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Line 83 depends on the respective processing context. |
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Line 83 depends on the respective processing context. |
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.Nm |
.Nm |
documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space |
documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space |
character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. |
character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. |
The back-space character |
The backslash character |
.Sq \e |
.Sq \e |
indicates the start of an escape sequence for |
indicates the start of an escape sequence for |
.Sx Comments , |
.Sx Comments , |
Line 417 The syntax of this request is the same as that of |
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Line 417 The syntax of this request is the same as that of |
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It is currently ignored by |
It is currently ignored by |
.Xr mandoc 1 , |
.Xr mandoc 1 , |
as are its children. |
as are its children. |
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.Ss \&cc |
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Changes the control character. |
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Its syntax is as follows: |
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.Bd -literal -offset indent |
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.Pf . Cm \&cc Op Ar c |
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.Ed |
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.Pp |
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If |
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.Ar c |
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is not specified, the control character is reset to |
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.Sq \&. . |
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Trailing characters are ignored. |
.Ss \&de |
.Ss \&de |
Define a |
Define a |
.Nm |
.Nm |
Line 844 only accepts relative paths not containing the strings |
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Line 856 only accepts relative paths not containing the strings |
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.Qq ../ |
.Qq ../ |
and |
and |
.Qq /.. . |
.Qq /.. . |
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.Pp |
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This request requires |
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.Xr man 1 |
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to change to the right directory before calling |
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.Xr mandoc 1 , |
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per convention to the root of the manual tree. |
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Typical usage looks like: |
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.Pp |
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.Dl \&.so man3/Xcursor.3 |
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.Pp |
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As the whole concept is rather fragile, the use of |
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.Sx \&so |
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is discouraged. |
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Use |
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.Xr ln 1 |
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instead. |
.Ss \&ta |
.Ss \&ta |
Set tab stops. |
Set tab stops. |
This line-scoped request can take an arbitrary number of arguments. |
This line-scoped request can take an arbitrary number of arguments. |
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.Xr tbl 7 |
.Xr tbl 7 |
for a description of the tbl language. |
for a description of the tbl language. |
.Sh COMPATIBILITY |
.Sh COMPATIBILITY |
This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other |
This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other |
.Nm |
.Nm |
implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff |
implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff |
.Pq Qq groff . |
.Pq Qq groff . |
Line 952 Saltzer in 1964. |
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Line 980 Saltzer in 1964. |
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Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, renaming it |
Doug McIlroy rewrote it in BCPL in 1969, renaming it |
.Nm . |
.Nm . |
Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's |
Dennis M. Ritchie rewrote McIlroy's |
.Nm |
.Nm |
in PDP-11 assmebly for |
in PDP-11 assembly for |
.At v1 , |
.At v1 , |
Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff |
Joseph F. Ossanna improved roff and renamed it nroff |
for |
for |