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-.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.44 2011/05/01 08:45:10 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.45 2011/05/15 15:30:33 kristaps 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 1 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 15 2011 $
.Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -520,6 +520,20 @@ portable.
.It \e*(Px Ta \*(Px Ta POSIX standard name
.It \e*(Ai Ta \*(Ai Ta ANSI standard name
.El
+.Sh UNICODE CHARACTERS
+The escape sequence
+.Pp
+.Dl \e[uXXXX]
+.Pp
+is interpreted as a Unicode codepoint.
+The codepoint must be in the range above U+0080 and less than U+10FFFF.
+For compatibility, points must be zero-padded to four characters; if
+greater than four characters, no zero padding is allowed.
+Unicode surrogates are not allowed.
+.\" .Pp
+.\" Unicode glyphs attenuate to the
+.\" .Sq \&?
+.\" character if invalid or not rendered by current output media.
.Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS
For backward compatibility with existing manuals,
.Xr mandoc 1