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.\" SECTION
.Sh NAME
Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk,
.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 \e(em
-.Pq em-dash
-.It \e(en
-.Pq en-dash
-.It \e-
-.Pq hyphen
-.It \e\e
-.Pq back-slash
-.It \e'
-.Pq apostrophe
-.It \e`
-.Pq back-tick
-.It \e
-.Pq space
-.It \e.
-.Pq period
-.It \e(r!
-.Pq upside-down exclamation
-.It \e(r?
-.Pq upside-down question
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Enclosures:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(lh
-.Pq left hand
-.It \e(rh
-.Pq right hand
-.It \e(Fo
-.Pq left guillemet
-.It \e(Fc
-.Pq right guillemet
-.It \e(fo
-.Pq left guilsing
-.It \e(fc
-.Pq right guilsing
-.It \e(rC
-.Pq right brace
-.It \e(lC
-.Pq left brace
-.It \e(ra
-.Pq right angle
-.It \e(la
-.Pq left angle
-.It \e(rB
-.Pq right bracket
-.It \e(lB
-.Pq left bracket
-.It \eq
-.Pq double-quote
-.It \e(lq
-.Pq left double-quote
-.It \e(Lq
-.Pq left double-quote, deprecated
-.It \e(rq
-.Pq right double-quote
-.It \e(Rq
-.Pq right double-quote, deprecated
-.It \e(oq
-.Pq left single-quote
-.It \e(aq
-.Pq right single-quote
-.It \e(Bq
-.Pq right low double-quote
-.It \e(bq
-.Pq right low single-quote
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Indicatives:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(<-
-.Pq left arrow
-.It \e(->
-.Pq right arrow
-.It \e(ua
-.Pq up arrow
-.It \e(da
-.Pq down arrow
-.It \e(<>
-.Pq left-right arrow
-.It \e(lA
-.Pq left double-arrow
-.It \e(rA
-.Pq right double-arrow
-.It \e(uA
-.Pq up double-arrow
-.It \e(dA
-.Pq down double-arrow
-.It \e(hA
-.Pq left-right double-arrow
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Mathematical:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(es
-.Pq empty set
-.It \e(ca
-.Pq intersection
-.It \e(cu
-.Pq union
-.It \e(gr
-.Pq gradient
-.It \e(pd
-.Pq partial differential
-.It \e(ap
-.Pq similarity
-.It \e(=)
-.Pq proper superset
-.It \e((=
-.Pq proper subset
-.It \e(eq
-.Pq equals
-.It \e(di
-.Pq division
-.It \e(mu
-.Pq multiplication
-.It \e(pl
-.Pq addition
-.It \e(nm
-.Pq not element
-.It \e(mo
-.Pq element
-.It \e(Im
-.Pq imaginary
-.It \e(Re
-.Pq real
-.It \e(Ah
-.Pq aleph
-.It \e(te
-.Pq existential quantifier
-.It \e(fa
-.Pq universal quantifier
-.It \e(AN
-.Pq logical AND
-.It \e(OR
-.Pq logical OR
-.It \e(no
-.Pq logical NOT
-.It \e(st
-.Pq such that
-.It \e(tf
-.Pq therefore
-.It \e(~~
-.Pq approximate
-.It \e(~=
-.Pq approximately equals
-.It \e(=~
-.Pq congruent
-.It \e(Gt
-.Pq greater-than, deprecated
-.It \e(Lt
-.Pq less-than, deprecated
-.It \e(<=
-.Pq less-than-equal
-.It \e(Le
-.Pq less-than-equal, deprecated
-.It \e(>=
-.Pq greater-than-equal
-.It \e(Ge
-.Pq greater-than-equal
-.It \e(==
-.Pq equal
-.It \e(!=
-.Pq not equal
-.It \e(Ne
-.Pq not equal, deprecated
-.It \e(if
-.Pq infinity
-.It \e(If
-.Pq infinity, deprecated
-.It \e(na
-.Pq NaN , an extension
-.It \e(Na
-.Pq NaN, deprecated
-.It \e(+-
-.Pq plus-minus
-.It \e(Pm
-.Pq plus-minus, deprecated
-.It \e(**
-.Pq asterisk
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Ligatures:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(ss
-.Pq German eszett
-.It \e(AE
-.Pq upper-case AE
-.It \e(ae
-.Pq lower-case AE
-.It \e(OE
-.Pq upper-case OE
-.It \e(oe
-.Pq lower-case OE
-.It \e(ff
-.Pq ff ligature
-.It \e(fi
-.Pq fi ligature
-.It \e(fl
-.Pq fl ligature
-.It \e(Fi
-.Pq ffi ligature
-.It \e(Fl
-.Pq ffl ligature
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Diacritics and letters:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(ga
-.Pq grave accent
-.It \e(aa
-.Pq accute accent
-.It \e(a"
-.Pq umlaut accent
-.It \e(ad
-.Pq dieresis accent
-.It \e(a~
-.Pq tilde accent
-.It \e(a^
-.Pq circumflex accent
-.It \e(ac
-.Pq cedilla accent
-.It \e(ad
-.Pq dieresis accent
-.It \e(ah
-.Pq caron accent
-.It \e(ao
-.Pq ring accent
-.It \e(ho
-.Pq hook accent
-.It \e(ab
-.Pq breve accent
-.It \e(a-
-.Pq macron accent
-.It \e(-D
-.Pq upper-case eth
-.It \e(Sd
-.Pq lower-case eth
-.It \e(TP
-.Pq upper-case thorn
-.It \e(Tp
-.Pq lower-case thorn
