| Summary of dot commands | MlDoC dot commands |
| .B | .R | Bold text style |
| .BI | .R | Bold-Italic text style |
| .I | .R | Italic text style |
| .T | .R | Typewriter text style |
| .S | .R | Symbol text style [NA] |
| .SB | .BS | Subscript text mode |
| .SP | .PS | Superscript text mode |
| . [ | . ] | 'As-Is' text mode |
| .NL | Newline: End of paragraph |
| .MU | Special ML-attribute mutable | |
| .PV | Special ML-attribute private | |
| .VT | Special ML-attribute virtual | |
| .NR | No rulers around tables and table cells | |
| .# | White Space in example and As-Is environments | |
| .<< | .>> | Include a MlDoc file at the current position |
| .LK | .KL | A document link |
| .OL | .LO | Numbered (ordered) list body |
| .UL | .LU | Unnumbered (unorderd) list body |
| .PL | .LP | Option (definition) list |
| .LI | .IL | A list item |
| .TB | .BT | Table body |
| .TR | .RT | Table row |
| .TC | .CT | Table column |
| .TH | .HT | Optional table head |
| .IF | .FI | ML-Function Interface |
| .IV | .VI | ML-Value Interface |
| .IT | .TI | ML-Type Interface |
| .IS | .SI | ML-Structure Interface |
| .IX | .XI | ML-Exception Interface |
| .IM | .MI | ML-Module Interface |
| .CH | .HC | C-Header Interface |
| .CF | .FC | C-Function Interface |
| .CV | .VC | C-Variable Interface |
| .CS | .SC | ML-Class Interface |
| .OB | .BO | ML-Object (Class) Interface |
| .MT | .TM | ML-Method (Class) Interface |
| .NA | .AN | Name argument |
| .AR | .RA | Curried value argument |
| .AV | .VA | Uncurried (tuple) value argument |
| .RV | .VR | Return argument of a function |
| .PR | .RP | Program Section |
| .PK | .KP | Package Section |
| .MD | .DM | ML-Module |
| .CY | .YC | C-Library |
| .FU | .UF | ML-Function |
| .MV | .VM | ML-Value |
| .TP | .PT | ML-Type (generic) |
| .CL | .LC | ML-Class |
| .CI | .IC | C |
| .IN | .NI | Generic Interface Paragraph |
| .EX | .XE | Example Paragraph |
| .{ | .} | Preformatted Paragraph |
| .PA | .AP | A named Paragraph |
| .IO | .OI | An Introduction Paragraph |
| .S1 | .1S | Generic Section |
| .S2 | .2S | Generic Subsection |
| .S3 | .3S | Generic Unit |
| .S4 | .4S | Generic Subunit |
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