Escape punctuation characters that have a different meaning in -Tpdf.

~, `, and ' get translated to non-ASCII characters by most troff
implementations when generating PostScript/PDF output.  When the
original ASCII character is meant, it needs to be manually escaped.

Patch from bentley@.

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7
index 37ccbbac..20334351 100644
--- a/mandoc_char.7
+++ b/mandoc_char.7
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ Spacing:
 .Bl -column "Input" "Description" -offset indent -compact
 .It Em Input Ta Em Description
 .It Sq \e\ \& Ta unpaddable non-breaking space
-.It \e~      Ta paddable non-breaking space
+.It \e\(ti   Ta paddable non-breaking space
 .It \e0      Ta unpaddable, breaking digit-width space
 .It \e|      Ta one-sixth \e(em narrow space, zero width in nroff mode
 .It \e^      Ta one-twelfth \e(em half-narrow space, zero width in nroff
@@ -393,9 +393,9 @@ Mathematical:
 .It \e(ne    Ta \(ne        Ta not equivalent
 .It \e(ap    Ta \(ap        Ta tilde operator
 .It \e(|=    Ta \(|=        Ta asymptotically equal
-.It \e(=~    Ta \(=~        Ta approximately equal
-.It \e(~~    Ta \(~~        Ta almost equal
-.It \e(~=    Ta \(~=        Ta almost equal
+.It \e(=\(ti Ta \(=~        Ta approximately equal
+.It \e(\(ti\(ti Ta \(~~        Ta almost equal
+.It \e(\(ti= Ta \(~=        Ta almost equal
 .It \e(pt    Ta \(pt        Ta proportionate
 .It \e(es    Ta \(es        Ta empty set
 .It \e(mo    Ta \(mo        Ta element
@@ -458,15 +458,15 @@ Accents:
 .It \e(a.    Ta \(a.        Ta dotted
 .It \e(a^    Ta \(a^        Ta circumflex
 .It \e(aa    Ta \(aa        Ta acute
-.It \e'      Ta \'          Ta acute
+.It \e\(aq   Ta \'          Ta acute
 .It \e(ga    Ta \(ga        Ta grave
-.It \e`      Ta \`          Ta grave
+.It \e\(ga   Ta \`          Ta grave
 .It \e(ab    Ta \(ab        Ta breve
 .It \e(ac    Ta \(ac        Ta cedilla
 .It \e(ad    Ta \(ad        Ta dieresis
 .It \e(ah    Ta \(ah        Ta caron
 .It \e(ao    Ta \(ao        Ta ring
-.It \e(a~    Ta \(a~        Ta tilde
+.It \e(a\(ti Ta \(a~        Ta tilde
 .It \e(ho    Ta \(ho        Ta ogonek
 .It \e(ha    Ta \(ha        Ta hat (text)
 .It \e(ti    Ta \(ti        Ta tilde (text)
@@ -475,32 +475,32 @@ Accents:
 Accented letters:
 .Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent -compact
 .It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description
-.It \e('A    Ta \('A        Ta acute A
-.It \e('E    Ta \('E        Ta acute E
-.It \e('I    Ta \('I        Ta acute I
-.It \e('O    Ta \('O        Ta acute O
-.It \e('U    Ta \('U        Ta acute U
-.It \e('a    Ta \('a        Ta acute a
-.It \e('e    Ta \('e        Ta acute e
-.It \e('i    Ta \('i        Ta acute i
-.It \e('o    Ta \('o        Ta acute o
-.It \e('u    Ta \('u        Ta acute u
-.It \e(`A    Ta \(`A        Ta grave A
-.It \e(`E    Ta \(`E        Ta grave E
-.It \e(`I    Ta \(`I        Ta grave I
-.It \e(`O    Ta \(`O        Ta grave O
-.It \e(`U    Ta \(`U        Ta grave U
