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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.7,v
retrieving revision 1.37
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -p -r1.37 -r1.39
--- mandoc/roff.7	2011/12/11 00:38:11	1.37
+++ mandoc/roff.7	2012/06/12 20:21:04	1.39
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: roff.7,v 1.37 2011/12/11 00:38:11 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: roff.7,v 1.39 2012/06/12 20:21:04 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 11 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 12 2012 $
 .Dt ROFF 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ depends on the respective processing context.
 .Nm
 documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space
 character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character.
-The back-space character
+The backslash character
 .Sq \e
 indicates the start of an escape sequence for
 .Sx Comments ,
@@ -417,6 +417,18 @@ The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 It is currently ignored by
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 as are its children.
+.Ss \&cc
+Changes the control character.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+.Pf . Cm \&cc Op Ar c
+.Ed
+.Pp
+If
+.Ar c
+is not specified, the control character is reset to
+.Sq \&. .
+Trailing characters are ignored.
 .Ss \&de
 Define a
 .Nm