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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc_char.7,v
retrieving revision 1.42
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -p -r1.42 -r1.43
--- mandoc/mandoc_char.7	2011/02/09 22:53:20	1.42
+++ mandoc/mandoc_char.7	2011/04/20 22:50:22	1.43
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.42 2011/02/09 22:53:20 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.43 2011/04/20 22:50:22 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 9 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 20 2011 $
 .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -481,8 +481,13 @@ Greek letters:
 .It \e(ts    Ta \(ts        Ta sigma terminal
 .El
 .Sh PREDEFINED STRINGS
-These are not recommended for use, as they differ across
-implementations:
+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
 .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "Input" "Rendered" "Description"
 .It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description
@@ -512,6 +517,8 @@ implementations:
 .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 NUMBERED CHARACTERS
 For backward compatibility with existing manuals,