.\" $OpenBSD: e.in,v 1.2 2017/07/04 14:53:27 schwarze Exp $ .Dd $Mdocdate: July 4 2017 $ .Dt ESC-E 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm esc-e .Nd escaping backslashes .Sh DESCRIPTION In plain text: "\e" and "\\" .Pp On macro lines: .Qq \e(at and .Qq \\(at .Pp In a macro definition: .de mytest "\e$1" and "\\$2" .. .mytest one two