From 0573d184f7fe80a1278f66aaf8692361965615bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: okan <okan>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:12:56 +0000
Subject: Since cwm(1) uses the same parser as others in src, document how
 comments and line extensions work.  Taken from sthen@'s recent commit in src.

ok sthen@
---
 cwmrc.5 | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'cwmrc.5')

diff --git a/cwmrc.5 b/cwmrc.5
index 4c0daaf..c7dbf7f 100644
--- a/cwmrc.5
+++ b/cwmrc.5
@@ -24,7 +24,19 @@
 This manual page describes the
 .Xr cwm 1
 configuration file.
-The following options are accepted in the configuration file:
+.Pp
+The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash
+.Pq Sq \e .
+Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark
+.Pq Sq # ,
+and extend to the end of the current line.
+Care should be taken when commenting out multi-line text:
+the comment is effective until the end of the entire block.
+.Pp
+Arguments containing whitespace should be surrounded by double quotes
+.Pq \&" .
+.Pp
+The following options are accepted:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
 .It Ic autogroup Ar group windowname
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