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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2015-10-11 18:56:51 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2015-10-11 18:56:51 +0000
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Mention that the first argument of .Pf does not need escaping.
While here, make the first sentence regarding .Pf more concise. OK jmc@
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-.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.255 2015/09/24 18:41:22 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.256 2015/10/11 18:56:51 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 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: September 24 2015 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 11 2015 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -2155,19 +2155,23 @@ See also
Close parenthesised context opened by
.Sx \&Po .
.Ss \&Pf
-Removes the space between its argument
-.Pq Dq prefix
-and the following macro.
+Removes the space between its argument and the following macro.
Its syntax is as follows:
.Pp
.D1 .Pf Ar prefix macro arguments ...
.Pp
This is equivalent to:
.Pp
-.D1 .No Ar prefix No \&Ns Ar macro arguments ...
+.D1 .No \e& Ns Ar prefix No \&Ns Ar macro arguments ...
+.Pp
+The
+.Ar prefix
+argument is not parsed for macro names or delimiters,
+but used verbatim as if it were escaped.
.Pp
Examples:
.Dl ".Pf $ Ar variable_name"
+.Dl ".Pf . Ar macro_name"
.Dl ".Pf 0x Ar hex_digits"
.Pp
See also