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Diffstat (limited to 'mdoc.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | mdoc.7 | 21 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ A macro line with only a control character and comment escape, is also ignored. Macro lines with only a control character and optional whitespace are stripped from input. -.Ss Reserved Characters -Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved: +.Ss Reserved Terms +Within a macro line, the following terms are reserved: .Pp .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact .It \&. .Pq period +.It \e. +.Pq escaped period .It \&, .Pq comma .It \&: @@ -91,14 +93,15 @@ Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved: .Pq exclamation .It \&| .Pq vertical bar +.It \e*(Ba +.Pq reserved-word vertical bar .El .Pp -Use of reserved characters is described in +Use of reserved terms is described in .Sx MACRO SYNTAX . -For general use in macro lines, these characters can either be escaped -with a non-breaking space -.Pq Sq \e& -or, if applicable, an appropriate escape sequence can be used. +For general use in macro lines, these can be escaped with a non-breaking +space +.Pq Sq \e& . .Ss Special Characters Special characters may occur in both macro and free-form lines. Sequences begin with the escape character @@ -706,7 +709,7 @@ and/or tail .El .Ss Block partial-implicit Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by -.Sx Reserved Characters +.Sx Reserved Terms or end of line. .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB @@ -739,7 +742,7 @@ section line, else it is .Sx In-line . .Ss In-line Closed by -.Sx Reserved Characters , +.Sx Reserved Terms , end of line, fixed argument lengths, and/or subsequent macros. In-line macros have only text children. If a number (or inequality) of arguments is |