version 1.18, 2011/06/27 23:10:19 |
version 1.19, 2011/09/03 22:59:07 |
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A backslash followed by certain special characters maps to special |
A backslash followed by certain special characters maps to special |
values. |
values. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -column "nn" "<alert character>" |
.Bl -tag -width "nn" -offset indent -compact |
.It \ea <alert character> |
.It \ea |
.It \eb <backspace> |
<alert character> |
.It \ef <form-feed> |
.It \eb |
.It \en <newline> |
<backspace> |
.It \er <carriage return> |
.It \ef |
.It \et <tab> |
<form-feed> |
.It \ev <vertical tab> |
.It \en |
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<newline> |
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.It \er |
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<carriage return> |
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.It \et |
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<tab> |
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.It \ev |
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<vertical tab> |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
A backslash followed by any other character maps to that character. |
A backslash followed by any other character maps to that character. |
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Represents all characters belonging to the defined character class. |
Represents all characters belonging to the defined character class. |
Class names are: |
Class names are: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -column "xdigit" "<lower-case alphabetic characters>" |
.Bl -tag -width "xdigit" -offset indent -compact |
.It alnum <alphanumeric characters> |
.It alnum |
.It alpha <alphabetic characters> |
<alphanumeric characters> |
.It blank <blank characters> |
.It alpha |
.It cntrl <control characters> |
<alphabetic characters> |
.It digit <numeric characters> |
.It blank |
.It graph <graphic characters> |
<blank characters> |
.It lower <lower-case alphabetic characters> |
.It cntrl |
.It print <printable characters> |
<control characters> |
.It punct <punctuation characters> |
.It digit |
.It space <space characters> |
<numeric characters> |
.It upper <upper-case characters> |
.It graph |
.It xdigit <hexadecimal characters> |
<graphic characters> |
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.It lower |
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<lower-case alphabetic characters> |
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.It print |
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<printable characters> |
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.It punct |
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<punctuation characters> |
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.It space |
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<space characters> |
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.It upper |
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<upper-case characters> |
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.It xdigit |
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<hexadecimal characters> |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.\" All classes may be used in |
.\" All classes may be used in |