[groff] 04/04: groff{,_diff}(7): Update \# discussion.

[G. Branden Robinson]

gbranden pushed a commit to branch master
in repository groff.

commit 3533498a1effa5346630438d947182d754fb4e04
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Sat May 22 11:59:04 2021 +1000

    groff{,_diff}(7): Update \# discussion.
    
    Make groff(7) terser, and groff_diff(7) more explanatory.
---
 man/groff.7.man      |  6 +-----
 man/groff_diff.7.man | 13 +++++++++----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/groff.7.man b/man/groff.7.man
index 9b0c119..ed0dc0a 100644
--- a/man/groff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff.7.man
@@ -3084,15 +3084,11 @@ Start of a comment.
 .
 Everything up to the end of the line is ignored.
 .
+.
 .TP
 .ESC #
 Everything up to and including the next newline is ignored.
 .
-This is interpreted in copy mode.
-.
-This is like
-.esc \[dq]
-except that the terminating newline is ignored as well.
 .
 .\" ========= strings =========
 .
diff --git a/man/groff_diff.7.man b/man/groff_diff.7.man
index d28038c..f9725a4 100644
--- a/man/groff_diff.7.man
+++ b/man/groff_diff.7.man
@@ -703,17 +703,22 @@ Print anything and then restore the horizontal and 
vertical position;
 .I anything
 may not contain tabs or leaders.
 .
+.
 .TP
 .B \[rs]#
 Everything up to and including the next newline is ignored.
 .
-This is interpreted in copy mode.
+This escape is interpreted even in copy mode.
 .
-It is like
-.B \[rs]"
+.B \[rs]#
+is like
+.BR \[rs]" ,
 except that
 .B \[rs]"
-does not ignore the terminating newline.
+does not ignore a newline;
+the latter therefore cannot be used by itself for a whole-line
+comment\[em]it leaves a blank line on the input stream.
+.
 .
 .\" Keep \$0 before \$( in spite of collation.
 .TP