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BODY

.Ed

.Pp

COND is a conditional (for the time being, this always evaluates to

COND is a conditional statement.

false).

roff allows for complicated conditionals; mandoc is much simpler.

At this time, mandoc supports only

.Sq n ,

evaluating to true;

and

.Sq t ,

.Sq e ,

and

.Sq o ,

evaluating to false.

All other invocations are read up to the next end of line or space and

evaluate as false.

.Pp

If the BODY section is begun by an escaped brace

.Sq \e{ ,

Line 207 macro is discarded.

Line 218 macro is discarded.

Furthermore, if an explicit closing sequence

.Sq \e}

is specified in a free-form line, the entire line is accepted within the

scope of the prior macro, not only the text preceding the close.

scope of the prior macro, not only the text preceding the close, with the

.Sq \e}

collapsing into a zero-width space.

.Ss \&ig

Ignore input.

Accepts the following syntax: