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commit a91bc4d069f04a50ec6ffbea1e167c98e7557616
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Dec 25 23:40:09 2025 -0600
[doc,man]: Update defn of "ordinary character".
---
doc/groff.texi.in | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
man/groff.7.man | 13 ++++---------
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/groff.texi.in b/doc/groff.texi.in
index 36e3fd334..b35b853ec 100644
--- a/doc/groff.texi.in
+++ b/doc/groff.texi.in
@@ -7192,7 +7192,10 @@ name
(macro,
string,
or diversion),
-typeface,
+typeface
+(font,
+family,
+or style),
color,
special character or character class,
hyphenation language code,
@@ -7242,19 +7245,25 @@ rejects all of the foregoing.
@cindex character, ordinary
An
@slanted{ordinary character}
-is an input character that is not the escape character,
-a leader,
-tab,
-newline,
-space,
-or invalid as GNU
-@command{troff} @c GNU
-input;
+is any Unicode Basic Latin character
+that is not a space and not the escape character;
recall @ref{Input Format}.
-Thus, the identifiers @samp{br}, @samp{PP}, @samp{end-list},
-@samp{ref*normal-print}, @samp{|}, @samp{@@_}, and @samp{!"#$%'()*+,-./}
-are all valid. Discretion should be exercised to prevent confusion.
-Identifiers starting with @samp{(} or @samp{[} require care.
+Thus,
+the identifiers
+@samp{br},
+@samp{PP},
+@samp{end-list},
+@samp{ref*normal-print},
+@samp{|},
+@samp{@@_},
+and @samp{!"#$%'()*+,-./}
+are all valid.
+Discretion should be exercised to prevent confusion.
+Identifiers starting with
+@samp{(}
+or
+@samp{[}
+require care.
@Example
.nr x 9
diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 668d43b84..c1dc70095 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -1416,15 +1416,10 @@ or stream.
Valid identifiers consist of one or more ordinary characters.
.
An
-.I ordinary character
-is an input character that is not the escape character,
-a leader,
-tab,
-newline,
-space,
-or invalid as GNU
-.I troff \" GNU
-input.
+.I "ordinary character"
+is any Unicode Basic Latin character
+that is not a space and not the escape character;
+recall section \[lq]Input format\[rq] above.
.
.
.P
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