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diff --git a/mandoc_escape.3 b/mandoc_escape.3 index e76601a3..332b94fe 100644 --- a/mandoc_escape.3 +++ b/mandoc_escape.3 @@ -197,15 +197,9 @@ form, directly follows the initial backslash: Note that the one-character argument short form can only be used for argument characters that do not clash with escape sequence identifiers. .Pp -If the argument consists of more than one character -and starts with the character -.Sq u , -.Dv ESCAPE_UNICODE -is returned as described below. -If the argument is just the single character -.Sq u , -.Dv ESCAPE_ERROR -is returned. +If the argument matches one of the forms described below under +.Dv ESCAPE_UNICODE , +that value is returned instead. .Pp The .Dv ESCAPE_SPECIAL @@ -219,17 +213,27 @@ manual. .It Dv ESCAPE_UNICODE Escape sequences of the same format as described above under .Dv ESCAPE_SPECIAL , -but with an argument starting with the character -.Sq u : +but with an argument of the forms +.Ic u Ns Ar XXXX , +.Ic u Ns Ar YXXXX , +or +.Ic u10 Ns Ar XXXX +where +.Ar X +and +.Ar Y +are hexadecimal digits and +.Ar Y +is not zero: .Ic \eC'u , \e[u . As a special exception, .Fa start is set to the character after the -.Sq u , +.Ic u , and the .Fa sz return value does not include the -.Sq u +.Ic u either. .Pp Such Unicode character escape sequences can be rendered using the function |