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Diff for /mandoc/mdoc.7 between version 1.181 and 1.182

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

is also ignored.

Macro lines with only a control character and optional whitespace are

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

.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact

.It \&.

.Pq period

.It \e.

.Pq escaped period

.It \&,

.Pq comma

.It \&:

Line 91 Within a macro line, the following characters are rese

Line 93 Within a macro line, the following characters are rese

.Pq exclamation

.It \&|

.Pq vertical bar

.It \e*(Ba

.Pq reserved-word vertical bar

.El

.Pp

Use of reserved characters is described in

Use of reserved terms is described in

.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.

.Ss Special Characters

Special characters may occur in both macro and free-form lines.

Sequences begin with the escape character

Line 706 and/or tail

Line 709 and/or tail

.El

.Ss Block partial-implicit

Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by

.Sx Reserved Characters

.Sx Reserved Terms

or end of line.

.Bd -literal -offset indent

\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB

Line 739 section line, else it is

Line 742 section line, else it is

.Sx In-line .

.Ss In-line

Closed by

.Sx Reserved Characters ,

.Sx Reserved Terms ,

end of line, fixed argument lengths, and/or subsequent macros.

In-line macros have only text children.

If a number (or inequality) of arguments is

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