=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc_char.7,v retrieving revision 1.41 retrieving revision 1.42 diff -u -p -r1.41 -r1.42 --- mandoc/mandoc_char.7 2011/01/30 16:05:37 1.41 +++ mandoc/mandoc_char.7 2011/02/09 22:53:20 1.42 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.41 2011/01/30 16:05:37 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.42 2011/02/09 22:53:20 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -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: January 30 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: February 9 2011 $ .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -529,30 +529,38 @@ For example, do not use \eN'34', use \e(dq, or even th .Sq \(dq character where possible. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section documents compatibility of -.Nm -with older or existing versions of groff. +This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other +troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff +.Pq Qq groff . .Pp -The following render differently in -.Fl T Ns Ar ascii -output mode: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Bl -dash -compact +.It +In +.Fl T Ns Cm ascii , +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, \e(a. -.Ed -.Pp -The following render differently in -.Fl T Ns Ar html -output mode: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -\e(~=, \e(nb, \e(nc -.Ed -.Pp -Finally, the following have been omitted by being poorly documented or -having no known representation: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent -\e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], \e(ru -.Ed +\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 .Xr mandoc 1 .Sh AUTHORS