mandoc_char —
mandoc special characters
This page documents the
mandoc_roff(5) escape
sequences accepted by
mandoc(1) to represent
special characters in
mdoc(5) and
man(5) documents.
The rendering depends on the
mandoc(1) output mode;
it can be inspected by calling
man(1) on the
mandoc_char manual page with different
-T arguments. In ASCII output, the
rendering of some characters may be hard to interpret for the reader. Many are
rendered as descriptive strings like “<integral>”,
“<degree>”, or “<Gamma>”, which may
look ugly, and many are replaced by similar ASCII characters. In particular,
accented characters are usually shown without the accent. For that reason, try
to avoid using any of the special characters documented here except those
discussed in the
DESCRIPTION,
unless they are essential for explaining the subject matter at hand, for
example when documenting complicated mathematical functions.
In particular, in English manual pages, do not use special-character escape
sequences to represent national language characters in author names; instead,
provide ASCII transcriptions of the names.
In typography there are different types of dashes of various width: the hyphen
(‐), the en-dash (–), the em-dash (—), and the
mathematical minus sign (−).
Hyphens are used for adjectives; to separate the two parts of a compound word;
or to separate a word across two successive lines of text. The hyphen does not
need to be escaped:
The en-dash is used to separate the two elements of a range, or can be used the
same way as an em-dash. It should be written as ‘\(en’:
pp. 95\(en97.
Go away \(en or else!
The em-dash can be used to show an interruption or can be used the same way as
colons, semi-colons, or parentheses. It should be written as
‘\(em’:
Three things \(em apples, oranges, and bananas.
This is not that \(em rather, this is that.
In
mandoc_roff(5) documents, the minus sign is
normally written as ‘\-’. In manual pages, some style guides
recommend to also use ‘\-’ if an ASCII 0x2d
“hyphen-minus” output glyph that can be copied and pasted is
desired in output modes supporting it, for example in
-T utf8
and
-T
html. But currently, no practically
relevant manual page formatter actually requires that subtlety, so in manual
pages just write plain ‘-’ to represent hyphen, minus, and
hyphen-minus.
If a word on a text input line contains a hyphen, a formatter may decide to
insert an output line break after the hyphen if that helps filling the current
output line, but the whole word would overflow the line. If it is important
that the word is not broken across lines in this way, a zero-width space
(‘\&’) can be inserted before or after the hyphen. While
mandoc(1) never breaks the output line after
hyphens adjacent to a zero-width space, after any of the other dash- or
hyphen-like characters represented by escape sequences, or after hyphens
inside words in macro arguments, other software may not respect these rules
and may break the line even in such cases.
Some
mandoc_roff(5) implementations contains
dictionaries allowing to break the line at syllable boundaries even inside
words that contain no hyphens. Such automatic hyphenation is not supported by
mandoc(1), which only breaks the line at
whitespace, and inside words only after existing hyphens.
To separate words in normal text, for indenting and alignment in literal
context, and when none of the following special cases apply, just use the
normal space character (‘ ’).
When filling text, output lines may be broken between words, i.e. at space
characters. To prevent a line break between two particular words, use the
unpaddable non-breaking space escape sequence (‘\ ’)
instead of the normal space character. For example, the input string
“number\ 1” will be kept together as
“number 1” on the same output line.
On request and macro lines, the normal space character serves as an argument
delimiter. To include whitespace into arguments, quoting is usually the best
choice; see the MACRO SYNTAX section in
mandoc_roff(5). In some cases, using the
non-breaking space escape sequence (‘\ ’) may be
preferable.
To escape macro names and to protect whitespace at the end of input lines, the
zero-width space (‘\&’) is often useful. For example, in
mdoc(5), a normal space character can be
displayed in single quotes in either of the following ways:
.Sq " "
.Sq \ \&
On request and macro lines, the double-quote character (‘"’)
is handled specially to allow quoting. One way to prevent this special
handling is by using the ‘\(dq’ escape sequence.
Note that on text lines, literal double-quote characters can be used verbatim.
All other quote-like characters can be used verbatim as well, even on request
and macro lines.
