Handle nested, recursive mathematical subexpressions. This is

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-.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.80 2010/07/26 10:00:03 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.85 2010/08/24 13:39:37 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 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.
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 26 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 24 2010 $
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -338,11 +338,9 @@ If not adhering to any standards, the
 .Em HISTORY
 section should be used.
 .It Em HISTORY
-The history of any manual without a
-.Em STANDARDS
-section should be described in this section.
+A brief history of the subject, including where support first appeared.
 .It Em AUTHORS
-Credits to authors, if applicable, should appear in this section.
+Credits to the person or persons who wrote the code and/or documentation.
 Authors should generally be noted by both name and email address.
 .It Em CAVEATS
 Common misuses and misunderstandings should be explained
@@ -919,24 +917,44 @@ language.
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
 .It
-The \es (font size), \em (font colour), and \eM (font filling colour)
-font decoration escapes are all discarded in mandoc.
-.It
 In quoted literals, GNU troff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce
 a standalone double-quote in formatted output.
 It is not known whether this behaviour is exhibited by other formatters.
 .It
+troff suppresses a newline before
+.Sq \(aq
+macro output; in mandoc, it is an alias for the standard
+.Sq \&.
+control character.
+.It
+The
+.Sq \eh
+.Pq horizontal position ,
+.Sq \ev
+.Pq vertical position ,
+.Sq \em
+.Pq text colour ,
+.Sq \eM
+.Pq text filling colour ,
+.Sq \ez
+.Pq zero-length character ,
+.Sq \ew
+.Pq string length ,
+.Sq \ek
+.Pq horizontal position marker ,
+and
+.Sq \es
+.Pq text size
+escape sequences are all discarded in mandoc.
+.It
+The
+.Sq \ef
+scaling unit is accepted by mandoc, but rendered as the default unit.
+.It
 The
 .Sx \&sp
 macro does not accept negative values in mandoc.
 In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour.
-.It
-The
-.Sq \(aq
-macro control character, in GNU troff (and prior troffs) suppresses a
-newline before macro output; in mandoc, it is an alias for the standard
-.Sq \&.
-control character.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,