misc/39547: doc2html can't handle font changes using \f

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>Number:         39547
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       doc2html can't handle font changes using \f
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Sep 14 20:50:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Alan Barrett
>Release:        NetBSD 4.99.72
>Organization:
Not much
>Environment:
System: NetBSD 4.99.72
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
        The process used to generate HTML man pages does not
        properly handle man pages whose source includes explicit font
        changes, using \fB \fR \fI \fP and similar escape sequences.
        
>How-To-Repeat:
        Look at a man page such as
        src/gnu/dist/binutils/binutils/doc/addr2line.1.  Observe that it
        uses many \f sequences to change fonts.

        Look at the corresponding HTML output, in
        /usr/share/man/html1/addr2line.html.  Observe that the bold and
        italic fonts are implemented using backspacing and overstriking,
        as would be appropriate for regular man pages, instead of using
        <b>...</b> and <i>...</i> tags as would be appropriate for HTML.

>Fix:
        Unknown