Modernised comment handling: text following \" is thrown away before

[mandoc.git] / man.7

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index b892999ca1d0f6f3377aa02726a6b20f211f8e1a..fa473867a37806edd413098f260726710cf2d912 100644 (file)
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
-.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.9 2009/04/12 19:19:57 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.13 2009/06/16 19:13:28 kristaps Exp $

 .\"
 .\"

-.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>

 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any

-.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
-.\" above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
-.\" copies.
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

 .\"
 .\"

-.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
-.\" WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
-.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-.\" AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-.\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
-.\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
-.\" TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
-.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
-.\" 
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 12 2009 $
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" 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 16 2009 $

 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .\" SECTION
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .\" SECTION


@@ -72,6 +70,16 @@ escape is common in historical
 documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the
 subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace.
 .\" SUB-SECTION
 documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the
 subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace.
 .\" 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 Special Characters
 Special character sequences begin with the escape character
 .Sq \e
 .Ss Special Characters
 Special character sequences begin with the escape character
 .Sq \e


@@ -197,7 +205,7 @@ macros.
 The
 .Nm
 utility was written by 
 The
 .Nm
 utility was written by 

-.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@openbsd.org .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .

 .\" SECTION
 .Sh CAVEATS
 Do not use this language.  Use
 .\" SECTION
 .Sh CAVEATS
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