Remove \s TODO: these are intelligently ignored along with \m and \M.

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diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
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--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.71 2010/05/15 07:01:51 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.76 2010/07/19 09:19:22 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -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: May 15 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 19 2010 $
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a
 vertical space.
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
-.Sq \e\*" ,
+.Sq \e\*q ,
 whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of
 line.
 A macro line with only a control character and comment escape,
-.Sq \&.\e" ,
+.Sq \&.\e\*q ,
 is also ignored.
 Macro lines with only a control character and optionally whitespace are
 stripped from input.
@@ -106,32 +106,9 @@ Note that macros like
 .Sx \&BR
 open and close a font scope with each argument.
 .Pp
-Text may also be sized with the
-.Sq \es
-escape, whose syntax is one of
-.Sq \es+-n
-for one-digit numerals;
-.Sq \es(+-nn
-or
-.Sq \es+-(nn
-for two-digit numerals; and
-.Sq \es[+-N] ,
-.Sq \es+-[N] ,
-.Sq \es'+-N' ,
-or
-.Sq \es+-'N'
-for arbitrary-digit numerals:
-.Pp
-.D1 \es+1bigger\es-1
-.D1 \es[+10]much bigger\es[-10]
-.D1 \es+(10much bigger\es-(10
-.D1 \es+'100'much much bigger\es-'100'
-.Pp
-Both
-.Sq \es
-and
+The
 .Sq \ef
-attributes are forgotten when entering or exiting a macro block.
+attribute is forgotten when entering or exiting a macro block.
 .Ss Whitespace
 Whitespace consists of the space character.
 In free-form lines, whitespace is preserved within a line; un-escaped
@@ -238,18 +215,14 @@ at least one macro or text node must appear in the document.
 Documents are generally structured as follows:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.TH FOO 1 2009-10-10
-\&.
 \&.SH NAME
 \efBfoo\efR \e(en a description goes here
 \&.\e\*q The next is for sections 2 & 3 only.
 \&.\e\*q .SH LIBRARY
-\&.
 \&.SH SYNOPSIS
 \efBfoo\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] arguments...
-\&.
 \&.SH DESCRIPTION
 The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files...
-\&.
 \&.\e\*q .SH IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 \&.\e\*q The next is for sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
 \&.\e\*q .SH RETURN VALUES
@@ -434,6 +407,7 @@ The syntax is as follows:
 .Pp
 .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "ArgumentsX" "ScopeXXXXX" "CompatX"
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments Ta Em Scope     Ta Em Notes
+.It Sx \&AT  Ta    <=1       Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&B   Ta    n         Ta    next-line Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&BI  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&BR  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
@@ -448,7 +422,7 @@ The syntax is as follows:
 .It Sx \&SB  Ta    n         Ta    next-line Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&SM  Ta    n         Ta    next-line Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&TH  Ta    >1, <6    Ta    current   Ta    \&
-.\" .It Sx \&UC  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    compat
+.It Sx \&UC  Ta    <=1       Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&br  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&fi  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&i   Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    compat
@@ -529,6 +503,11 @@ This section is a canonical reference to all macros, arranged
 alphabetically.
 For the scoping of individual macros, see
 .Sx MACRO SYNTAX .
+.Ss \&AT
+Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from
+.Tn AT&T UNIX
+releases.
+The optional arguments specify which release it is from.
 .Ss \&B
 Text is rendered in bold face.
 .Pp
@@ -803,8 +782,9 @@ arguments must be provided.
 The
 .Cm date
 argument should be formatted as described in
-.Sx Dates :
-if it does not conform, the current date is used instead.
+.Sx Dates ,
+but will be printed verbatim if it is not.
+If the date is not specified, the current date is used.
 The
 .Cm source
 string specifies the organisation providing the utility.
@@ -847,8 +827,10 @@ and
 .\" Has no effect.  Included for compatibility.
 .\" .
 .\" .
-.\" .Ss \&UC
-.\" Has no effect.  Included for compatibility.
+.Ss \&UC
+Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from
+BSD releases.
+The optional first argument specifies which release it is from.
 .Ss \&br
 Breaks the current line.
 Consecutive invocations have no further effect.