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Line 513 implementations:

.It \e*(aa Ta \*(aa Ta acute

.It \e*(ga Ta \*(ga Ta grave

.El

.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 of

.Nm

with older or existing versions of

with older or existing versions of groff.

.Xr groff 1 .

.Pp

The following render differently in

.Fl T Ns Ar ascii

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The

.Sq \e*(Ba

escape mimics the behaviour of the

.Sq \*(Ba

.Sq \&|

character in

.Xr mdoc 7 ;

thus, if you wish to render a vertical bar with no side effects, use