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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.17 2009/06/25 11:35:28 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.18 2009/07/04 09:00:41 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
.\"
@@ -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: June 25 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 4 2009 $
.Dt MAN 7
.Os
.\" SECTION
@@ -95,7 +95,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence.
.Pp
Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk,
.Sq \e* ,
-with the same combinations as described above. This form is deprecated.
+with the same combinations as described above.
+.Pp
+Terms may also be text-decorated using the
+.Sq \ef
+escape followed by a text-decoration letter: B (bold), I, (italic), or P
+and R (Roman, or reset).
.\" SUB-SECTION
.Ss Whitespace
Unless specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of whitespace are pruned
@@ -218,6 +223,11 @@ These follow the same calling conventions as the above
.Nm
macros.
.\" SECTION
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+See
+.Xr mdoc 7
+for groff compatibility notes.
+.\" SECTION
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1 ,
.Xr mandoc_char 7