In output modes supporting such special output characters, for example
-T pdf,
and sometimes less consistently in
-T
utf8, some
mandoc_roff(5) formatters convert the following
ASCII input characters to the following Unicode special output characters:
| ` |
U+2018 |
left single quotation mark |
| ' |
U+2019 |
right single quotation mark |
| ~ |
U+02DC |
small tilde |
| ^ |
U+02C6 |
modifier letter circumflex |
In prose, this automatic substitution is often desirable; but when these
characters have to be displayed as plain ASCII characters, for example in
source code samples, they require escaping to render as follows:
| \(ga |
U+0060 |
grave accent |
| \(aq |
U+0027 |
apostrophe |
| \(ti |
U+007E |
tilde |
| \(ha |
U+005E |
circumflex accent |
The period (‘.’) is handled specially at the beginning of an input
line, where it introduces a
mandoc_roff(5)
request or a macro, and when appearing alone as a macro argument in
mdoc(5). In such situations, prepend a zero-width
space (‘\&.’) to make it behave like normal text.
Do not use the ‘\.’ escape sequence. It does not prevent special
handling of the period.
To include a literal backslash (‘\’) into the output, use the
(‘\e’) escape sequence.
Note that doubling it (‘\\’) is not the right way to output a
backslash. Because
mandoc(1) does not implement
full
mandoc_roff(5) functionality, it may work
with
mandoc(1), but it may have weird effects on
complete
mandoc_roff(5) implementations.
Special characters are encoded as ‘\X’ (for a one-character
escape), ‘\(XX’ (two-character), and ‘\[N]’
(N-character). For details, see the
Special
Characters subsection of the
mandoc_roff(5)
manual.
Spacing:
| Input |
Description |
| ‘\ ’ |
unpaddable non-breaking space |
| \~ |
paddable non-breaking space |
| \0 |
unpaddable, breaking digit-width space |
| \| |
one-sixth \(em narrow space, zero width in nroff mode |
| \^ |
one-twelfth \(em half-narrow space, zero width in nroff |
| \& |
zero-width space |
| \% |
zero-width space allowing hyphenation |
Lines:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(ba |
| |
bar |
| \(br |
│ |
box rule |
| \(ul |
_ |
underscore |
| \(ru |
_ |
underscore (width 0.5m) |
| \(rn |
‾ |
overline |
| \(bb |
¦ |
broken bar |
| \(sl |
/ |
forward slash |
| \(rs |
\ |
backward slash |
Text markers:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(ci |
○ |
circle |
| \(bu |
• |
bullet |
| \(dd |
‡ |
double dagger |
| \(dg |
† |
dagger |
| \(lz |
◊ |
lozenge |
| \(sq |
□ |
white square |
| \(ps |
¶ |
paragraph |
| \(sc |
§ |
section |
| \(lh |
☜ |
left hand |
| \(rh |
☞ |
right hand |
| \(at |
@ |
at |
| \(sh |
# |
hash (pound) |
| \(CR |
↵ |
carriage return |
| \(OK |
✓ |
check mark |
| \(CL |
♣ |
club suit |
| \(SP |
♠ |
spade suit |
| \(HE |
♥ |
heart suit |
| \(DI |
♦ |
diamond suit |
Legal symbols:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(co |
© |
copyright |
| \(rg |
® |
registered |
| \(tm |
™ |
trademarked |
Punctuation:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(em |
— |
em-dash |
| \(en |
– |
en-dash |
| \(hy |
‐ |
hyphen |
| \e |
\ |
back-slash |
| \. |
. |
period |
| \(r! |
¡ |
upside-down exclamation |
| \(r? |
¿ |
