=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.37 retrieving revision 1.41 diff -u -p -r1.37 -r1.41 --- mandoc/roff.7 2011/12/11 00:38:11 1.37 +++ mandoc/roff.7 2013/07/13 19:41:16 1.41 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.37 2011/12/11 00:38:11 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.41 2013/07/13 19:41:16 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: December 11 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2013 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ depends on the respective processing context. .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. -The back-space character +The backslash character .Sq \e indicates the start of an escape sequence for .Sx Comments , @@ -417,6 +417,18 @@ The syntax of this request is the same as that of It is currently ignored by .Xr mandoc 1 , as are its children. +.Ss \&cc +Changes the control character. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +.Pf . Cm \&cc Op Ar c +.Ed +.Pp +If +.Ar c +is not specified, the control character is reset to +.Sq \&. . +Trailing characters are ignored. .Ss \&de Define a .Nm @@ -896,7 +908,7 @@ See .Xr tbl 7 for a description of the tbl language. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other +This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other .Nm implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff .Pq Qq groff . @@ -982,8 +994,6 @@ In 1989, James Clarke re-implemented troff in C++, nam This .Nm reference was written by -.An Kristaps Dzonsons , -.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv ; +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv and -.An Ingo Schwarze , -.Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . +.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org .