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.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: July 31 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: August 1 2010 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
is specified outside of any font scope, such as in unenclosed, free-form
text, it will affect the remainder of the document.
.Pp
-Text may also be sized with the
-.Sq \es
-escape, whose syntax is one of
-.Sq \es+-n
-for one-digit numerals;
-.Sq \es(+-nn
-or
-.Sq \es+-(nn
-for two-digit numerals; and
-.Sq \es[+-N] ,
-.Sq \es+-[N] ,
-.Sq \es'+-N' ,
-or
-.Sq \es+-'N'
-for arbitrary-digit numerals:
-.Pp
-.D1 \es+1bigger\es-1
-.D1 \es[+10]much bigger\es[-10]
-.D1 \es+(10much bigger\es-(10
-.D1 \es+'100'much much bigger\es-'100'
-.Pp
-Note these forms are
+Note this form is
.Em not
recommended for
.Nm ,
.Dq Epoch .
In mandoc, it resolves to the current date.
.It
+The \es (font size), \em (font colour), and \eM (font filling colour)
+font decoration escapes are all discarded in mandoc.
+.It
Old groff fails to assert a newline before
.Sx \&Bd Fl ragged compact .
.It
mandoc does.
.It
The comment syntax
-.Sq \e."
+.Sq \e\."
is no longer accepted.
.It
In groff, the