\\ | Prevent or delay the interpretation of \. |
\e | Printable version of the current escape character (usually \). |
\' | ´ (acute accent); equivalent to \(aa.
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\` | ` (grave accent); equivalent to \(ga.
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\- | - (minus sign in the current font). |
\. | Period (dot). |
\space | Unpaddable space-size space character. |
\newline | Concealed (ignored) newline. |
\0 | Digit-width space. |
\| | 1/6-em narrow space character (zero width in nroff). |
\^ | 1/12-em half-narrow space character (zero width in nroff). |
\& | Nonprinting, zero-width character. |
\! | Transparent line indicator. |
\" | Beginning of comment. |
\$n | Interpolate macro argument 1  n 9. |
\% | Default optional hyphenation character. |
\(xx | Character named xx. See the later section "Special Characters." |
\*x or \*(xx | Interpolate string x or xx. |
\a | Noninterpreted leader character. |
\b'abc...' | Bracket-building function. |
\c | Make next line continuous with current. |
\C'abcd' | Character named abcd (ditroff only). |
\d | Forward (down) 1/2-em vertical motion (1/2 line in nroff). |
\D'l x,y' | Draw a line from current position by deltas x,y (ditroff only). |
\D'c d' | Draw circle of diameter d with left edge at current position (ditroff only). |
\D'e d1 d2' | Draw ellipse with horizontal diameter d1 and vertical diameter d2, with left edge at current position (ditroff only). |
\D'a x1 y1 x2 y2' | Draw arc counterclockwise from current position, with center at x1,y1 and endpoint at x1+x2,y1+y2 (ditroff only). |
\D'~ x1 y1 x2 y2...' | Draw spline from current position through the specified coordinates (ditroff only). |
\fx or \f(xx or \fn | Change to font named x or xx or to position n. If x is P, return to the previous font. |
\gx or \g(xx | Format of number register x or xx, suitable for use with .af |
\h'n' | Local horizontal motion; move right n or, if n is negative, move left. |
\H'n' | Set character height to n points, without changing width (ditroff only). |
\kx | Mark horizontal input place in register x. |
\l'nc' | Draw horizontal line of length n (optionally with c). |
\L'nc' | Draw vertical line of length n (optionally with c). |
\nx, \n(xx | Interpolate number register x or xx. |
\n+x, \n+(xx | Interpolate number register x or xx, applying auto-increment. |
\n-x, \n-(xx | Interpolate number register x or xx, applying auto-decrement. |
\N'n' | Character number n in the current font (ditroff only). |
\o'abc...' | Overstrike characters a, b, c ... |
\p | Break and spread output line. |
\r | Reverse 1-em vertical motion (reverse line in nroff). |
\sn, \s±n | Change point size to n or increment by n. For example, \s0 returns to previous point size. |
\s(nn, \s±(nn | Just like \s, but allow unambiguous two-character point sizes (recent ditroff only). |
\S'n' | Slant output n degrees to the right. Negative values slant to the left. A value of zero turns off slanting (ditroff only). |
\t | Noninterpreted horizontal tab. |
\u | Reverse (up) 1/2-em vertical motion (1/2 line in nroff). |
\v'n' | Local vertical motion; move down n, or, if n is negative, move up. |
\w'string' | Interpolate width of string. |
\x'n' | Extra line-space function (n negative provides space before, n positive provides after). |
\X'text' | Output text as a device control function (ditroff only). |
\zc | Print c with zero width (without spacing). |
\{ | Begin multiline conditional input. |
\} | End multiline conditional input. |
\x | x, any character not listed above. |