upside-down question |
Quotes:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(Bq |
„ |
right low double-quote |
| \(bq |
‚ |
right low single-quote |
| \(lq |
“ |
left double-quote |
| \(rq |
” |
right double-quote |
| \(oq |
‘ |
left single-quote |
| \(cq |
’ |
right single-quote |
| \(aq |
' |
apostrophe quote (ASCII character) |
| \(dq |
" |
double quote (ASCII character) |
| \(Fo |
« |
left guillemet |
| \(Fc |
» |
right guillemet |
| \(fo |
‹ |
left single guillemet |
| \(fc |
› |
right single guillemet |
Brackets:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(lB |
[ |
left bracket |
| \(rB |
] |
right bracket |
| \(lC |
{ |
left brace |
| \(rC |
} |
right brace |
| \(la |
⟨ |
left angle |
| \(ra |
⟩ |
right angle |
| \(bv |
⎪ |
brace extension (special font) |
| \[braceex] |
⎪ |
brace extension |
| \[bracketlefttp] |
⎡ |
top-left hooked bracket |
| \[bracketleftbt] |
⎣ |
bottom-left hooked bracket |
| \[bracketleftex] |
⎢ |
left hooked bracket extension |
| \[bracketrighttp] |
⎤ |
top-right hooked bracket |
| \[bracketrightbt] |
⎦ |
bottom-right hooked bracket |
| \[bracketrightex] |
⎥ |
right hooked bracket extension |
| \(lt |
⎧ |
top-left hooked brace |
| \[bracelefttp] |
⎧ |
top-left hooked brace |
| \(lk |
⎨ |
mid-left hooked brace |
| \[braceleftmid] |
⎨ |
mid-left hooked brace |
| \(lb |
⎩ |
bottom-left hooked brace |
| \[braceleftbt] |
⎩ |
bottom-left hooked brace |
| \[braceleftex] |
⎪ |
left hooked brace extension |
| \(rt |
⎫ |
top-left hooked brace |
| \[bracerighttp] |
⎫ |
top-right hooked brace |
| \(rk |
⎬ |
mid-right hooked brace |
| \[bracerightmid] |
⎬ |
mid-right hooked brace |
| \(rb |
⎭ |
bottom-right hooked brace |
| \[bracerightbt] |
⎭ |
bottom-right hooked brace |
| \[bracerightex] |
⎪ |
right hooked brace extension |
| \[parenlefttp] |
⎛ |
top-left hooked parenthesis |
| \[parenleftbt] |
⎝ |
bottom-left hooked parenthesis |
| \[parenleftex] |
⎜ |
left hooked parenthesis extension |
| \[parenrighttp] |
⎞ |
top-right hooked parenthesis |
| \[parenrightbt] |
⎠ |
bottom-right hooked parenthesis |
| \[parenrightex] |
⎟ |
right hooked parenthesis extension |
Arrows:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(<- |
← |
left arrow |
| \(-> |
→ |
right arrow |
| \(<> |
↔ |
left-right arrow |
| \(da |
↓ |
down arrow |
| \(ua |
↑ |
up arrow |
| \(va |
↕ |
up-down arrow |
| \(lA |
⇐ |
left double-arrow |
| \(rA |
⇒ |
right double-arrow |
| \(hA |
⇔ |
left-right double-arrow |
| \(uA |
⇑ |
up double-arrow |
| \(dA |
⇓ |
down double-arrow |
| \(vA |
⇕ |
up-down double-arrow |
| \(an |
⎯ |
horizontal arrow extension |
Logical:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(AN |
∧ |
logical and |
| \(OR |
∨ |
logical or |
| \[tno] |
¬ |
logical not (text font) |
| \(no |
¬ |
logical not (special font) |
| \(te |
∃ |
existential quantifier |
| \(fa |
∀ |
universal quantifier |
| \(st |
∋ |
such that |
| \(tf |
∴ |
therefore |
| \(3d |
∴ |
therefore |
| \(or |
| |
bitwise or |
Mathematical:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \- |
- |
minus (text font) |
| \(mi |
− |
minus (special font) |
| + |
+ |
plus (text font) |
| \(pl |
+ |
plus (special font) |
| \(-+ |
