=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.10 retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -p -r1.10 -r1.13 --- mandoc/man.7 2009/04/12 19:45:26 1.10 +++ mandoc/man.7 2009/06/16 19:13:28 1.13 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.10 2009/04/12 19:45:26 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.13 2009/06/16 19:13:28 kristaps Exp $ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 12 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 16 2009 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .\" SECTION @@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ escape is common in historical documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace. .\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Comments +Anything following a +.Sq \e" +delimiter is considered a comment (unless the +.Sq \e +itself has been escaped) and is ignored to the end of line. +Furthermore, a macro line with only a control character +.Sq \. , +optionally followed by whitespace, is ignored. +.\" SUB-SECTION .Ss Special Characters Special character sequences begin with the escape character .Sq \e @@ -195,7 +205,7 @@ macros. The .Nm utility was written by -.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@openbsd.org . +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se . .\" SECTION .Sh CAVEATS Do not use this language. Use