ESC-BS_MDOC(1) General Commands Manual ESC-BS_MDOC(1) NNAAMMEE eesscc--bbss__mmddoocc - escaped backslashes in mdoc(7) code DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN on a text line: prefix\suffix in a macro definition: prefix(initial)suffix prefix(later)suffix in a string definition: prefix(initial)middle(later)suffix in a high-level macro argument: pprreeffiixx((llaatteerr))ssuuffffiixx in a user-defined macro argument: {prefix(later)suffix} OpenBSD January 17, 2019 OpenBSD