∓ |
minus-plus |
| \[t+-] |
± |
plus-minus (text font) |
| \(+- |
± |
plus-minus (special font) |
| \(pc |
· |
center-dot |
| \[tmu] |
× |
multiply (text font) |
| \(mu |
× |
multiply (special font) |
| \(c* |
⊗ |
circle-multiply |
| \(c+ |
⊕ |
circle-plus |
| \[tdi] |
÷ |
divide (text font) |
| \(di |
÷ |
divide (special font) |
| \(f/ |
⁄ |
fraction |
| \(** |
∗ |
asterisk |
| \(<= |
≤ |
less-than-equal |
| \(>= |
≥ |
greater-than-equal |
| \(<< |
≪ |
much less |
| \(>> |
≫ |
much greater |
| \(eq |
= |
equal |
| \(!= |
≠ |
not equal |
| \(== |
≡ |
equivalent |
| \(ne |
≢ |
not equivalent |
| \(ap |
∼ |
tilde operator |
| \(|= |
≃ |
asymptotically equal |
| \(=~ |
≅ |
approximately equal |
| \(~~ |
≈ |
almost equal |
| \(~= |
≈ |
almost equal |
| \(pt |
∝ |
proportionate |
| \(es |
∅ |
empty set |
| \(mo |
∈ |
element |
| \(nm |
∉ |
not element |
| \(sb |
⊂ |
proper subset |
| \(nb |
⊄ |
not subset |
| \(sp |
⊃ |
proper superset |
| \(nc |
⊅ |
not superset |
| \(ib |
⊆ |
reflexive subset |
| \(ip |
⊇ |
reflexive superset |
| \(ca |
∩ |
intersection |
| \(cu |
∪ |
union |
| \(/_ |
∠ |
angle |
| \(pp |
⊥ |
perpendicular |
| \(is |
∫ |
integral |
| \[integral] |
∫ |
integral |
| \[sum] |
∑ |
summation |
| \[product] |
∏ |
product |
| \[coproduct] |
∐ |
coproduct |
| \(gr |
∇ |
gradient |
| \(sr |
√ |
square root |
| \[sqrt] |
√ |
square root |
| \(lc |
⌈ |
left-ceiling |
| \(rc |
⌉ |
right-ceiling |
| \(lf |
⌊ |
left-floor |
| \(rf |
⌋ |
right-floor |
| \(if |
∞ |
infinity |
| \(Ah |
ℵ |
aleph |
| \(Im |
ℑ |
imaginary |
| \(Re |
ℜ |
real |
| \(wp |
℘ |
Weierstrass p |
| \(pd |
∂ |
partial differential |
| \(-h |
ℏ |
Planck constant over 2π |
| \[hbar] |
ℏ |
Planck constant over 2π |
| \(12 |
½ |
one-half |
| \(14 |
¼ |
one-fourth |
| \(34 |
¾ |
three-fourths |
| \(18 |
⅛ |
one-eighth |
| \(38 |
⅜ |
three-eighths |
| \(58 |
⅝ |
five-eighths |
| \(78 |
⅞ |
seven-eighths |
| \(S1 |
¹ |
superscript 1 |
| \(S2 |
² |
superscript 2 |
| \(S3 |
³ |
superscript 3 |
Ligatures:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(ff |
ff |
ff ligature |
| \(fi |
fi |
fi ligature |
| \(fl |
fl |
fl ligature |
| \(Fi |
ffi |
ffi ligature |
| \(Fl |
ffl |
ffl ligature |
| \(AE |
Æ |
AE |
| \(ae |
æ |
ae |
| \(OE |
Π|
OE |
| \(oe |
œ |
oe |
| \(ss |
ß |
German eszett |
| \(IJ |
IJ |
IJ ligature |
| \(ij |
ij |
ij ligature |
Accents:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(a" |
˝ |
Hungarian umlaut |
| \(a- |
¯ |
macron |
| \(a. |
˙ |
dotted |
| \(a^ |
^ |
circumflex |
| \(aa |
´ |
acute |
| \' |
´ |
acute |
| \(ga |
` |
grave |
| \` |
` |
grave |
| \(ab |
˘ |
breve |
| \(ac |
¸ |
cedilla |
| \(ad |
¨ |
dieresis |
| \(ah |
ˇ |
caron |
| \(ao |
˚ |
ring |
| \(a~ |
~ |
tilde |
| \(ho |
˛ |
ogonek |
| \(ha |
^ |
hat (ASCII character) |
| \(ti |
~ |
tilde (ASCII character) |
Accented letters:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \('A |
Á |
acute A |
| \('E |
É |
acute E |
| \('I |
Í |
acute I |
| \('O |
Ó |
acute O |
| \('U |
Ú |
acute U |
| \('a |
á |
acute a |
| \('e |
é |
acute e |
| \('i |
í |
acute i |
| \('o |
ó |
acute o |
| \('u |
ú |
acute u |
| \(`A |
À |
grave A |
| \(`E |
È |
grave E |
| \(`I |
Ì |
