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.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org> |
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org> |
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> |
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> |
.\" Copyright (c) 2011,2013,2015,2017-2020 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> |
.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017-2020, 2022 |
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.\" Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> |
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any |
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any |
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above |
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above |
Line 220 where it introduces a |
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Line 221 where it introduces a |
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request or a macro, and when appearing alone as a macro argument in |
request or a macro, and when appearing alone as a macro argument in |
.Xr mdoc 7 . |
.Xr mdoc 7 . |
In such situations, prepend a zero-width space |
In such situations, prepend a zero-width space |
.Pq Sq \e&. |
.Pq Sq \e&.\& |
to make it behave like normal text. |
to make it behave like normal text. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Do not use the |
Do not use the character pair |
.Sq \e. |
.Sq \e. |
escape sequence. |
to escape a period because |
It does not prevent special handling of the period. |
.Sq \e. |
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is not a character escape sequence, does not prevent special handling |
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of the period under normal circumstances, and is only intended to |
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be used in the very special situation of defining a user-defined |
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macro that, when called, defines another user-defined macro, which |
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no manual page is ever supposed to do. |
.Ss Backslashes |
.Ss Backslashes |
To include a literal backslash |
To include a literal backslash |
.Pq Sq \e |
.Pq Sq \e |
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.It \e(en Ta \(en Ta en-dash |
.It \e(en Ta \(en Ta en-dash |
.It \e(hy Ta \(hy Ta hyphen |
.It \e(hy Ta \(hy Ta hyphen |
.It \ee Ta \e Ta back-slash |
.It \ee Ta \e Ta back-slash |
.It \e. Ta \. Ta period |
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.It \e(r! Ta \(r! Ta upside-down exclamation |
.It \e(r! Ta \(r! Ta upside-down exclamation |
.It \e(r? Ta \(r? Ta upside-down question |
.It \e(r? Ta \(r? Ta upside-down question |
.El |
.El |