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version 1.71, 2018/08/08 14:16:08

version 1.73, 2018/08/10 22:12:44

Line 62 escape sequences to represent national language charac

names; instead, provide ASCII transcriptions of the names.

.Ss Dashes and Hyphens

In typography there are different types of dashes of various width:

the hyphen (-),

the hyphen (\(hy),

the en-dash (\(en),

the em-dash (\(em),

and the mathematical minus sign (\(mi).

Line 761 For backward compatibility with existing manuals,

.Xr mandoc 1

also supports the

.Pp

.Dl \eN\(aq Ns Ar number Ns \(aq

.Dl \eN\(aq Ns Ar number Ns \(aq and \e[ Ns Cm char Ns Ar number ]

.Pp

escape sequence, inserting the character

escape sequences, 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.

as deprecated in the Heirloom roff manual;

For example, do not use \eN\(aq34\(aq, use \e(dq, or even the plain

on top of that, the second form is a GNU extension.

For example, do not use \eN\(aq34\(aq or \e[char34], use \e(dq,

or even the plain

.Sq \(dq

character where possible.

.Sh COMPATIBILITY