=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.8 retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -p -r1.8 -r1.13 --- mandoc/man.7 2009/04/05 16:34:22 1.8 +++ mandoc/man.7 2009/06/16 19:13:28 1.13 @@ -1,23 +1,21 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.8 2009/04/05 16:34:22 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 copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all -.\" copies. +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" -.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL -.\" WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED -.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE -.\" AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL -.\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR -.\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN 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 5 2009 $ -.Dt man 7 +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" 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 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 16 2009 $ +.Dt MAN 7 .Os .\" SECTION .Sh NAME @@ -72,6 +70,16 @@ escape is common in historical documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace.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 @@ -197,7 +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