grave I |
| \(`O |
Ò |
grave O |
| \(`U |
Ù |
grave U |
| \(`a |
à |
grave a |
| \(`e |
è |
grave e |
| \(`i |
ì |
grave i |
| \(`o |
ì |
grave o |
| \(`u |
ù |
grave u |
| \(~A |
à |
tilde A |
| \(~N |
Ñ |
tilde N |
| \(~O |
Õ |
tilde O |
| \(~a |
ã |
tilde a |
| \(~n |
ñ |
tilde n |
| \(~o |
õ |
tilde o |
| \(:A |
Ä |
dieresis A |
| \(:E |
Ë |
dieresis E |
| \(:I |
Ï |
dieresis I |
| \(:O |
Ö |
dieresis O |
| \(:U |
Ü |
dieresis U |
| \(:a |
ä |
dieresis a |
| \(:e |
ë |
dieresis e |
| \(:i |
ï |
dieresis i |
| \(:o |
ö |
dieresis o |
| \(:u |
ü |
dieresis u |
| \(:y |
ÿ |
dieresis y |
| \(^A |
 |
circumflex A |
| \(^E |
Ê |
circumflex E |
| \(^I |
Î |
circumflex I |
| \(^O |
Ô |
circumflex O |
| \(^U |
Û |
circumflex U |
| \(^a |
â |
circumflex a |
| \(^e |
ê |
circumflex e |
| \(^i |
î |
circumflex i |
| \(^o |
ô |
circumflex o |
| \(^u |
û |
circumflex u |
| \(,C |
Ç |
cedilla C |
| \(,c |
ç |
cedilla c |
| \(/L |
Ł |
stroke L |
| \(/l |
ł |
stroke l |
| \(/O |
Ø |
stroke O |
| \(/o |
ø |
stroke o |
| \(oA |
Å |
ring A |
| \(oa |
å |
ring a |
Special letters:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(-D |
Ð |
Eth |
| \(Sd |
ð |
eth |
| \(TP |
Þ |
Thorn |
| \(Tp |
þ |
thorn |
| \(.i |
ı |
dotless i |
| \(.j |
ȷ |
dotless j |
Currency:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(Do |
$ |
dollar |
| \(ct |
¢ |
cent |
| \(Eu |
€ |
Euro symbol |
| \(eu |
€ |
Euro symbol |
| \(Ye |
¥ |
yen |
| \(Po |
£ |
pound |
| \(Cs |
¤ |
Scandinavian |
| \(Fn |
ƒ |
florin |
Units:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(de |
° |
degree |
| \(%0 |
‰ |
per-thousand |
| \(fm |
′ |
minute |
| \(sd |
″ |
second |
| \(mc |
µ |
micro |
| \(Of |
ª |
Spanish female ordinal |
| \(Om |
º |
Spanish masculine ordinal |
Greek letters:
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \(*A |
Α |
Alpha |
| \(*B |
Β |
Beta |
| \(*G |
Γ |
Gamma |
| \(*D |
Δ |
Delta |
| \(*E |
Ε |
Epsilon |
| \(*Z |
Ζ |
Zeta |
| \(*Y |
Η |
Eta |
| \(*H |
Θ |
Theta |
| \(*I |
Ι |
Iota |
| \(*K |
Κ |
Kappa |
| \(*L |
Λ |
Lambda |
| \(*M |
Μ |
Mu |
| \(*N |
Ν |
Nu |
| \(*C |
Ξ |
Xi |
| \(*O |
Ο |
Omicron |
| \(*P |
Π |
Pi |
| \(*R |
Ρ |
Rho |
| \(*S |
Σ |
Sigma |
| \(*T |
Τ |
Tau |
| \(*U |
Υ |
Upsilon |
| \(*F |
Φ |
Phi |
| \(*X |
Χ |
Chi |
| \(*Q |
Ψ |
Psi |
| \(*W |
Ω |
Omega |
| \(*a |
α |
alpha |
| \(*b |
β |
beta |
| \(*g |
γ |
gamma |
| \(*d |
δ |
delta |
| \(*e |
ε |
epsilon |
| \(*z |
ζ |
zeta |
| \(*y |
η |
eta |
| \(*h |
θ |
theta |
| \(*i |
ι |
iota |
| \(*k |
κ |
kappa |
| \(*l |
λ |
lambda |
| \(*m |
μ |
mu |
| \(*n |
ν |
nu |
| \(*c |
ξ |
xi |
| \(*o |
ο |
omicron |
| \(*p |
π |
pi |
| \(*r |
ρ |
rho |
| \(*s |
σ |
sigma |
| \(*t |
τ |
tau |
| \(*u |
υ |
upsilon |
| \(*f |
ϕ |
phi |
| \(*x |
χ |
chi |
| \(*q |
ψ |
psi |
| \(*w |
ω |
omega |
| \(+h |
ϑ |
theta variant |
| \(+f |
φ |
phi variant |
| \(+p |
ϖ |
pi variant |
| \(+e |
ϵ |
epsilon variant |
| \(ts |
ς |
sigma terminal |
Predefined strings are inherited from the macro packages of historical troff
implementations. They are
not recommended for
use, as they differ across implementations. Manuals using these predefined
strings are almost certainly not portable.
