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.Nd mandoc special characters

.\" SECTION

.Sh DESCRIPTION

This documents the special characters accepted by

This documents the special characters and predefined strings accepted by

.Xr mandoc 1

to format

.Xr mdoc 7

Line 34 documents. Specific output devices of

dictated by the

.Fl T Ns Ar output

argument, will properly render these sequences.

.\" PARAGRAPH

.Pp

Both

.Xr mdoc 7

and

.Xr man 7

encode special characters with slightly different semantics; consult the

encode special characters with

respective manuals for these escapes.

.Sq \eX

.Pq for a one-character escape ,

.Sq \e(XX

.Pq two-character ,

and

.Sq \e[N]

.Pq N-character .

One may generalise

.Sq \e(XX

.Sq \e[XX]

and

.Sq \eX

.Sq \e[X] .

Predefined strings are functionally similar to special characters, using

.Sq \e*X

.Pq for a one-character escape ,

.Sq \e*(XX

.Pq two-character ,

and

.Sq \e*[N]

.Pq N-character .

One may generalise

.Sq \e*(XX

.Sq \e*[XX]

and

.Sq \e*X

.Sq \e*[X] .

.\" SECTION

.Sh Special Characters

These are the preferred input symbols for producing special characters.

.\" PARAGRAPH

.Pp

Typographic:

Line 51 Typographic:

Line 85 Typographic:

.Pq space

.It \e^

.Pq zero-width space

.It \e^

.It \e%

.Pq zero-width space

.It \e&

.Pq zero-width space

.It \e|

.Pq zero-width space

.El

.\" PARAGRAPH

.Pp

Line 107 Enclosures:

Line 143 Enclosures:

.Pq right bracket

.It \e(lB

.Pq left bracket

.It \eq

.Pq double-quote

.It \e(lq

.Pq left double-quote

.It \e(Lq

.Pq left double-quote, deprecated

.It \e(rq

.Pq right double-quote

.It \e(Rq

.Pq right double-quote, deprecated

.It \e(oq

.Pq left single-quote

.It \e(aq

Line 211 Mathematical:

Line 241 Mathematical:

.Pq approximately equals

.It \e(=~

.Pq congruent

.It \e(Gt

.Pq greater-than, deprecated

.It \e(Lt

.Pq less-than, deprecated

.It \e(<=

.Pq less-than-equal

.It \e(Le

.Pq less-than-equal, deprecated

.It \e(>=

.Pq greater-than-equal

.It \e(Ge

.Pq greater-than-equal

.It \e(==

.Pq equal

.It \e(!=

.Pq not equal

.It \e(Ne

.Pq not equal, deprecated

.It \e(if

.Pq infinity

.It \e(If

.Pq infinity, deprecated

.It \e(na

.Pq NaN , an extension

.Pq NaN, an extension

.It \e(Na

.Pq NaN, deprecated

.It \e(+-

.Pq plus-minus

.It \e(Pm

.Pq plus-minus, deprecated

.It \e(**

.Pq asterisk

.El

Line 457 Special symbols:

Line 471 Special symbols:

.Pq bar

.It \e(bb

.Pq broken bar

.It \e(Ba

.Pq bar, deprecated

.It \e(co

.Pq copyright

.It \e(rg

.Pq registered

.It \e(tm

.Pq trademarked

.It \e&

.Pq non-breaking space

.It \ee

.Pq escape

.It \e(Am

.Pq ampersand, deprecated

.El

.\" SECTION

.Sh PREDEFINED STRINGS

These are not recommended for use, as they differ across

implementations:

.Pp

Mathematical:

.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact

.It \e*(Ne

.Pq not equal

.It \e*(Ge

.Pq greater-than-equal

.It \e*(Le

.Pq less-than-equal

.It \e*(Gt

.Pq greater-than

.It \e*(Lt

.Pq greater-than

.It \e*(Pm

.Pq plus-minus

.It \e*(If

.Pq infinity

.It \e*(Pi

.Pq pi

.It \e*(Na

.Pq NaN

.El

.\" PARAGRAPH

.Pp

Special symbols:

.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact

.It \e*(Ba

.Pq vertical bar

.It \e*(Am

.Pq ampersand

.El

.\" PARAGRAPH

.Pp

Enclosures:

.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact

.It \e*q

.Pq double-quote

.It \e*(Rq

.Pq right-double-quote

.It \e*(Lq

.Pq left-double-quote

.It \e*(lp

.Pq right-parenthesis

.It \e*(rp

.Pq left-parenthesis

.El

.\" SECTION

.Sh COMPATIBILITY

This section documents compatibility of

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