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@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resulting tree. .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape Ignore invalid escape sequences. +.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro +Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines. .El .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp @@ -113,6 +115,27 @@ flag, multiple options may be grouped and delimited with a comma. Using .Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,ign-escape , for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors. +.\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Input Encoding +The +.Nm +utility expects its input to be 7-bit ASCII as defined in +.Xr ascii 7 . +The only non-graphing characters accepted are spaces, +.Sq \ , +and tabs, +.Sq \et . +Tabs are only accepted in literal block-displays and as column +delimiters. +.Pp +Only Unix-style newlines (\en) are accepted; if the newline is escaped, +the line is concatenated with the next. +.\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Character Escapes +Since +.Nm +doesn't format its output, character escapes are displayed as passed +into the compiler. .\" SECTION .Sh EXAMPLES To validate this manual page: |