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diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..acc1b6100d4f --- /dev/null +++ b/mandoc_char.7 @@ -0,0 +1,743 @@ +.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.51 2011/11/23 10:09:30 kristaps Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org> +.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 23 2011 $ +.Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mandoc_char +.Nd mandoc special characters +.Sh DESCRIPTION +This page documents the +.Xr roff 7 +escape sequences accepted by +.Xr mandoc 1 +to represent special characters in +.Xr mdoc 7 +and +.Xr man 7 +documents. +.Pp +The rendering depends on the +.Xr mandoc 1 +output mode; in ASCII output, most characters are completely +unintelligible. +For that reason, using any of the special characters documented here, +except those discussed in the +.Sx DESCRIPTION , +is strongly discouraged; they are supported merely for backwards +compatibility with existing documents. +.Pp +In particular, in English manual pages, do not use special-character +escape sequences to represent national language characters in author +names; instead, provide ASCII transcriptions of the names. +.Ss Dashes and Hyphens +In typography there are different types of dashes of various width: +the hyphen (-), +the minus sign (\-), +the en-dash (\(en), +and the em-dash (\(em). +.Pp +Hyphens are used for adjectives; +to separate the two parts of a compound word; +or to separate a word across two successive lines of text. +The hyphen does not need to be escaped: +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +blue-eyed +lorry-driver +.Ed +.Pp +The mathematical minus sign is used for negative numbers or subtraction. +It should be written as +.Sq \e- : +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +a = 3 \e- 1; +b = \e-2; +.Ed +.Pp +The en-dash is used to separate the two elements of a range, +or can be used the same way as an em-dash. +It should be written as +.Sq \e(en : +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +pp. 95\e(en97. +Go away \e(en or else! +.Ed +.Pp +The em-dash can be used to show an interruption +or can be used the same way as colons, semi-colons, or parentheses. +It should be written as +.Sq \e(em : +.Bd -unfilled -offset indent +Three things \e(em apples, oranges, and bananas. +This is not that \e(em rather, this is that. +.Ed +.Pp +Note: +hyphens, minus signs, and en-dashes look identical under normal ASCII output. +Other formats, such as PostScript, render them correctly, +with differing widths. +.Ss Spaces +To separate words in normal text, for indenting and alignment +in literal context, and when none of the following special cases apply, +just use the normal space character +.Pq Sq \ . +.Pp +When filling text, lines may be broken between words, i.e. at space +characters. +To prevent a line break between two particular words, +use the non-breaking space escape sequence +.Pq Sq \e~ +instead of the normal space character. +For example, the input string +.Dq number\e~1 +will be kept together as +.Dq number\~1 +on the same output line. +.Pp +On request and macro lines, the normal space character serves as an +argument delimiter. +To include whitespace into arguments, quoting is usually the best choice. +In some cases, using either the non-breaking +.Pq Sq \e~ +or the breaking +.Pq Sq \e\ \& +space escape sequence may be preferable. +To escape macro names and to protect whitespace at the end +of input lines, the zero-width space +.Pq Sq \e& +is often useful. +For example, in +.Xr mdoc 7 , +a normal space character can be displayed in single quotes in either +of the following ways: +.Pp +.Dl .Sq \(dq \(dq +.Dl .Sq \e \e& +.Ss Quotes +On request and macro lines, the double-quote character +.Pq Sq \(dq +is handled specially to allow quoting. +One way to prevent this special handling is by using the +.Sq \e(dq +escape sequence. +.Pp +Note that on text lines, literal double-quote characters can be used +verbatim. +All other quote-like characters can be used verbatim as well, +even on request and macro lines. +.Ss Periods +The period +.Pq Sq \&. +is handled specially at the beginning of an input line, +where it introduces a +.Xr roff 7 +request or a macro, and when appearing alone as a macro argument in +.Xr mdoc 7 . +In such situations, prepend a zero-width space +.Pq Sq \e&. +to make it behave like normal text. +.Pp +Do not use the +.Sq \e. +escape sequence. +It does not prevent special handling of the period. +.Ss Backslashes +To include a literal backslash +.Pq Sq \e +into the output, use the +.Pq Sq \ee +escape sequence. +.Pp +Note that doubling it +.Pq Sq \e\e +is not the right way to output a backslash. +Because +.Xr mandoc 1 +does not implement full +.Xr roff 7 +functionality, it may work with +.Xr mandoc 1 , +but it may have weird effects on complete +.Xr roff 7 +implementations. +.Sh SPECIAL CHARACTERS +Special characters are encoded as +.Sq \eX +.Pq for a one-character escape , +.Sq \e(XX +.Pq two-character , +and +.Sq \e[N] +.Pq N-character . +For details, see the +.Em Special Characters +subsection of the +.Xr roff 7 +manual. +.Pp +Spacing: +.Bl -column "Input" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Description +.It \e~ Ta non-breaking, non-collapsing space +.It \e Ta breaking, non-collapsing n-width space +.It \e^ Ta zero-width space +.It \e% Ta zero-width space +.It \e& Ta zero-width space +.It \e| Ta zero-width space +.It \e0 Ta breaking, non-collapsing digit-width space +.It \ec Ta removes any trailing space (if applicable) +.El +.Pp +Lines: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(ba Ta \(ba Ta bar +.It \e(br Ta \(br Ta box rule +.It \e(ul Ta \(ul Ta underscore +.It \e(rl Ta \(rl Ta overline +.It \e(bb Ta \(bb Ta broken bar +.It \e(sl Ta \(sl Ta forward slash +.It \e(rs Ta \(rs Ta backward slash +.El +.Pp +Text markers: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(ci Ta \(ci Ta circle +.It \e(bu Ta \(bu Ta bullet +.It \e(dd Ta \(dd Ta double dagger +.It \e(dg Ta \(dg Ta dagger +.It \e(lz Ta \(lz Ta lozenge +.It \e(sq Ta \(sq Ta white square +.It \e(ps Ta \(ps Ta paragraph +.It \e(sc Ta \(sc Ta section +.It \e(lh Ta \(lh Ta left hand +.It \e(rh Ta \(rh Ta right hand +.It \e(at Ta \(at Ta at +.It \e(sh Ta \(sh Ta hash (pound) +.It \e(CR Ta \(CR Ta carriage return +.It \e(OK Ta \(OK Ta check mark +.El +.Pp +Legal symbols: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(co Ta \(co Ta copyright +.It \e(rg Ta \(rg Ta registered +.It \e(tm Ta \(tm Ta trademarked +.El +.Pp +Punctuation: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(em Ta \(em Ta em-dash +.It \e(en Ta \(en Ta en-dash +.It \e(hy Ta \(hy Ta hyphen +.It \ee Ta \e Ta back-slash +.It \e. Ta \. Ta period +.It \e(r! Ta \(r! Ta upside-down exclamation +.It \e(r? Ta \(r? Ta upside-down question +.El +.Pp +Quotes: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(Bq Ta \(Bq Ta right low double-quote +.It \e(bq Ta \(bq Ta right low single-quote +.It \e(lq Ta \(lq Ta left double-quote +.It \e(rq Ta \(rq Ta right double-quote +.It \e(oq Ta \(oq Ta left single-quote +.It \e(cq Ta \(cq Ta right single-quote +.It \e(aq Ta \(aq Ta apostrophe quote (text) +.It \e(dq Ta \(dq Ta double quote (text) +.It \e(Fo Ta \(Fo Ta left guillemet +.It \e(Fc Ta \(Fc Ta right guillemet +.It \e(fo Ta \(fo Ta left single guillemet +.It \e(fc Ta \(fc Ta right single guillemet +.El +.Pp +Brackets: +.Bl -column "xxbracketrightbpx" Rendered Description -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(lB Ta \(lB Ta left bracket +.It \e(rB Ta \(rB Ta right bracket +.It \e(lC Ta \(lC Ta left brace +.It \e(rC Ta \(rC Ta right brace +.It \e(la Ta \(la Ta left angle +.It \e(ra Ta \(ra Ta right angle +.It \e(bv Ta \(bv Ta brace extension +.It \e[braceex] Ta \[braceex] Ta brace extension +.It \e[bracketlefttp] Ta \[bracketlefttp] Ta top-left hooked bracket +.It \e[bracketleftbp] Ta \[bracketleftbp] Ta bottom-left hooked bracket +.It \e[bracketleftex] Ta \[bracketleftex] Ta left hooked bracket extension +.It \e[bracketrighttp] Ta \[bracketrighttp] Ta top-right hooked bracket +.It \e[bracketrightbp] Ta \[bracketrightbp] Ta bottom-right hooked bracket +.It \e[bracketrightex] Ta \[bracketrightex] Ta right hooked bracket extension +.It \e(lt Ta \(lt Ta top-left hooked brace +.It \e[bracelefttp] Ta \[bracelefttp] Ta top-left hooked brace +.It \e(lk Ta \(lk Ta mid-left hooked brace +.It \e[braceleftmid] Ta \[braceleftmid] Ta mid-left hooked brace +.It \e(lb Ta \(lb Ta bottom-left hooked brace +.It \e[braceleftbp] Ta \[braceleftbp] Ta bottom-left hooked brace +.It \e[braceleftex] Ta \[braceleftex] Ta left hooked brace extension +.It \e(rt Ta \(rt Ta top-left hooked brace +.It \e[bracerighttp] Ta \[bracerighttp] Ta top-right hooked brace +.It \e(rk Ta \(rk Ta mid-right hooked brace +.It \e[bracerightmid] Ta \[bracerightmid] Ta mid-right hooked brace +.It \e(rb Ta \(rb Ta bottom-right hooked brace +.It \e[bracerightbp] Ta \[bracerightbp] Ta bottom-right hooked brace +.It \e[bracerightex] Ta \[bracerightex] Ta right hooked brace extension +.It \e[parenlefttp] Ta \[parenlefttp] Ta top-left hooked parenthesis +.It \e[parenleftbp] Ta \[parenleftbp] Ta bottom-left hooked parenthesis +.It \e[parenleftex] Ta \[parenleftex] Ta left hooked parenthesis extension +.It \e[parenrighttp] Ta \[parenrighttp] Ta top-right hooked parenthesis +.It \e[parenrightbp] Ta \[parenrightbp] Ta bottom-right hooked parenthesis +.It \e[parenrightex] Ta \[parenrightex] Ta right hooked parenthesis extension +.El +.Pp +Arrows: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(<- Ta \(<- Ta left arrow +.It \e(-> Ta \(-> Ta right arrow +.It \e(<> Ta \(<> Ta left-right arrow +.It \e(da Ta \(da Ta down arrow +.It \e(ua Ta \(ua Ta up arrow +.It \e(va Ta \(va Ta up-down arrow +.It \e(lA Ta \(lA Ta left double-arrow +.It \e(rA Ta \(rA Ta right double-arrow +.It \e(hA Ta \(hA Ta left-right double-arrow +.It \e(uA Ta \(uA Ta up double-arrow +.It \e(dA Ta \(dA Ta down double-arrow +.It \e(vA Ta \(vA Ta up-down double-arrow +.El +.Pp +Logical: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(AN Ta \(AN Ta logical and +.It \e(OR Ta \(OR Ta logical or +.It \e(no Ta \(no Ta logical not +.It \e[tno] Ta \[tno] Ta logical not (text) +.It \e(te Ta \(te Ta existential quantifier +.It \e(fa Ta \(fa Ta universal quantifier +.It \e(st Ta \(st Ta such that +.It \e(tf Ta \(tf Ta therefore +.It \e(3d Ta \(3d Ta therefore +.It \e(or Ta \(or Ta bitwise or +.El +.Pp +Mathematical: +.Bl -column "xxcoproductxx" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(pl Ta \(pl Ta plus +.It \e(mi Ta \(mi Ta minus +.It \e- Ta \- Ta minus (text) +.It \e(-+ Ta \(-+ Ta minus-plus +.It \e(+- Ta \(+- Ta plus-minus +.It \e[t+-] Ta \[t+-] Ta plus-minus (text) +.It \e(pc Ta \(pc Ta centre-dot +.It \e(mu Ta \(mu Ta multiply +.It \e[tmu] Ta \[tmu] Ta multiply (text) +.It \e(c* Ta \(c* Ta circle-multiply +.It \e(c+ Ta \(c+ Ta circle-plus +.It \e(di Ta \(di Ta divide +.It \e[tdi] Ta \[tdi] Ta divide (text) +.It \e(f/ Ta \(f/ Ta fraction +.It \e(** Ta \(** Ta asterisk +.It \e(<= Ta \(<= Ta less-than-equal +.It \e(>= Ta \(>= Ta greater-than-equal +.It \e(<< Ta \(<< Ta much less +.It \e(>> Ta \(>> Ta much greater +.It \e(eq Ta \(eq Ta equal +.It \e(!= Ta \(!= Ta not equal +.It \e(== Ta \(== Ta equivalent +.It \e(ne Ta \(ne Ta not equivalent +.It \e(=~ Ta \(=~ Ta congruent +.It \e(-~ Ta \(-~ Ta asymptotically congruent +.It \e(ap Ta \(ap Ta asymptotically similar +.It \e(~~ Ta \(~~ Ta approximately similar +.It \e(~= Ta \(~= Ta approximately equal +.It \e(pt Ta \(pt Ta proportionate +.It \e(es Ta \(es Ta empty set +.It \e(mo Ta \(mo Ta element +.It \e(nm Ta \(nm Ta not element +.It \e(sb Ta \(sb Ta proper subset +.It \e(nb Ta \(nb Ta not subset +.It \e(sp Ta \(sp Ta proper superset +.It \e(nc Ta \(nc Ta not superset +.It \e(ib Ta \(ib Ta reflexive subset +.It \e(ip Ta \(ip Ta reflexive superset +.It \e(ca Ta \(ca Ta intersection +.It \e(cu Ta \(cu Ta union +.It \e(/_ Ta \(/_ Ta angle +.It \e(pp Ta \(pp Ta perpendicular +.It \e(is Ta \(is Ta integral +.It \e[integral] Ta \[integral] Ta integral +.It \e[sum] Ta \[sum] Ta summation +.It \e[product] Ta \[product] Ta product +.It \e[coproduct] Ta \[coproduct] Ta coproduct +.It \e(gr Ta \(gr Ta gradient +.It \e(sr Ta \(sr Ta square root +.It \e[sqrt] Ta \[sqrt] Ta square root +.It \e(lc Ta \(lc Ta left-ceiling +.It \e(rc Ta \(rc Ta right-ceiling +.It \e(lf Ta \(lf Ta left-floor +.It \e(rf Ta \(rf Ta right-floor +.It \e(if Ta \(if Ta infinity +.It \e(Ah Ta \(Ah Ta aleph +.It \e(Im Ta \(Im Ta imaginary +.It \e(Re Ta \(Re Ta