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@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ This section further defines the .Sx Functions and .Sx Variables -available to programmers. The last sub-section, +available to programmers. Following that, +.Sx Character Encoding +describes input format. Lastly, .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree , documents the output tree. .\" SUBSECTION @@ -174,6 +176,21 @@ An array of string-ified token names. An array of string-ified token argument names. .El .\" SUBSECTION +.Ss Character Encoding +The +.Xr mdoc 3 +library accepts only printable ASCII characters as defined by +.Xr isprint 3 . +Non-ASCII character sequences are escaped with an escape character +.Sq \\ +and followed by either an open-parenthesis +.Sq \&( +for two-character sequences; an open-bracket +.Sq \&[ +for n-character sequences (terminated at a close-bracket +.Sq \&] ) ; +or one of a small set of single characters for other escapes. +.\" SUBSECTION .Ss Abstract Syntax Tree The .Nm |