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date.1: Some remarks and and a patch for editorial changes for this man page

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> simnet.is>, Brendan O'Dea <bod <at> debian.org>
Cc: 74808 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bug-help2man <at> gnu.org
Subject: bug#74808: date.1: Some remarks and and a patch for editorial changes for this man page
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:32:50 -0700

I was thinking of something simpler, like this:

.if t .if \n(.g \{\
.  ds fC \f(CR
.  ds fP \fP
.\}

and then surrounding constant-width text with \*(fC and \*(fP. This 
should be legible with older troff without worrying whether the older 
troff supports CW. For older troff, being legible is good enough.

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