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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ An .Nm document follows simple rules: lines beginning with the control character -.Sq \. +.Sq \&. are parsed for macros. Other lines are interpreted within the scope of prior macros: .Bd -literal -offset XXX @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ vertical space. .\" SUB-SECTION .Ss Special Characters Special character sequences begin with the escape character -.Sq \\ +.Sq \e followed by either an open-parenthesis .Sq \&( for two-character sequences; an open-bracket @@ -82,427 +82,26 @@ for n-character sequences (terminated at a close-bracket or a single one-character sequence. .Pp Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk, -.Sq \\* , +.Sq \e* , with the same combinations as described above. This form is deprecated. .Pp -The following is a table of all available escapes. -.Pp -Grammatic: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(em -.Pq em-dash -.It \\(en -.Pq en-dash -.It \e- -.Pq hyphen -.It \\\\ -.Pq back-slash -.It \e' -.Pq apostrophe -.It \e` -.Pq back-tick -.It \\ -.Pq space -.It \\. -.Pq period -.It \\(r! -.Pq upside-down exclamation -.It \\(r? -.Pq upside-down question -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Enclosures: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(lh -.Pq left hand -.It \\(rh -.Pq right hand -.It \\(Fo -.Pq left guillemet -.It \\(Fc -.Pq right guillemet -.It \\(fo -.Pq left guilsing -.It \\(fc -.Pq right guilsing -.It \\(rC -.Pq right brace -.It \\(lC -.Pq left brace -.It \\(ra -.Pq right angle -.It \\(la -.Pq left angle -.It \\(rB -.Pq right bracket -.It \\(lB -.Pq left bracket -.It \\q -.Pq double-quote -.It \\(lq -.Pq left double-quote -.It \\(Lq -.Pq left double-quote, deprecated -.It \\(rq -.Pq right double-quote -.It \\(Rq -.Pq right double-quote, deprecated -.It \\(oq -.Pq left single-quote -.It \\(aq -.Pq right single-quote -.It \\(Bq -.Pq right low double-quote -.It \\(bq -.Pq right low single-quote -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Indicatives: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(<- -.Pq left arrow -.It \\(-> -.Pq right arrow -.It \\(ua -.Pq up arrow -.It \\(da -.Pq down arrow -.It \\(<> -.Pq left-right arrow -.It \\(lA -.Pq left double-arrow -.It \\(rA -.Pq right double-arrow -.It \\(uA -.Pq up double-arrow -.It \\(dA -.Pq down double-arrow -.It \\(hA -.Pq left-right double-arrow -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Mathematical: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(es -.Pq empty set -.It \\(ca -.Pq intersection -.It \\(cu -.Pq union -.It \\(gr -.Pq gradient -.It \\(pd -.Pq partial differential -.It \\(ap -.Pq similarity -.It \\(=) -.Pq proper superset -.It \\((= -.Pq proper subset -.It \\(eq -.Pq equals -.It \\(di -.Pq division -.It \\(mu -.Pq multiplication -.It \\(pl -.Pq addition -.It \\(nm -.Pq not element -.It \\(mo -.Pq element -.It \\(Im -.Pq imaginary -.It \\(Re -.Pq real -.It \\(Ah -.Pq aleph -.It \\(te -.Pq existential quantifier -.It \\(fa -.Pq universal quantifier -.It \\(AN -.Pq logical AND -.It \\(OR -.Pq logical OR -.It \\(no -.Pq logical NOT -.It \\(st -.Pq such that -.It \\(tf -.Pq therefore -.It \\(~~ -.Pq approximate -.It \\(~= -.Pq approximately equals -.It \\(=~ -.Pq congruent -.It \\(Gt -.Pq greater-than, deprecated -.It \\(Lt -.Pq less-than, deprecated -.It \\(<= -.Pq less-than-equal -.It \\(Le -.Pq less-than-equal, deprecated -.It \\(>= -.Pq greater-than-equal -.It \\(Ge -.Pq greater-than-equal -.It \\(== -.Pq equal -.It \\(!