Common Desktop Environment: Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide
    
Numbers and Symbols
 
 ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 & (ampersand)
  entity reference ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
  used as text character ( Index Term Link )
 
 * (asterisk), used in list ( Index Term Link )
 
 ! (exclamation mark), used in shorthand markup ( Index Term Link )
 
 % (percent symbol), used in shorthand markup ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 + (plus), used in shorthand markup ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 , used as comment ( Index Term Link )
 
 ... ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )
 
 (backslash)
  end tag syntax ( Index Term Link )
  used as text character ( Index Term Link )
  used in multiline head ( Index Term Link )
 
 &copy ( Index Term Link )
 
 &empty ( Index Term Link )
 
 (semicolon) ( Index Term Link ) ( Index Term Link )