Their syntax is similar to special characters, using ‘\*X’ (for a
one-character escape), ‘\*(XX’ (two-character), and
‘\*[N]’ (N-character). For details, see the
Predefined Strings subsection of the
mandoc_roff(5) manual.
| Input |
Rendered |
Description |
| \*(Ba |
| |
vertical bar |
| \*(Ne |
≠ |
not equal |
| \*(Ge |
≥ |
greater-than-equal |
| \*(Le |
≤ |
less-than-equal |
| \*(Gt |
> |
greater-than |
| \*(Lt |
< |
less-than |
| \*(Pm |
± |
plus-minus |
| \*(If |
infinity |
infinity |
| \*(Pi |
pi |
pi |
| \*(Na |
NaN |
NaN |
| \*(Am |
& |
ampersand |
| \*R |
® |
restricted mark |
| \*(Tm |
(Tm) |
trade mark |
| \*q |
" |
double-quote |
| \*(Rq |
” |
right-double-quote |
| \*(Lq |
“ |
left-double-quote |
| \*(lp |
( |
right-parenthesis |
| \*(rp |
) |
left-parenthesis |
| \*(lq |
“ |
left double-quote |
| \*(rq |
” |
right double-quote |
| \*(ua |
↑ |
up arrow |
| \*(va |
↕ |
up-down arrow |
| \*(<= |
≤ |
less-than-equal |
| \*(>= |
≥ |
greater-than-equal |
| \*(aa |
´ |
acute |
| \*(ga |
` |
grave |
| \*(Px |
POSIX |
POSIX standard name |
| \*(Ai |
ANSI |
ANSI standard name |
The escape sequences
\[uXXXX] and \C'uXXXX'
are interpreted as Unicode codepoints. The codepoint must be in the range above
U+0080 and less than U+10FFFF. For compatibility, the hexadecimal digits
‘A’ to ‘F’ must be given as uppercase characters,
and points must be zero-padded to four characters; if greater than four
characters, no zero padding is allowed. Unicode surrogates are not allowed.
For backward compatibility with existing manuals,
mandoc(1) also supports the
\N'number'
escape sequence, inserting the character
number
from the current character set into the output. Of course, this is inherently
non-portable and is already marked as deprecated in the Heirloom roff manual.
For example, do not use \N'34', use \(dq, or even the plain
‘"’ character where possible.
This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other troff
implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff (“groff”).
- The \N'' escape sequence is limited to printable characters; in groff, it
accepts arbitrary character numbers.
- In
-Tascii,
the \(ss, \(nm, \(nb, \(nc, \(ib, \(ip, \(pp, \[sum], \[product],
\[coproduct], \(gr, \(-h, and \(a. special characters render differently
between mandoc and groff.
- In
-Thtml,
the \(~=, \(nb, and \(nc special characters render differently between
mandoc and groff.
- The
-Tps
and
-Tpdf
modes format like
-Tascii
instead of rendering glyphs as in groff.
- The \[radicalex], \[sqrtex], and \(ru special characters have been omitted
from mandoc either because they are poorly documented or they have no
known representation.
mandoc(1),
man(5),
mandoc_roff(5),
mdoc(5)
The
mandoc_char manual page was written by
Kristaps Dzonsons
<
kristaps@bsd.lv>.
The predefined string ‘\*(Ba’ mimics the behaviour of the
‘|’ character in
mdoc(5); thus, if
you wish to render a vertical bar with no side effects, use the
‘\(ba’ escape.