= -.Pq not equal -.It \\(Ne -.Pq not equal, deprecated -.It \\(if -.Pq infinity -.It \\(If -.Pq infinity, deprecated -.It \\(na -.Pq NaN , an extension -.It \\(Na -.Pq NaN, deprecated -.It \\(+- -.Pq plus-minus -.It \\(Pm -.Pq plus-minus, deprecated -.It \\(** -.Pq asterisk -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Ligatures: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(ss -.Pq German eszett -.It \\(AE -.Pq upper-case AE -.It \\(ae -.Pq lower-case AE -.It \\(OE -.Pq upper-case OE -.It \\(oe -.Pq lower-case OE -.It \\(ff -.Pq ff ligature -.It \\(fi -.Pq fi ligature -.It \\(fl -.Pq fl ligature -.It \\(Fi -.Pq ffi ligature -.It \\(Fl -.Pq ffl ligature -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Diacritics and letters: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(ga -.Pq grave accent -.It \\(aa -.Pq accute accent -.It \\(a" -.Pq umlaut accent -.It \\(ad -.Pq dieresis accent -.It \\(a~ -.Pq tilde accent -.It \\(a^ -.Pq circumflex accent -.It \\(ac -.Pq cedilla accent -.It \\(ad -.Pq dieresis accent -.It \\(ah -.Pq caron accent -.It \\(ao -.Pq ring accent -.It \\(ho -.Pq hook accent -.It \\(ab -.Pq breve accent -.It \\(a- -.Pq macron accent -.It \\(-D -.Pq upper-case eth -.It \\(Sd -.Pq lower-case eth -.It \\(TP -.Pq upper-case thorn -.It \\(Tp -.Pq lower-case thorn -.It \\('A -.Pq upper-case acute A -.It \\('E -.Pq upper-case acute E -.It \\('I -.Pq upper-case acute I -.It \\('O -.Pq upper-case acute O -.It \\('U -.Pq upper-case acute U -.It \\('a -.Pq lower-case acute a -.It \\('e -.Pq lower-case acute e -.It \\('i -.Pq lower-case acute i -.It \\('o -.Pq lower-case acute o -.It \\('u -.Pq lower-case acute u -.It \\(`A -.Pq upper-case grave A -.It \\(`E -.Pq upper-case grave E -.It \\(`I -.Pq upper-case grave I -.It \\(`O -.Pq upper-case grave O -.It \\(`U -.Pq upper-case grave U -.It \\(`a -.Pq lower-case grave a -.It \\(`e -.Pq lower-case grave e -.It \\(`i -.Pq lower-case grave i -.It \\(`o -.Pq lower-case grave o -.It \\(`u -.Pq lower-case grave u -.It \\(~A -.Pq upper-case tilde A -.It \\(~N -.Pq upper-case tilde N -.It \\(~O -.Pq upper-case tilde O -.It \\(~a -.Pq lower-case tilde a -.It \\(~n -.Pq lower-case tilde n -.It \\(~o -.Pq lower-case tilde o -.It \\(:A -.Pq upper-case dieresis A -.It \\(:E -.Pq upper-case dieresis E -.It \\(:I -.Pq upper-case dieresis I -.It \\(:O -.Pq upper-case dieresis O -.It \\(:U -.Pq upper-case dieresis U -.It \\(:a -.Pq lower-case dieresis a -.It \\(:e -.Pq lower-case dieresis e -.It \\(:i -.Pq lower-case dieresis i -.It \\(:o -.Pq lower-case dieresis o -.It \\(:u -.Pq lower-case dieresis u -.It \\(:y -.Pq lower-case dieresis y -.It \\(^A -.Pq upper-case circumflex A -.It \\(^E -.Pq upper-case circumflex E -.It \\(^I -.Pq upper-case circumflex I -.It \\(^O -.Pq upper-case circumflex O -.It \\(^U -.Pq upper-case circumflex U -.It \\(^a -.Pq lower-case circumflex a -.It \\(^e -.Pq lower-case circumflex e -.It \\(^i -.Pq lower-case circumflex i -.It \\(^o -.Pq lower-case circumflex o -.It \\(^u -.Pq lower-case circumflex u -.It \\(,C -.Pq upper-case cedilla C -.It \\(,c -.Pq lower-case cedilla c -.It \\(/L -.Pq upper-case stroke L -.It \\(/l -.Pq lower-case stroke l -.It \\(/O -.Pq upper-case stroke O -.It \\(/o -.Pq lower-case stroke o -.It \\(oA -.Pq upper-case ring A -.It \\(oa -.Pq lower-case ring a -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Monetary: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(Cs -.Pq Scandinavian -.It \\(Do -.Pq dollar -.It \\(Po -.Pq pound -.It \\(Ye -.Pq yen -.It \\(Fn -.Pq florin -.It \\(ct -.Pq cent -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Special symbols: -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact -.It \\(de -.Pq degree -.It \\(ps -.Pq paragraph -.It \\(sc -.Pq section -.It \\(dg -.Pq dagger -.It \\(dd -.Pq double dagger -.It \\(ci -.Pq circle -.It \\(ba -.Pq bar -.It \\(bb -.Pq broken bar -.It \\(Ba -.Pq bar, deprecated -.It \\(co -.Pq copyright -.It \\(rg -.Pq registered -.It \\(tm -.Pq trademarked -.It \\& -.Pq non-breaking space -.It \\e -.Pq escape -.It \\(Am -.Pq ampersand, deprecated -.El +The +.Xr mdoc 7 +contains a table of all available escapes. .\" SECTION .Sh STRUCTURE -Macros are case in-sensitive and one to three three characters in -length. All follow the same structural rules: +Macros are one to three three characters in length and begin with a +control character +.Sq \&. +at the beginning of the line. An arbitrary amount of whitespace may +sit between the control character and the macro name. Thus, +.Sq \&PP +and +.Sq \&.\ \ \ \&PP +are equivalent. +.Pp +All follow the same +structural rules: .Bd -literal -offset XXXX \&.Yo \(lBbody...\(rB .Ed |