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author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2015-10-11 18:56:51 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2015-10-11 18:56:51 +0000 |
commit | 4888f53396a76dbdeb8fa67b352672a0b231112f (patch) | |
tree | 2fd88bfde4cd0b71972f1fc36d3aee9026a9466b | |
parent | bb1251368e944c7cc779d718988d241c97fd0e04 (diff) | |
download | mandoc-4888f53396a76dbdeb8fa67b352672a0b231112f.tar.gz |
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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@@ -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 |