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version 1.37, 2010/05/09 15:08:16 version 1.42, 2011/02/09 22:53:20
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Line 513  implementations:
 .It \e*(aa   Ta \*(aa       Ta acute  .It \e*(aa   Ta \*(aa       Ta acute
 .It \e*(ga   Ta \*(ga       Ta grave  .It \e*(ga   Ta \*(ga       Ta grave
 .El  .El
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY  .Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS
 This section documents compatibility of  For backward compatibility with existing manuals,
 .Nm  .Xr mandoc 1
 with older or existing versions of  also supports the
 .Xr groff 1 .  
 .Pp  .Pp
 The following render differently in  .Dl \eN\(aq Ns Ar number Ns \(aq
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii  
 output mode:  
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent  
 \e(ss, \e(nm, \e(nb, \e(nc, \e(ib, \e(ip, \e(pp, \e[sum], \e[product],  
 \e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(-h, \e(a.  
 .Ed  
 .Pp  .Pp
 The following render differently in  escape sequence, inserting the character
 .Fl T Ns Ar html  .Ar number
 output mode:  from the current character set into the output.
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent  Of course, this is inherently non-portable and is already marked
 \e(~=, \e(nb, \e(nc  as deprecated in the Heirloom roff manual.
 .Ed  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 between mandoc and other other
   troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff
   .Pq Qq groff .
 .Pp  .Pp
 Finally, the following have been omitted by being poorly documented or  .Bl -dash -compact
 having no known representation:  .It
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent  In
 \e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], \e(ru  .Fl T Ns Cm ascii ,
 .Ed  the
   \e(ss, \e(nm, \e(nb, \e(nc, \e(ib, \e(ip, \e(pp, \e[sum], \e[product],
   \e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(\-h, and \e(a. special characters render
   differently between mandoc and groff.
   .It
   In
   .Fl T Ns Cm html
   and
   .Fl T Ns Cm xhtml ,
   the \e(~=, \e(nb, and \e(nc special characters render differently
   between mandoc and groff.
   .It
   The
   .Fl T Ns Cm ps
   and
   .Fl T Ns Cm pdf
   modes format like
   .Fl T Ns Cm ascii
   instead of rendering glyphs as in groff.
   .It
   The \e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], and \e(ru special characters have been omitted
   from mandoc either because they are poorly documented or they have no
   known representation.
   .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1  .Xr mandoc 1
 .Sh AUTHORS  .Sh AUTHORS
Line 546  The
Line 568  The
 .Nm  .Nm
 manual page was written by  manual page was written by
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .  .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
   .Sh CAVEATS
   The
   .Sq \e*(Ba
   escape mimics the behaviour of the
   .Sq \&|
   character in
   .Xr mdoc 7 ;
   thus, if you wish to render a vertical bar with no side effects, use
   the
   .Sq \e(ba
   escape.
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