Processing the file ifv.1 below with (woman-find-file "ifv.1") puts a warning in *WoMan-Log* ** if v -- unrecognized condition name rejected! where I thought it might quietly treat ".if v" as false. According to the groff manual "v" is "-Tversatec" output, whatever or wherever that is. Perl pod2man generates it for some accenting with a comment that it's "for vroff". Perhaps woman could treat it as false the same as groff 2012-07-31 Kevin Ryde * woman.el (woman0-if): Recognise ".if v" per groff, default false.