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version 1.106, 2018/10/04 15:16:23 version 1.107, 2018/10/04 15:32:09
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 code.  code.
 To properly format such manuals, the  To properly format such manuals, the
 .Xr mandoc 1  .Xr mandoc 1
 utility supports a tiny subset of  utility supports a subset of
 .Nm  .Nm
 requests and escapes.  requests and escapes.
 Only these requests and escapes supported by  Even though this manual page lists all
   .Nm
   requests, it only has partial information about requests not supported by
 .Xr mandoc 1  .Xr mandoc 1
 are documented in the present manual,  and about language features that do not matter for manual pages.
 together with the basic language syntax shared by  
 .Nm ,  
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,  
 and  
 .Xr man 7 .  
 For complete  For complete
 .Nm  .Nm
 manuals, consult the  manuals, consult the
Line 193  Many requests and macros support scaled widths for the
Line 190  Many requests and macros support scaled widths for the
 The syntax for a scaled width is  The syntax for a scaled width is
 .Sq Li [+-]?[0-9]*.[0-9]*[:unit:] ,  .Sq Li [+-]?[0-9]*.[0-9]*[:unit:] ,
 where a decimal must be preceded or followed by at least one digit.  where a decimal must be preceded or followed by at least one digit.
 Negative numbers, while accepted, are truncated to zero.  
 .Pp  .Pp
 The following scaling units are accepted:  The following scaling units are accepted:
 .Pp  .Pp
Line 2123  The
Line 2119  The
 .Xr mandoc 1  .Xr mandoc 1
 implementation of the  implementation of the
 .Nm  .Nm
 language is intentionally incomplete.  language is incomplete.
 Unimplemented features include:  Major unimplemented features include:
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact  .Bl -dash -compact
 .It  .It
Line 2135  never reads or writes external files except via
Line 2131  never reads or writes external files except via
 requests with safe relative paths.  requests with safe relative paths.
 .It  .It
 There is no automatic hyphenation, no adjustment to the right margin,  There is no automatic hyphenation, no adjustment to the right margin,
 and no centering; the output is always set flush-left.  and very limited support for centering; the output is always set flush-left.
 .It  .It
 Support for setting tabulator positions  Support for setting tabulator and leader characters is missing,
 and tabulator and leader characters is missing,  
 and support for manually changing indentation is limited.  and support for manually changing indentation is limited.
 .It  .It
 The  The
Line 2149  output media.
Line 2144  output media.
 .It  .It
 Width measurements are implemented in a crude way  Width measurements are implemented in a crude way
 and often yield wrong results.  and often yield wrong results.
 Explicit movement requests and escapes are ignored.  Support for explicit movement requests and escapes is limited.
 .It  .It
 There is no concept of output pages, no support for floats,  There is no concept of output pages, no support for floats,
 graphics drawing, and picture inclusion;  graphics drawing, and picture inclusion;
 terminal output is always continuous.  terminal output is always continuous.
 .It  .It
 Requests regarding color, font families, and glyph manipulation  Requests regarding color, font families, font sizes,
 are ignored.  and glyph manipulation are ignored.
 Font support is very limited.  Font support is very limited.
 Kerning is not implemented, and no ligatures are produced.  Kerning is not implemented, and no ligatures are produced.
 .It  .It
Line 2164  The
Line 2159  The
 .Qq \(aq  .Qq \(aq
 macro control character does not suppress output line breaks.  macro control character does not suppress output line breaks.
 .It  .It
 Diversions are not implemented,  Diversions and environments are not implemented,
 and support for traps is very incomplete.  and support for traps is very incomplete.
   .It
   Use of macros is not supported inside
   .Xr tbl 7
   code.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 The special semantics of the  The special semantics of the

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