1) I propose to add documentation for underlining in `groff.7'. 2) A long time ago, Werner Lemberg wrote an ul.tmac and publisheed it only in this mailing list. But I could not find this tmac file somewhere else.
3) There is a `groff' request `.ul', that just generates an italic font change. In nroff (ttyt/latin1 mode), italic is always printed as underlined - so .ul works there. But in `troff', italic mode is kept. So a better programming for `.ul' in `troff' would be useful. 4) The following macro can basically handle underlining also in `troff', maybe it should be improved a bit. I forgot, where I got this macro definition, I use it since several years in some of my man-pages. 5) Macro: .\" .UNDERLINE before underlined after .de UNDERLINE . ie n \\$1\fI\\$2\fP\\$3 . el \\$1\Z'\\$2'\v'.25m'\D'l \w'\\$2'u 0'\v'-.25m'\\$3 .. 6) Unfortunately, `doclifter' has much trouble with definitions of all kind. For that the following parts without `.de' can be used. .\" Copy the following lines for any underlined part . .\" before, not underlined, choose \& when empty .ds u1 before .\" this is underlined .ds u2 in .\" after, not underlined, choose \& when empty .ds u3 after . .ie n \(*u1\fI\*(u2\fP\*(u3\" .el \(*u1\Z'\*(u2'\v'.25m'\D'l \w'\*(u2'u 0'\v'-.25m'\*(u3\" .. 7) I propose to include similar documentations about underlining in groff.7 (man/groff.man). Bernd Warken
