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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.104 2018/08/24 23:12:33 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.105 2018/08/25 16:53:39 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 24 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 25 2018 $
.Dt ROFF 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -507,9 +507,16 @@ This is a groff extension and currently ignored.
.It Ic \&ch Ar macroname Op Ar dist
Change a trap location.
Currently ignored.
-.It Ic \&char Ar glyphname Op Ar string
-Define a new glyph.
-Currently unsupported.
+.It Ic \&char Ar glyph Op Ar string
+Define or redefine the ASCII character or character escape sequence
+.Ar glyph
+to be rendered as
+.Ar string ,
+which can be empty.
+Only partially supported in
+.Xr mandoc 1 ;
+may interact incorrectly with
+.Ic \&tr .
.It Ic \&chop Ar stringname
Remove the last character from a macro, string, or diversion.
Currently unsupported.