From 60f32354c113d9af86f70f30e024d6e1eca66e63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristaps Dzonsons Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:50:22 +0000 Subject: Add \*(Ai (ANSI) and \*(Px (POSIX) predefined strings, which are part of groff's tmac.doc package. Originally noted by Matthew Dempsky. Feedback by Jason McIntyre, joerg@, and schwarze@. Also add some documentation about predefined strings, tweaked by schwarze@. --- mandoc_char.7 | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'mandoc_char.7') diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7 index 3416de36..520d0a31 100644 --- a/mandoc_char.7 +++ b/mandoc_char.7 @@ -481,8 +481,13 @@ Greek letters: .It \e(ts Ta \(ts Ta sigma terminal .El .Sh PREDEFINED STRINGS -These are not recommended for use, as they differ across -implementations: +Predefined strings are inherited from the macro packages of historical +troff implementations. +They are +.Em not recommended +for use, as they differ across implementations. +Manuals using these predefined strings are almost certainly not +portable. .Pp .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "Input" "Rendered" "Description" .It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description @@ -512,6 +517,8 @@ implementations: .It \e*(>= Ta \*(>= Ta greater-than-equal .It \e*(aa Ta \*(aa Ta acute .It \e*(ga Ta \*(ga Ta grave +.It \e*(Px Ta \*(Px Ta POSIX standard name +.It \e*(Ai Ta \*(Ai Ta ANSI standard name .El .Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS For backward compatibility with existing manuals, -- cgit