real +.It \e(pd Ta \(pd Ta partial differential +.It \e(-h Ta \(-h Ta Planck constant over 2\(*p +.It \e[12] Ta \[12] Ta one-half +.It \e[14] Ta \[14] Ta one-fourth +.It \e[34] Ta \[34] Ta three-fourths +.El +.Pp +Ligatures: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(ff Ta \(ff Ta ff ligature +.It \e(fi Ta \(fi Ta fi ligature +.It \e(fl Ta \(fl Ta fl ligature +.It \e(Fi Ta \(Fi Ta ffi ligature +.It \e(Fl Ta \(Fl Ta ffl ligature +.It \e(AE Ta \(AE Ta AE +.It \e(ae Ta \(ae Ta ae +.It \e(OE Ta \(OE Ta OE +.It \e(oe Ta \(oe Ta oe +.It \e(ss Ta \(ss Ta German eszett +.It \e(IJ Ta \(IJ Ta IJ ligature +.It \e(ij Ta \(ij Ta ij ligature +.El +.Pp +Accents: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(a" Ta \(a" Ta Hungarian umlaut +.It \e(a- Ta \(a- Ta macron +.It \e(a. Ta \(a. Ta dotted +.It \e(a^ Ta \(a^ Ta circumflex +.It \e(aa Ta \(aa Ta acute +.It \e' Ta \' Ta acute +.It \e(ga Ta \(ga Ta grave +.It \e` Ta \` Ta grave +.It \e(ab Ta \(ab Ta breve +.It \e(ac Ta \(ac Ta cedilla +.It \e(ad Ta \(ad Ta dieresis +.It \e(ah Ta \(ah Ta caron +.It \e(ao Ta \(ao Ta ring +.It \e(a~ Ta \(a~ Ta tilde +.It \e(ho Ta \(ho Ta ogonek +.It \e(ha Ta \(ha Ta hat (text) +.It \e(ti Ta \(ti Ta tilde (text) +.El +.Pp +Accented letters: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e('A Ta \('A Ta acute A +.It \e('E Ta \('E Ta acute E +.It \e('I Ta \('I Ta acute I +.It \e('O Ta \('O Ta acute O +.It \e('U Ta \('U Ta acute U +.It \e('a Ta \('a Ta acute a +.It \e('e Ta \('e Ta acute e +.It \e('i Ta \('i Ta acute i +.It \e('o Ta \('o Ta acute o +.It \e('u Ta \('u Ta acute u +.It \e(`A Ta \(`A Ta grave A +.It \e(`E Ta \(`E Ta grave E +.It \e(`I Ta \(`I Ta grave I +.It \e(`O Ta \(`O Ta grave O +.It \e(`U Ta \(`U Ta grave U +.It \e(`a Ta \(`a Ta grave a +.It \e(`e Ta \(`e Ta grave e +.It \e(`i Ta \(`i Ta grave i +.It \e(`o Ta \(`i Ta grave o +.It \e(`u Ta \(`u Ta grave u +.It \e(~A Ta \(~A Ta tilde A +.It \e(~N Ta \(~N Ta tilde N +.It \e(~O Ta \(~O Ta tilde O +.It \e(~a Ta \(~a Ta tilde a +.It \e(~n Ta \(~n Ta tilde n +.It \e(~o Ta \(~o Ta tilde o +.It \e(:A Ta \(:A Ta dieresis A +.It \e(:E Ta \(:E Ta dieresis E +.It \e(:I Ta \(:I Ta dieresis I +.It \e(:O Ta \(:O Ta dieresis O +.It \e(:U Ta \(:U Ta dieresis U +.It \e(:a Ta \(:a Ta dieresis a +.It \e(:e Ta \(:e Ta dieresis e +.It \e(:i Ta \(:i Ta dieresis i +.It \e(:o Ta \(:o Ta dieresis o +.It \e(:u Ta \(:u Ta dieresis u +.It \e(:y Ta \(:y Ta dieresis y +.It \e(^A Ta \(^A Ta circumflex A +.It \e(^E Ta \(^E Ta circumflex E +.It \e(^I Ta \(^I Ta circumflex I +.It \e(^O Ta \(^O Ta circumflex O +.It \e(^U Ta \(^U Ta circumflex U +.It \e(^a Ta \(^a Ta circumflex a +.It \e(^e Ta \(^e Ta circumflex e +.It \e(^i Ta \(^i Ta circumflex i +.It \e(^o Ta \(^o Ta circumflex o +.It \e(^u Ta \(^u Ta circumflex u +.It \e(,C Ta \(,C Ta cedilla C +.It \e(,c Ta \(,c Ta cedilla c +.It \e(/L Ta \(/L Ta stroke L +.It \e(/l Ta \(/l Ta stroke l +.It \e(/O Ta \(/O Ta stroke O +.It \e(/o Ta \(/o Ta stroke o +.It \e(oA Ta \(oA Ta ring A +.It \e(oa Ta \(oa Ta ring a +.El +.Pp +Special letters: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(-D Ta \(-D Ta Eth +.It \e(Sd Ta \(Sd Ta eth +.It \e(TP Ta \(TP Ta Thorn +.It \e(Tp Ta \(Tp Ta thorn +.It \e(.i Ta \(.i Ta dotless i +.It \e(.j Ta \(.j Ta dotless j +.El +.Pp +Currency: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(Do Ta \(Do Ta dollar +.It \e(ct Ta \(ct Ta cent +.It \e(Eu Ta \(Eu Ta Euro symbol +.It \e(eu Ta \(eu Ta Euro symbol +.It \e(Ye Ta \(Ye Ta yen +.It \e(Po Ta \(Po Ta pound +.It \e(Cs Ta \(Cs Ta Scandinavian +.It \e(Fn Ta \(Fn Ta florin +.El +.Pp +Units: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(de Ta \(de Ta degree +.It \e(%0 Ta \(%0 Ta per-thousand +.It \e(fm Ta \(fm Ta minute +.It \e(sd Ta \(sd Ta second +.It \e(mc Ta \(mc Ta micro +.El +.Pp +Greek letters: +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e(*A Ta \(*A Ta Alpha +.It \e(*B Ta \(*B Ta Beta +.It \e(*G Ta \(*G Ta Gamma +.It \e(*D Ta \(*D Ta Delta +.It \e(*E Ta \(*E Ta Epsilon +.It \e(*Z Ta \(*Z Ta Zeta +.It \e(*Y Ta \(*Y Ta Eta +.It \e(*H Ta \(*H Ta Theta +.It \e(*I Ta \(*I Ta Iota +.It \e(*K Ta \(*K Ta Kappa +.It \e(*L Ta \(*L Ta Lambda +.It \e(*M Ta \(*M Ta Mu +.It \e(*N Ta \(*N Ta Nu +.It \e(*C Ta \(*C Ta Xi +.It \e(*O Ta \(*O Ta Omicron +.It \e(*P Ta \(*P Ta Pi +.It \e(*R Ta \(*R Ta Rho +.It \e(*S Ta \(*S Ta Sigma +.It \e(*T Ta \(*T Ta Tau +.It \e(*U Ta \(*U Ta Upsilon +.It \e(*F Ta \(*F Ta Phi +.It \e(*X Ta \(*X Ta Chi +.It \e(*Q Ta \(*Q Ta Psi +.It \e(*W Ta \(*W Ta Omega +.It \e(*a Ta \(*a Ta alpha +.It \e(*b Ta \(*b Ta beta +.It \e(*g Ta \(*g Ta gamma +.It \e(*d Ta \(*d Ta delta +.It \e(*e Ta \(*e Ta epsilon +.It \e(*z Ta \(*z Ta zeta +.It \e(*y Ta \(*y Ta eta +.It \e(*h Ta \(*h Ta theta +.It \e(*i Ta \(*i Ta iota +.It \e(*k Ta \(*k Ta kappa +.It \e(*l Ta \(*l Ta lambda +.It \e(*m Ta \(*m Ta mu +.It \e(*n Ta \(*n Ta nu +.It \e(*c Ta \(*c Ta xi +.It \e(*o Ta \(*o Ta omicron +.It \e(*p Ta \(*p Ta pi +.It \e(*r Ta \(*r Ta rho +.It \e(*s Ta \(*s Ta sigma +.It \e(*t Ta \(*t Ta tau +.It \e(*u Ta \(*u Ta upsilon +.It \e(*f Ta \(*f Ta phi +.It \e(*x Ta \(*x Ta chi +.It \e(*q Ta \(*q Ta psi +.It \e(*w Ta \(*w Ta omega +.It \e(+h Ta \(+h Ta theta variant +.It \e(+f Ta \(+f Ta phi variant +.It \e(+p Ta \(+p Ta pi variant +.It \e(+e Ta \(+e Ta epsilon variant +.It \e(ts Ta \(ts Ta sigma terminal +.El +.Sh PREDEFINED STRINGS +Predefined strings are inherited from the macro packages of historical +troff implementations. +They are +.Em not recommended +for use, as they differ across implementations. +Manuals using these predefined strings are almost certainly not +portable. +.Pp +Their syntax is similar to special characters, using +.Sq \e*X +.Pq for a one-character escape , +.Sq \e*(XX +.Pq two-character , +and +.Sq \e*[N] +.Pq N-character . +For details, see the +.Em Predefined Strings +subsection of the +.Xr roff 7 +manual. +.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent +.