=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.228 retrieving revision 1.229 diff -u -p -r1.228 -r1.229 --- mandoc/mdoc.7 2014/03/31 01:05:32 1.228 +++ mandoc/mdoc.7 2014/06/22 17:07:06 1.229 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.228 2014/03/31 01:05:32 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.229 2014/06/22 17:07:06 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 22 2014 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -3139,8 +3139,9 @@ Manually switching the font using the .Ql \ef font escape sequences is never required. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other -troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff +This section provides an incomplete list of compatibility issues +between mandoc and other troff implementations, at this time limited +to GNU troff .Pq Qq groff . The term .Qq historic groff @@ -3249,7 +3250,7 @@ certain list types. can only be called by other macros, but not at the beginning of a line. .It .Sx \&%C -is not implemented. +is not implemented (up to and including groff-1.22.2). .It Historic groff only allows up to eight or nine arguments per macro input line, depending on the exact situation. @@ -3267,7 +3268,7 @@ in new groff and mandoc. .Sq \ef .Pq font face and -.Sq \ef +.Sq \eF .Pq font family face .Sx Text Decoration escapes behave irregularly when specified within line-macro scopes. @@ -3289,36 +3290,6 @@ and .Fl offset Cm right . Groff does not implement centred and flush-right rendering either, but produces large indentations. -.It -The -.Sq \eh -.Pq horizontal position , -.Sq \ev -.Pq vertical position , -.Sq \em -.Pq text colour , -.Sq \eM -.Pq text filling colour , -.Sq \ez -.Pq zero-length character , -.Sq \ew -.Pq string length , -.Sq \ek -.Pq horizontal position marker , -.Sq \eo -.Pq text overstrike , -and -.Sq \es -.Pq text size -escape sequences are all discarded in mandoc. -.It -The -.Sq \ef -scaling unit is accepted by mandoc, but rendered as the default unit. -.It -In quoted literals, groff allows pairwise double-quotes to produce a -standalone double-quote in formatted output. -This is not supported by mandoc. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 ,