From a8bf4b0fd555d5f2c02407d5e3f97a00d18c6296 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristaps Dzonsons Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:50:22 +0000 Subject: Add \*(Ai (ANSI) and \*(Px (POSIX) predefined strings, which are part of groff's tmac.doc package. Originally noted by Matthew Dempsky. Feedback by Jason McIntyre, joerg@, and schwarze@. Also add some documentation about predefined strings, tweaked by schwarze@. --- mandoc_char.7 | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'mandoc_char.7') diff --git a/mandoc_char.7 b/mandoc_char.7 index ec478e09..20b9f947 100644 --- a/mandoc_char.7 +++ b/mandoc_char.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.42 2011/02/09 22:53:20 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc_char.7,v 1.43 2011/04/20 22:50:22 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -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: February 9 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 20 2011 $ .Dt MANDOC_CHAR 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -481,8 +481,13 @@ Greek letters: .It \e(ts Ta \(ts Ta sigma terminal .El .Sh PREDEFINED STRINGS -These are not recommended for use, as they differ across -implementations: +Predefined strings are inherited from the macro packages of historical +troff implementations. +They are +.Em not recommended +for use, as they differ across implementations. +Manuals using these predefined strings are almost certainly not +portable. .Pp .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "Input" "Rendered" "Description" .It Em Input Ta Em Rendered Ta Em Description @@ -512,6 +517,8 @@ implementations: .It \e*(>= Ta \*(>= Ta greater-than-equal .It \e*(aa Ta \*(aa Ta acute .It \e*(ga Ta \*(ga Ta grave +.It \e*(Px Ta \*(Px Ta POSIX standard name +.It \e*(Ai Ta \*(Ai Ta ANSI standard name .El .Sh NUMBERED CHARACTERS For backward compatibility with existing manuals, -- cgit v1.2.3