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description +.It \e*(Ba Ta \*(Ba Ta vertical bar +.It \e*(Ne Ta \*(Ne Ta not equal +.It \e*(Ge Ta \*(Ge Ta greater-than-equal +.It \e*(Le Ta \*(Le Ta less-than-equal +.It \e*(Gt Ta \*(Gt Ta greater-than +.It \e*(Lt Ta \*(Lt Ta less-than +.It \e*(Pm Ta \*(Pm Ta plus-minus +.It \e*(If Ta \*(If Ta infinity +.It \e*(Pi Ta \*(Pi Ta pi +.It \e*(Na Ta \*(Na Ta NaN +.It \e*(Am Ta \*(Am Ta ampersand +.It \e*R Ta \*R Ta restricted mark +.It \e*(Tm Ta \*(Tm Ta trade mark +.It \e*q Ta \*q Ta double-quote +.It \e*(Rq Ta \*(Rq Ta right-double-quote +.It \e*(Lq Ta \*(Lq Ta left-double-quote +.It \e*(lp Ta \*(lp Ta right-parenthesis +.It \e*(rp Ta \*(rp Ta left-parenthesis +.It \e*(lq Ta \*(lq Ta left double-quote +.It \e*(rq Ta \*(rq Ta right double-quote +.It \e*(ua Ta \*(ua Ta up arrow +.It \e*(va Ta \*(va Ta up-down arrow +.It \e*(<= Ta \*(<= Ta less-than-equal +.It \e*(>= Ta \*(>= Ta greater-than-equal +.It \e*(aa Ta \*(aa Ta acute +.It \e*(ga Ta \*(ga Ta grave +.It \e*(Px Ta \*(Px Ta POSIX standard name +.It \e*(Ai Ta \*(Ai Ta ANSI standard name +.El +.Sh UNICODE CHARACTERS +The escape sequence +.Pp +.Dl \e[uXXXX] +.Pp +is interpreted as a Unicode codepoint. +The codepoint must be in the range above U+0080 and less than U+10FFFF. +For compatibility, points must be zero-padded to four characters; if +greater than four characters, no zero padding is allowed. +Unicode surrogates are not allowed. +.\" .Pp +.\" Unicode glyphs attenuate to the +.\" .Sq \&? +.\" character if invalid or not rendered by current output media. +.Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS +For backward compatibility with existing manuals, +.Xr mandoc 1 +also supports the +.Pp +.Dl \eN\(aq Ns Ar number Ns \(aq +.Pp +escape sequence, inserting the character +.Ar number +from the current character set into the output. +Of course, this is inherently non-portable and is already marked +as deprecated in the Heirloom roff manual. +For example, do not use \eN'34', use \e(dq, or even the plain +.Sq \(dq +character where possible. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other +troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff +.Pq Qq groff . +.Pp +.Bl -dash -compact +.It +The \eN\(aq\(aq escape sequence is limited to printable characters; in +groff, it accepts arbitrary character numbers. +.It +In +.Fl T Ns Cm ascii , +the +\e(ss, \e(nm, \e(nb, \e(nc, \e(ib, \e(ip, \e(pp, \e[sum], \e[product], +\e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(\-h, and \e(a. special characters render +differently between mandoc and groff. +.It +In +.Fl T Ns Cm html +and +.Fl T Ns Cm xhtml , +the \e(~=, \e(nb, and \e(nc special characters render differently +between mandoc and groff. +.It +The +.Fl T Ns Cm ps +and +.Fl T Ns Cm pdf +modes format like +.Fl T Ns Cm ascii +instead of rendering glyphs as in groff. +.It +The \e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], and \e(ru special characters have been omitted +from mandoc either because they are poorly documented or they have no +known representation. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mandoc 1 , +.Xr man 7 , +.Xr mdoc 7 , +.Xr roff 7 +.Sh AUTHORS +The +.Nm +manual page was written by +.An Kristaps Dzonsons , +.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . +.Sh CAVEATS +The +.Sq \e*(Ba +escape mimics the behaviour of the +.Sq \&| +character in +.Xr mdoc 7 ; +thus, if you wish to render a vertical bar with no side effects, use +the +.Sq \e(ba +escape. |