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diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7 index d354ae66..37ccbbac 100644 --- a/mandoc_char.7 +++ b/mandoc_char.7 @@ -142,6 +142,28 @@ Note that on text lines, literal double-quote characters can be used verbatim. All other quote-like characters can be used verbatim as well, even on request and macro lines. +.Ss Accents +In output modes supporting such special output characters, for example +.Fl T Cm pdf , +some +.Xr roff 7 +formatters convert the following ASCII input characters to the +following Unicode special output characters: +.Bl -column x(ga U+2018 -offset indent +.It \(ga Ta U+2018 Ta left single quotation mark +.It \(aq Ta U+2019 Ta right single quotation mark +.It \(ti Ta U+02DC Ta small tilde +.El +.Pp +In prose, this automatic substitution is often desirable; +but when these characters have to be displayed as plain ASCII +characters, for example in source code samples, they require +escaping to render as follows: +.Bl -column x(ga U+2018 -offset indent +.It \e(ga Ta U+0060 Ta grave accent +.It \e(aq Ta U+0027 Ta apostrophe +.It \e(ti Ta U+007E Ta tilde +.El .Ss Periods The period .Pq Sq \&. |