Re: man page portability concern

[Paul Eggert]

address@hidden (Bob Proulx) writes:

> But wouldn't someone need 'col -b'?  I have always used it that way
> and now can't say if it is require or not.
> 
> :     -b      Do not output any backspaces, printing only the last character
> :             written to each column position.
> 
> Otherwise the description does not say it cleans up backspaces as you
> describe.

col -b is needed to clean up some other backspaces, e.g. the backspaces
used to implement boldface by repeated overprinting.  But it isn't
needed for \(co.