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version 1.237, 2019/02/23 18:53:54 |
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is the back-space character number 8. |
is the back-space character number 8. |
Emboldened characters are rendered as |
Emboldened characters are rendered as |
.Sq c Ns \e[bs] Ns c . |
.Sq c Ns \e[bs] Ns c . |
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This markup is typically converted to appropriate terminal sequences by |
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the pager or |
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.Xr ul 1 . |
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To remove the markup, pipe the output to |
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.Xr col 1 |
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.Fl b |
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instead. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The special characters documented in |
The special characters documented in |
.Xr mandoc_char 7 |
.Xr mandoc_char 7 |
are rendered best-effort in an ASCII equivalent. |
are rendered best-effort in an ASCII equivalent. |
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In particular, opening and closing |
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.Sq single quotes |
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are represented as characters number 0x60 and 0x27, respectively, |
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which agrees with all ASCII standards from 1965 to the latest |
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revision (2012) and which matches the traditional way in which |
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.Xr roff 7 |
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formatters represent single quotes in ASCII output. |
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This correct ASCII rendering may look strange with modern |
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Unicode-compatible fonts because contrary to ASCII, Unicode uses |
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the code point U+0060 for the grave accent only, never for an opening |
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quote. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The following |
The following |
.Fl O |
.Fl O |
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is specified, reuse the first command line argument that is not a |
is specified, reuse the first command line argument that is not a |
.Ar section |
.Ar section |
number. |
number. |
This is useful when it is the name of a manual page, |
If that argument is in |
in particular the name of a library function. |
.Xr apropos 1 |
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.Ar key Ns = Ns Ar val |
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format, only the |
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.Ar val |
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is used rather than the argument as a whole. |
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This is useful for commands like |
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.Ql man -akO tag Ic=ulimit |
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to search for a keyword and jump right to its definition |
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in the matching manual pages. |
.It Cm width Ns = Ns Ar width |
.It Cm width Ns = Ns Ar width |
The output width is set to |
The output width is set to |
.Ar width |
.Ar width |