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+%!target: man
+%!encoding: UTF-8
+
+% Special formatting for certain constructs. They, unfortunately
+% have to be post-processed. The _italic_ hack is necessary for
+% italicising things like /_foo_/, which txt2tags will ignore.
+% The others need to work in ``` lines.
+%!postproc(man): (<.*?>)    \\fI\1\\fR
+%!postproc(man): _(.*?)_    \\fI\1\\fR
+%!postproc(man): `(.*?)`    \\fB\1\\fR
+%!postproc(man): (\[.*?\])  \\fI\1\\fR
+%!postproc(man): \+$        \n.P
+
+%!postproc(html): (<.*?>)  (:arg \1:)
+%!postproc(html): _(.*?)_  (:emph \1:)
+%!postproc(html): `(.*?)`  (:code \1:)
+%!postproc(html): \+$      <br/>
+
+%!postproc(html) \(:(\w+)\s*(.*):\) <span class="\1">\2</span>
+
+% Well, it seems that txt2tags isn't particularly well suited
+% to troff output. These two hacks make multi-level definition
+% lists possible.
+%!postproc(man): ^\s*>>$ .RS 8
+%!postproc(man): ^\s*<<$ .RS -8
+
+%!postproc(html): ^\s*>>$
+%!postproc(html): ^\s*<<$
+