-.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.74 2018/08/21 01:59:22 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.78 2020/10/31 11:45:16 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011,2013,2015,2017-2020 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 21 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 31 2020 $
.Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Fl T Cm utf8
and
.Fl T Cm html .
-But currently, no practically relevant manual page formatter actually
-requires that subtlety, so in manual pages just write plain
+But currently, no practically relevant manual page formatter requires
+that subtlety, so in manual pages, it is sufficient to write plain
.Sq -
to represent hyphen, minus, and hyphen-minus.
.Pp
.Xr roff 7
manual.
.Pp
-Spacing:
+Spaces, non-breaking unless stated otherwise:
.Bl -column "Input" "Description" -offset indent -compact
.It Em Input Ta Em Description
-.It Sq \e\ \& Ta unpaddable non-breaking space
-.It \e\(ti Ta paddable non-breaking space
-.It \e0 Ta unpaddable, breaking digit-width space
+.It Sq \e\ \& Ta unpaddable space
+.It \e\(ti Ta paddable space
+.It \e0 Ta digit-width space
.It \e| Ta one-sixth \e(em narrow space, zero width in nroff mode
.It \e^ Ta one-twelfth \e(em half-narrow space, zero width in nroff
.It \e& Ta zero-width space
+.It \e) Ta zero-width space transparent to end-of-sentence detection
.It \e% Ta zero-width space allowing hyphenation
+.It \e: Ta zero-width space allowing line break
.El
.Pp
Lines:
and
.Sq \e*[N]
.Pq N-character .
-For details, see the
-.Em Predefined Strings
-subsection of the
-.Xr roff 7
-manual.
.Bl -column "Input" "Rendered" "Description" -offset indent
.It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description
.It \e*(Ba Ta \*(Ba Ta vertical bar