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.Os
.Sh NAME
line terminators.
.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.
.Ss Reserved Characters