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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2009-07-04 09:00:41 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2009-07-04 09:00:41 +0000
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man.7/mdoc.7 properly reflect escape-character handling.
man.7 points to mdoc.7 for COMPATIBILITY. Whitespace stripping noted in mdoc.7.
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@@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence.
.Pp
Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk,
.Sq \e* ,
-with the same combinations as described above. This form is deprecated.
+with the same combinations as described above.
+.Pp
+Terms may also be text-decorated using the
+.Sq \ef
+escape followed by a text-decoration letter: B (bold), I, (italic), or P
+and R (Roman, or reset).
.\" SUB-SECTION
.Ss Whitespace
Unless specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of whitespace are pruned
@@ -218,6 +223,11 @@ These follow the same calling conventions as the above
.Nm
macros.
.\" SECTION
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+See
+.Xr mdoc 7
+for groff compatibility notes.
+.\" SECTION
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1 ,
.Xr mandoc_char 7