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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
retrieving revision 1.28
retrieving revision 1.31
diff -u -p -r1.28 -r1.31
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2009/06/12 12:40:44	1.28
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2009/06/22 12:22:35	1.31
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.28 2009/06/12 12:40:44 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.31 2009/06/22 12:22:35 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
 .\"
@@ -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 12 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 22 2009 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .\" SECTION
@@ -78,9 +78,19 @@ or
 .Sq \&.Bd \-unfilled
 contexts.
 .\" 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 Reserved Characters
 Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved:
-.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset XXXX -compact
+.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX -compact
 .It \&.
 .Pq period
 .It \&,
@@ -291,7 +301,7 @@ some 
 .Pc
 don't have heads.
 .Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "Closing" -compact -offset XXXX
+.Bl -column -compact -offset XXXX "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "Closing"
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Closing
 .It \&.Sh    Ta    \&No    Ta    \&No    Ta    \&.Sh
 .It \&.Ss    Ta    \&No    Ta    \&No    Ta    \&.Sh, \&.Ss
@@ -303,7 +313,7 @@ None of these macros are callable or parsed.  The last
 the explicit scope rules.  All contains bodies, some may contain heads 
 .Pq So \&Bf Sc .
 .Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXX" -compact -offset XXXX
+.Bl -column -compact -offset XXXX "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXX"
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope
 .It \&.Bd    Ta    \&No    Ta    \&No    Ta    closed by \&.Ed
 .It \&.Ed    Ta    \&No    Ta    \&No    Ta    opened by \&.Bd
@@ -608,4 +618,9 @@ etc.).
 There's no way to refer to references in
 .Sq \&.Rs/.Re
 blocks.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+The \-split and \-nosplit arguments to 
+.Sq \&.An
+are inane.
 .El