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@@ -3139,8 +3139,9 @@ Manually switching the font using the .Ql \ef font escape sequences is never required. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other -troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff +This section provides an incomplete list of compatibility issues +between mandoc and other troff implementations, at this time limited +to GNU troff .Pq Qq groff . The term .Qq historic groff @@ -3249,7 +3250,7 @@ certain list types. can only be called by other macros, but not at the beginning of a line. .It .Sx \&%C -is not implemented. +is not implemented (up to and including groff-1.22.2). .It Historic groff only allows up to eight or nine arguments per macro input line, depending on the exact situation. @@ -3267,7 +3268,7 @@ in new groff and mandoc. .Sq \ef .Pq font face and -.Sq \ef +.Sq \eF .Pq font family face .Sx Text Decoration escapes behave irregularly when specified within line-macro scopes. @@ -3289,36 +3290,6 @@ and .Fl offset Cm right . Groff does not implement centred and flush-right rendering either, but produces large indentations. -.It -The -.Sq \eh -.Pq horizontal position , -.Sq \ev -.Pq vertical position , -.Sq \em -.Pq text colour , -.Sq \eM -.Pq text filling colour , -.Sq \ez -.Pq zero-length character , -.Sq \ew -.Pq string length , -.Sq \ek -.Pq horizontal position marker , -.Sq \eo -.Pq text overstrike , -and -.Sq \es -.Pq text size -escape sequences are all discarded in mandoc. -.It -The -.Sq \ef -scaling unit is accepted by mandoc, but rendered as the default unit. -.It -In quoted literals, groff allows pairwise double-quotes to produce a -standalone double-quote in formatted output. -This is not supported by mandoc. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr man 1 , |