Move check for closing punctuation into its own function. This will

[mandoc.git] / mandoc_char.7

diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7
index 08549b8dda375f38b9e700140bd6329826dc7e89..ec478e09d54d31ceb58fbb41272b50e52e051b42 100644 (file)
--- a/mandoc_char.7
+++ b/mandoc_char.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.38 2010/05/09 21:11:22 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.42 2011/02/09 22:53:20 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: February 9 2011 $
 .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -513,32 +513,54 @@ implementations:
 .It \e*(aa   Ta \*(aa       Ta acute
 .It \e*(ga   Ta \*(ga       Ta grave
 .El
-.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-This section documents compatibility of
-.Nm
-with older or existing versions of
-.Xr groff 1 .
+.Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS
+For backward compatibility with existing manuals,
+.Xr mandoc 1
+also supports the
 .Pp
-The following render differently in
-.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
-output mode:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-\e(ss, \e(nm, \e(nb, \e(nc, \e(ib, \e(ip, \e(pp, \e[sum], \e[product],
-\e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(-h, \e(a.
-.Ed
+.Dl \eN\(aq Ns Ar number Ns \(aq
 .Pp
-The following render differently in
-.Fl T Ns Ar html
-output mode:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-\e(~=, \e(nb, \e(nc
-.Ed
+escape sequence, inserting the character
+.Ar number
+from the current character set into the output.
+Of course, this is inherently non-portable and is already marked
+as deprecated in the Heirloom roff manual.
+For example, do not use \eN'34', use \e(dq, or even the plain
+.Sq \(dq
+character where possible.
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other
+troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff
+.Pq Qq groff .
 .Pp
-Finally, the following have been omitted by being poorly documented or
-having no known representation:
-.Bd -ragged -offset indent
-\e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], \e(ru
-.Ed
+.Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+In
+.Fl T Ns Cm ascii ,
+the
+\e(ss, \e(nm, \e(nb, \e(nc, \e(ib, \e(ip, \e(pp, \e[sum], \e[product],
+\e[coproduct], \e(gr, \e(\-h, and \e(a. special characters render
+differently between mandoc and groff.
+.It
+In
+.Fl T Ns Cm html
+and
+.Fl T Ns Cm xhtml ,
+the \e(~=, \e(nb, and \e(nc special characters render differently
+between mandoc and groff.
+.It
+The
+.Fl T Ns Cm ps
+and
+.Fl T Ns Cm pdf
+modes format like
+.Fl T Ns Cm ascii
+instead of rendering glyphs as in groff.
+.It
+The \e[radicalex], \e[sqrtex], and \e(ru special characters have been omitted
+from mandoc either because they are poorly documented or they have no
+known representation.
+.El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1
 .Sh AUTHORS
@@ -550,7 +572,7 @@ manual page was written by
 The
 .Sq \e*(Ba
 escape mimics the behaviour of the
-.Sq \*(Ba
+.Sq \&|
 character in
 .Xr mdoc 7 ;
 thus, if you wish to render a vertical bar with no side effects, use