-.It \e(`a    Ta \(`a        Ta grave a
-.It \e(`e    Ta \(`e        Ta grave e
-.It \e(`i    Ta \(`i        Ta grave i
-.It \e(`o    Ta \(`i        Ta grave o
-.It \e(`u    Ta \(`u        Ta grave u
-.It \e(~A    Ta \(~A        Ta tilde A
-.It \e(~N    Ta \(~N        Ta tilde N
-.It \e(~O    Ta \(~O        Ta tilde O
-.It \e(~a    Ta \(~a        Ta tilde a
-.It \e(~n    Ta \(~n        Ta tilde n
-.It \e(~o    Ta \(~o        Ta tilde o
+.It \e(\(aqA Ta \('A        Ta acute A
+.It \e(\(aqE Ta \('E        Ta acute E
+.It \e(\(aqI Ta \('I        Ta acute I
+.It \e(\(aqO Ta \('O        Ta acute O
+.It \e(\(aqU Ta \('U        Ta acute U
+.It \e(\(aqa Ta \('a        Ta acute a
+.It \e(\(aqe Ta \('e        Ta acute e
+.It \e(\(aqi Ta \('i        Ta acute i
+.It \e(\(aqo Ta \('o        Ta acute o
+.It \e(\(aqu Ta \('u        Ta acute u
+.It \e(\(gaA Ta \(`A        Ta grave A
+.It \e(\(gaE Ta \(`E        Ta grave E
+.It \e(\(gaI Ta \(`I        Ta grave I
+.It \e(\(gaO Ta \(`O        Ta grave O
+.It \e(\(gaU Ta \(`U        Ta grave U
+.It \e(\(gaa Ta \(`a        Ta grave a
+.It \e(\(gae Ta \(`e        Ta grave e
+.It \e(\(gai Ta \(`i        Ta grave i
+.It \e(\(gao Ta \(`i        Ta grave o
+.It \e(\(gau Ta \(`u        Ta grave u
+.It \e(\(tiA Ta \(~A        Ta tilde A
+.It \e(\(tiN Ta \(~N        Ta tilde N
+.It \e(\(tiO Ta \(~O        Ta tilde O
+.It \e(\(tia Ta \(~a        Ta tilde a
+.It \e(\(tin Ta \(~n        Ta tilde n
+.It \e(\(tio Ta \(~o        Ta tilde o
 .It \e(:A    Ta \(:A        Ta dieresis A
 .It \e(:E    Ta \(:E        Ta dieresis E
 .It \e(:I    Ta \(:I        Ta dieresis I
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ manual.
 .Sh UNICODE CHARACTERS
 The escape sequences
 .Pp
-.Dl \e[uXXXX] and \eC'uXXXX'
+.Dl \e[uXXXX] and \eC\(aquXXXX\(aq
 .Pp
 are interpreted as Unicode codepoints.
 The codepoint must be in the range above U+0080 and less than U+10FFFF.
@@ -691,10 +691,6 @@ must be given as uppercase characters,
 and points must be zero-padded to four characters; if
 greater than four characters, no zero padding is allowed.
 Unicode surrogates are not allowed.
-.\" .Pp
-.\" Unicode glyphs attenuate to the
-.\" .Sq \&?
-.\" character if invalid or not rendered by current output media.
 .Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS
 For backward compatibility with existing manuals,
 .Xr mandoc 1
@@ -707,7 +703,7 @@ escape sequence, inserting the character
 from the current character set into the output.
 Of course, this is inherently non-portable and is already marked
 as deprecated in the Heirloom roff manual.
-For example, do not use \eN'34', use \e(dq, or even the plain
+For example, do not use \eN\(aq34\(aq, use \e(dq, or even the plain
 .Sq \(dq
 character where possible.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
@@ -731,7 +727,7 @@ In
 .Fl T Ns Cm html
 and
 .Fl T Ns Cm xhtml ,
-the \e(~=, \e(nb, and \e(nc special characters render differently
+the \e(\(ti=, \e(nb, and \e(nc special characters render differently
 between mandoc and groff.
 .It
 The