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[mandoc.git] / mandoc_char.7

diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7
index d5cde527243c6c0d7af7d2c4e8c8f7bbc71a11ef..ff693d777895c86f093c778b1e7c34f9517b0b30 100644 (file)
--- a/mandoc_char.7
+++ b/mandoc_char.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.37 2010/05/09 15:08:16 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.40 2010/10/29 00:05:53 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 9 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 29 2010 $
 .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -516,8 +516,7 @@ implementations:
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This section documents compatibility of
 .Nm
-with older or existing versions of
-.Xr groff 1 .
+with older or existing versions of groff.
 .Pp
 The following render differently in
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
@@ -546,3 +545,14 @@ The
 .Nm
 manual page was written by
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
+.Sh CAVEATS
+The
+.Sq \e*(Ba
+escape mimics the behaviour of the
+.Sq \&|
+character in
+.Xr mdoc 7 ;
+thus, if you wish to render a vertical bar with no side effects, use
+the
+.Sq \e(ba
+escape.