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authorwlemb <wlemb>2003-07-06 08:15:57 +0000
committerwlemb <wlemb>2003-07-06 08:15:57 +0000
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* tmac/groff_mdoc.man: Improve documentation of punctuation
characters.
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@@ -1108,6 +1108,15 @@ distinguishing it from the argument strings.
To remove the special meaning from a punctuation character escape it with
.Ql \e& .
.Pp
+The following punctuation characters are recognized by
+.Nm \-mdoc :
+.
+.Bl -column -offset indent-two XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXX
+.It Li .\& Ta Li ,\& Ta Li :\& Ta Li ;\& Ta Li (\&
+.It Li )\& Ta Li [\& Ta Li ]\& Ta Li ?\& Ta Li !\&
+.El
+.Pp
+.
.Xr Troff
is limited as a macro language, and has difficulty when presented with a
string containing a member of the mathematical, logical or quotation set: