<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:src="http://nwalsh.com/xmlns/litprog/fragment" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="5.0" xml:id="man.charmap.uri"> <refmeta> <refentrytitle>man.charmap.uri</refentrytitle> <refmiscinfo class="other" otherclass="datatype">uri</refmiscinfo> </refmeta> <refnamediv> <refname>man.charmap.uri</refname> <refpurpose>URI for custom roff character map</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsynopsisdiv> <src:fragment xml:id="man.charmap.uri.frag"> <xsl:param name="man.charmap.uri"></xsl:param> </src:fragment> </refsynopsisdiv> <refsection><info><title>Description</title></info> <para>For converting certain Unicode symbols and special characters in UTF-8 or UTF-16 encoded XML source to appropriate groff/roff equivalents in man-page output, the DocBook XSL Stylesheets distribution includes an <link xlink:href="http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#character-maps">XSLT character map</link>. That character map can be considered the standard roff character map for the distribution.</para> <para>If the value of the <parameter>man.charmap.uri</parameter> parameter is non-empty, that value is used as the URI for the location for an alternate roff character map to use in place of the standard roff character map provided in the distribution.</para> <warning> <para>Do not set a value for <parameter>man.charmap.uri</parameter> unless you have a custom roff character map that differs from the standard one provided in the distribution.</para> </warning> </refsection> </refentry>