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@@ -233,24 +233,24 @@ of the authors, you can use the special syntax, with an uppercase instead of lowercase .Sq a . . -.Ss Special backslash behavior -.Bl -enum -.It -A backslash at the end of a format line acts as a line continuation marker. -The newline after the backslash is preserved. -.It -For format macros describing citations, a backslash immediately following the macro name will cause the reference be joined to the preceding line. -.El +.Ss Multiple lines +If no argument is given to a format macro, then +.Nm +will read the format specification from the following lines until a line containing +.Sq .. +is encountered, signifying the end of the multi-line format specification. .Pp -Anywhere else in the line, backslashes are preserved literally. +Within a multi-line format spefication, use the escapes \\$2 and \\$3 +to interpolate (respectively) any suffix and prefix given to the citation macro. .Pp -By using backslashes, you can implement footnote-based citations. -For example, using the ms macro package: +For example, the following multi-line format specification implements footnote references: .Bd -literal -offset indent -\&.Fx\\ \\**\\ -\&.FS\\ -%a, {\\fI%t\\fR}, {\\*Q%q\\*U}, %y.\\ +\&.Fx +\\$3\\**\\$2 +\&.FS +%a, {\\fI%t\\fR}, {\\*Q%q\\*U}, %y. \&.FE +\&.. .Ed . .Ss Automatic cleanup @@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ will output the following source code: \&.SH Previous work - \&.LP Davidson (1991) |