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@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ escape is common in historical documents; if encountered at the end of a word, it ensures that the subsequent word isn't off-set by whitespace. .\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Comments +Anything following a +.Sq \e" +delimiter is considered a comment (unless the +.Sq \e +itself has been escaped) and is ignored to the end of line. +Furthermore, a macro line with only a control character +.Sq \. , +optionally followed by whitespace, is ignored. +.\" SUB-SECTION .Ss Special Characters Special character sequences begin with the escape character .Sq \e |