-.It \e('A
-.Pq upper-case acute A
-.It \e('E
-.Pq upper-case acute E
-.It \e('I
-.Pq upper-case acute I
-.It \e('O
-.Pq upper-case acute O
-.It \e('U
-.Pq upper-case acute U
-.It \e('a
-.Pq lower-case acute a
-.It \e('e
-.Pq lower-case acute e
-.It \e('i
-.Pq lower-case acute i
-.It \e('o
-.Pq lower-case acute o
-.It \e('u
-.Pq lower-case acute u
-.It \e(`A
-.Pq upper-case grave A
-.It \e(`E
-.Pq upper-case grave E
-.It \e(`I
-.Pq upper-case grave I
-.It \e(`O
-.Pq upper-case grave O
-.It \e(`U
-.Pq upper-case grave U
-.It \e(`a
-.Pq lower-case grave a
-.It \e(`e
-.Pq lower-case grave e
-.It \e(`i
-.Pq lower-case grave i
-.It \e(`o
-.Pq lower-case grave o
-.It \e(`u
-.Pq lower-case grave u
-.It \e(~A
-.Pq upper-case tilde A
-.It \e(~N
-.Pq upper-case tilde N
-.It \e(~O
-.Pq upper-case tilde O
-.It \e(~a
-.Pq lower-case tilde a
-.It \e(~n
-.Pq lower-case tilde n
-.It \e(~o
-.Pq lower-case tilde o
-.It \e(:A
-.Pq upper-case dieresis A
-.It \e(:E
-.Pq upper-case dieresis E
-.It \e(:I
-.Pq upper-case dieresis I
-.It \e(:O
-.Pq upper-case dieresis O
-.It \e(:U
-.Pq upper-case dieresis U
-.It \e(:a
-.Pq lower-case dieresis a
-.It \e(:e
-.Pq lower-case dieresis e
-.It \e(:i
-.Pq lower-case dieresis i
-.It \e(:o
-.Pq lower-case dieresis o
-.It \e(:u
-.Pq lower-case dieresis u
-.It \e(:y
-.Pq lower-case dieresis y
-.It \e(^A
-.Pq upper-case circumflex A
-.It \e(^E
-.Pq upper-case circumflex E
-.It \e(^I
-.Pq upper-case circumflex I
-.It \e(^O
-.Pq upper-case circumflex O
-.It \e(^U
-.Pq upper-case circumflex U
-.It \e(^a
-.Pq lower-case circumflex a
-.It \e(^e
-.Pq lower-case circumflex e
-.It \e(^i
-.Pq lower-case circumflex i
-.It \e(^o
-.Pq lower-case circumflex o
-.It \e(^u
-.Pq lower-case circumflex u
-.It \e(,C
-.Pq upper-case cedilla C
-.It \e(,c
-.Pq lower-case cedilla c
-.It \e(/L
-.Pq upper-case stroke L
-.It \e(/l
-.Pq lower-case stroke l
-.It \e(/O
-.Pq upper-case stroke O
-.It \e(/o
-.Pq lower-case stroke o
-.It \e(oA
-.Pq upper-case ring A
-.It \e(oa
-.Pq lower-case ring a
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Monetary:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(Cs
-.Pq Scandinavian
-.It \e(Do
-.Pq dollar
-.It \e(Po
-.Pq pound
-.It \e(Ye
-.Pq yen
-.It \e(Fn
-.Pq florin
-.It \e(ct
-.Pq cent
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-Special symbols:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset "XXXX" -compact
-.It \e(de
-.Pq degree
-.It \e(ps
-.Pq paragraph
-.It \e(sc
-.Pq section
-.It \e(dg
-.Pq dagger
-.It \e(dd
-.Pq double dagger
-.It \e(ci
-.Pq circle
-.It \e(ba
-.Pq bar
-.It \e(bb
-.Pq broken bar
-.It \e(Ba
-.Pq bar, deprecated
-.It \e(co
-.Pq copyright
-.It \e(rg
-.Pq registered
-.It \e(tm
-.Pq trademarked
-.It \e&
-.Pq non-breaking space
-.It \ee
-.Pq escape
-.It \e(Am
-.Pq ampersand, deprecated
-.El
.\" SECTION
.Sh STRUCTURE
Macros are classified in an ontology described by their scope rules.
.It \&.Bsx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
.It \&.Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
.It \&.Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
-.It \&.Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+.It \&.Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
.It \&.Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
.It \&.Ms Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta >0
.It \&.No Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0
.\" LIST-ITEM
.It
.Sq \&.It \-column
-syntax where column widths may be preceeded by other arguments (instead
+syntax where column widths may be preceded by other arguments (instead
of proceeded) is not supported.
.\" LIST-ITEM
.It
.El
.\" SECTION
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr mandoc 1
+.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+.Xr mandoc_char 7
.\" SECTION
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.It
.Sq \&.Va
should formalise that only one or two arguments are acceptable: a
-variable name and optional, preceeding type.
+variable name and optional, preceding type.
.\" LIST-ITEM
.It
.Sq \&.Fd
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