=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -p -r1.11 -r1.13 --- mandoc/man.7 2009/06/10 20:18:43 1.11 +++ mandoc/man.7 2009/06/16 19:13:28 1.13 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.11 2009/06/10 20:18:43 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.13 2009/06/16 19:13:28 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -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: June 10 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 16 2009 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .\" SECTION @@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ escape is common in historical documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace.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