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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc_char.7,v
retrieving revision 1.43
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -p -r1.43 -r1.44
--- mandoc/mandoc_char.7	2011/04/20 22:50:22	1.43
+++ mandoc/mandoc_char.7	2011/05/01 08:45:10	1.44
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.43 2011/04/20 22:50:22 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.44 2011/05/01 08:45:10 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -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: April 20 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 1 2011 $
 .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU tro
 .Pq Qq groff .
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+The \eN\(aq\(aq escape sequence is limited to printable characters; in
+groff, it accepts arbitrary character numbers.
 .It
 In
 .Fl T Ns Cm ascii ,