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version 1.14, 2009/06/18 10:32:00 |
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.\" SECTION |
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.Sh INPUT ENCODING |
.Sh INPUT ENCODING |
.Nm |
.Nm |
documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters and the |
documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the |
space character |
space character |
.Sq \ . |
.Sq \ , |
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and tabs |
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.Sq \et . |
All manuals must have |
All manuals must have |
.Ux |
.Ux |
.Sq \en |
.Sq \en |
Line 69 escape is common in historical |
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Line 71 escape is common in historical |
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.Nm |
.Nm |
documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the |
documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the |
subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace. |
subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace. |
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.\" SUB-SECTION |
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.Ss Comments |
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Anything following a |
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.Sq \e" |
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delimiter is considered a comment (unless the |
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.Sq \e |
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itself has been escaped) and is ignored to the end of line. |
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Furthermore, a macro line with only a control character |
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.Sq \. , |
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optionally followed by whitespace, is ignored. |
.\" SUB-SECTION |
.\" SUB-SECTION |
.Ss Special Characters |
.Ss Special Characters |
Special character sequences begin with the escape character |
Special character sequences begin with the escape character |