version 1.181, 2011/03/07 01:35:51 |
version 1.182, 2011/03/17 14:50:14 |
Line 65 A macro line with only a control character and comment |
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Line 65 A macro line with only a control character and comment |
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is also ignored. |
is also ignored. |
Macro lines with only a control character and optional whitespace are |
Macro lines with only a control character and optional whitespace are |
stripped from input. |
stripped from input. |
.Ss Reserved Characters |
.Ss Reserved Terms |
Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved: |
Within a macro line, the following terms are reserved: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact |
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact |
.It \&. |
.It \&. |
.Pq period |
.Pq period |
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.It \e. |
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.Pq escaped period |
.It \&, |
.It \&, |
.Pq comma |
.Pq comma |
.It \&: |
.It \&: |
Line 91 Within a macro line, the following characters are rese |
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Line 93 Within a macro line, the following characters are rese |
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.Pq exclamation |
.Pq exclamation |
.It \&| |
.It \&| |
.Pq vertical bar |
.Pq vertical bar |
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.It \e*(Ba |
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.Pq reserved-word vertical bar |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Use of reserved characters is described in |
Use of reserved terms is described in |
.Sx MACRO SYNTAX . |
.Sx MACRO SYNTAX . |
For general use in macro lines, these characters can either be escaped |
For general use in macro lines, these can be escaped with a non-breaking |
with a non-breaking space |
space |
.Pq Sq \e& |
.Pq Sq \e& . |
or, if applicable, an appropriate escape sequence can be used. |
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.Ss Special Characters |
.Ss Special Characters |
Special characters may occur in both macro and free-form lines. |
Special characters may occur in both macro and free-form lines. |
Sequences begin with the escape character |
Sequences begin with the escape character |
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.El |
.El |
.Ss Block partial-implicit |
.Ss Block partial-implicit |
Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by |
Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by |
.Sx Reserved Characters |
.Sx Reserved Terms |
or end of line. |
or end of line. |
.Bd -literal -offset indent |
.Bd -literal -offset indent |
\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB |
\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB |
Line 739 section line, else it is |
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Line 742 section line, else it is |
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.Sx In-line . |
.Sx In-line . |
.Ss In-line |
.Ss In-line |
Closed by |
Closed by |
.Sx Reserved Characters , |
.Sx Reserved Terms , |
end of line, fixed argument lengths, and/or subsequent macros. |
end of line, fixed argument lengths, and/or subsequent macros. |
In-line macros have only text children. |
In-line macros have only text children. |
If a number (or inequality) of arguments is |
If a number (or inequality) of arguments is |