Hello,
imho that is really annoying since some systems which never
updated from 1.19.2 because of licensing reasons and have not yet
moved to mandoc(1) are not capable to display the manual
correctly via man(1) out of the box.
And it is completely unnecessary since it seems Werner has
designed the new behaviour in a way that makes transition
painlessly possible, which i have done in the attached patch.
--steffen
diff --git a/man/groff_char.man b/man/groff_char.man
index b35049b..6c38895 100644
--- a/man/groff_char.man
+++ b/man/groff_char.man
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ Eric S. Raymond
.
.do if !r ECFONTS .do fspecial CR R
.
+.\" Compat with old tbl(1) where x column takes a macro: use xx..
+.de x
+..
+.
.
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -288,7 +292,7 @@ size to be usable as a diacritic; a larger glyph can be obtained with
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l l lx.
+l l l l l lxx.
Output Input Code PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[char33] \[char33] 33 exclam u0021 exclamation mark (bang)
@@ -373,7 +377,7 @@ see next section.
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l l lx.
+l l l l l lxx.
Output Input Code PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[char161] \[char161] 161 exclamdown u00A1 inverted exclamation mark
@@ -557,7 +561,7 @@ text.
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[-D] \e[-D] Eth u00D0 uppercase eth
@@ -573,7 +577,7 @@ _
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[ff] \e[ff] ff u0066_0066 ff ligature +
@@ -601,7 +605,7 @@ _
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\['A] \e['A] Aacute u0041_0301 A acute
@@ -678,7 +682,7 @@ the values given in parentheses are the original (spacing) ones.
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[a"] \e[a"] hungarumlaut u030B (u02DD) Hungarian umlaut
@@ -708,7 +712,7 @@ T}
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[Bq] \e[Bq] quotedblbase u201E low double comma quote
@@ -735,7 +739,7 @@ T}
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[r!] \e[r!] exclamdown u00A1 inverted exclamation mark
@@ -819,7 +823,7 @@ devices (provided those glyphs exist).
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[lB] \e[lB] bracketleft u005B T{
@@ -935,7 +939,7 @@ T}
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[<-] \e[<-] arrowleft u2190 horizontal arrow left
@@ -981,7 +985,7 @@ extension of the square root sign.
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[ba] \e[ba] bar u007C bar
@@ -1004,7 +1008,7 @@ Use \[oq]\f(CW\e[radicalex]\fP\[cq], not
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[ci] \e[ci] circle u25CB circle
@@ -1029,7 +1033,7 @@ _
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[co] \e[co] copyright u00A9 copyright sign
@@ -1047,7 +1051,7 @@ The Bell Labs logo is not supported in groff.
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[Do] \e[Do] dollar u0024 dollar
@@ -1066,7 +1070,7 @@ _
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[de] \e[de] degree u00B0 degree
@@ -1084,7 +1088,7 @@ _
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[AN] \e[AN] logicaland u2227 logical and
@@ -1107,7 +1111,7 @@ T}
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[12] \e[12] onehalf u00BD 1/2 symbol
@@ -1237,7 +1241,7 @@ version of phi, and \[oq]\f(CW\e[+f]\fP\[cq] the curly variant.
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[*A] \e[*A] Alpha u0391 Alpha
@@ -1301,7 +1305,7 @@ _
.P
.na
.TS
-l l l l lx.
+l l l l lxx.
Output Input PostScript Unicode Notes
_
\[CL] \e[CL] club u2663 black club suit
