[Groff] Groff and Unicode code-point input.

[Kristaps Dzonsons]

Hi,

I wonder if anybody knows the status of this:

 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2000-04/msg00036.html

In short, using \U'N' to input a Unicode codepoint N.

If not---is there any way of injecting a Unicode code-point via escaped 
character into a groff document?

I ask because mandoc is moving to support Unicode in its backend.  This 
is quite a mechanical transformation; however, changing our assumptions 
about the input codeset (ASCII) is considerably more difficult.  In the 
short- and middle-term, a way of injecting Unicode with escapes relieves 
us of this burden.

Thanks,

Kristaps