[5585] document how to show bold in man pages

[Gavin D. Smith]

Revision: 5585
          http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=texinfo&revision=5585
Author:   gavin
Date:     2014-05-19 17:04:05 +0000 (Mon, 19 May 2014)
Log Message:
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document how to show bold in man pages

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/ChangeLog
    trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi

Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog     2014-05-18 23:34:07 UTC (rev 5584)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog     2014-05-19 17:04:05 UTC (rev 5585)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-05-19  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
+
+       * doc/info-stnd.texi (Invoking Info): Mention differences in groff
+       terminal output.
+
 2014-05-18  Gavin Smith  <address@hidden>
 
        * info/info-utils.c (scan_reference_label): Simpler logic for

Modified: trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi
===================================================================
--- trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi    2014-05-18 23:34:07 UTC (rev 5584)
+++ trunk/doc/info-stnd.texi    2014-05-19 17:04:05 UTC (rev 5585)
@@ -414,13 +414,19 @@
 @cindex @code{--raw-escapes} (@code{-R}) command line option
 @cindex colors in documents
 @cindex ANSI escape sequences in documents
-Do not remove ANSI escape sequences from documents.  Some versions of
-Groff (@pxref{Top,,,groff,Groff}) produce man pages with ANSI escape
-sequences for bold, italics, and underlined characters, and for
-colorized text.  By default, Info lets those escape sequences pass
-through directly to the terminal.  If your terminal does not support
-these escapes, use @code{--no-raw-escapes} to make Info remove them.
+Let ANSI escape sequences pass through directly to the terminal.  This option
+is on by default.  If your terminal does not support these escapes, use
address@hidden to make Info remove them.
 
address@hidden man pages, bold and underline
+Some versions of Groff (@pxref{Top,,,groff,Groff}) produce man pages with
+ANSI escape sequences for bold, italics, and underlined characters, and for
+colorized text.  If your system @command{man} command uses a version of Groff
+that does this, and your terminal supports these sequences, Info will display
+any bold or underlined text in man pages.  Some versions of Groff can be
+configured to turn off the use of these sequences or use an ``overstrike''
+output format instead.  @xref{grotty,,,*manpages*}.
+
 @item address@hidden
 @cindex @code{--restore} command line option
 @cindex replaying recorded keystrokes