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version 1.60, 2015/03/27 00:57:28

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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any

.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above

Line 98 in literal context, and when none of the following spe

just use the normal space character

.Pq Sq \ .

.Pp

When filling text, lines may be broken between words, i.e. at space

When filling text, output 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

use the unpaddable non-breaking space escape sequence

.Pq Sq \e~

.Pq Sq \e\ \&

instead of the normal space character.

For example, the input string

.Dq number\e~1

.Dq number\e\ 1

will be kept together as

.Dq number\~1

.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.

To include whitespace into arguments, quoting is usually the best choice;

In some cases, using either the non-breaking

see the MACRO SYNTAX section in

.Pq Sq \e~

.Xr roff 7 .

or the breaking

In some cases, using the non-breaking space escape sequence

.Pq Sq \e\ \&

space escape sequence may be preferable.

may be preferable.

.Pp

To escape macro names and to protect whitespace at the end

of input lines, the zero-width space

.Pq Sq \e&

Line 194 manual.

Line 195 manual.

Spacing:

.Bl -column "Input" "Description" -offset indent -compact

.It Em Input Ta Em Description

.It \e~ Ta non-breaking, non-collapsing space

.It Sq \e\ \& Ta unpaddable non-breaking space

.It \e Ta breaking, non-collapsing n-width space

.It \e~ Ta paddable non-breaking space

.It \e^ Ta zero-width space

.It \e0 Ta unpaddable, breaking digit-width space

.It \e% Ta zero-width space

.It \e| Ta one-sixth \e(em narrow space, zero width in nroff mode

.It \e^ Ta one-twelfth \e(em half-narrow space, zero width in nroff

.It \e& Ta zero-width space

.It \e| Ta zero-width space

.It \e% Ta zero-width space allowing hyphenation

.It \e0 Ta breaking, non-collapsing digit-width space

.It \ec Ta removes any trailing space (if applicable)

.El

.Pp

Lines:

Line 210 Lines:

.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(rn Ta \(rn 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

Line 273 Quotes:

.El

.Pp

Brackets:

.Bl -column "xxbracketrightbpx" Rendered Description -offset indent -compact

.Bl -column "xxbracketrightbtx" 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

Line 284 Brackets:

.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[bracketleftbt] Ta \[bracketleftbt] 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[bracketrightbt] Ta \[bracketrightbt] 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[braceleftbt] Ta \[braceleftbt] 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[bracerightbt] Ta \[bracerightbt] 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[parenleftbt] Ta \[parenleftbt] 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[parenrightbt] Ta \[parenrightbt] Ta bottom-right hooked parenthesis

.It \e[parenrightex] Ta \[parenrightex] Ta right hooked parenthesis extension

.El

.Pp

Line 352 Mathematical:

.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(pc Ta \(pc Ta center-dot

.It \e(mu Ta \(mu Ta multiply

.It \e[tmu] Ta \[tmu] Ta multiply (text)

.It \e(c* Ta \(c* Ta circle-multiply

Line 369 Mathematical:

.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(ap Ta \(ap Ta tilde operator

.It \e(-~ Ta \(-~ Ta asymptotically congruent

.It \e(|= Ta \(|= Ta asymptotically equal

.It \e(ap Ta \(ap Ta asymptotically similar

.It \e(=~ Ta \(=~ Ta approximately equal

.It \e(~~ Ta \(~~ Ta approximately similar

.It \e(~~ Ta \(~~ Ta almost equal

.It \e(~= Ta \(~= Ta approximately equal

.It \e(~= Ta \(~= Ta almost equal

.It \e(pt Ta \(pt Ta proportionate

.It \e(es Ta \(es Ta empty set

.It \e(mo Ta \(mo Ta element

Line 655 manual.

.It \e*(Ai Ta \*(Ai Ta ANSI standard name

.El

.Sh UNICODE CHARACTERS

The escape sequence

The escape sequences

.Pp

.Dl \e[uXXXX]

.Dl \e[uXXXX] and \eC'uXXXX'

.Pp

is interpreted as a Unicode codepoint.

are interpreted as Unicode codepoints.

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

For compatibility, the hexadecimal digits

.Sq A

.Sq F

must be given as uppercase characters,

and points must be zero-padded to four characters; if

greater than four characters, no zero padding is allowed.

Unicode surrogates are not allowed.

.\" .Pp

Line 730 The

Line 735 The

manual page was written by

.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .

.Sh CAVEATS

The

The predefined string

.Sq \e*(Ba

escape mimics the behaviour of the

mimics the behaviour of the

.Sq \&|

character in

.Xr mdoc 7 ;

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