .SH IDENTIFICATION
 Author: Walter F. Tichy.
-.br
+.DS
 Manual Page Revision: \*(Rv; Release Date: \*(Dt.
-.br
 Copyright \(co 1982, 1988, 1989 Walter F. Tichy.
-.br
 Copyright \(co 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Paul Eggert.
+.DE
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 ci(1), co(1), ident(1), rcs(1), rcsdiff(1), rcsintro(1), rcsmerge(1), rlog(1)
-.br
+.PP
 Walter F. Tichy,
 \*r\*-A System for Version Control,
 .I "Software\*-Practice & Experience"
 .BR 15 ,
 7 (July 1985), 637-654.
-.br
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