- Patches needed for cygwin.

[ginac.git] / ginsh / ginsh.1

diff --git a/ginsh/ginsh.1 b/ginsh/ginsh.1
index b84aca96700fe43c909330dc19a83aad187193ce..199b0e853f8617db59a54bb0213b4534a82d7786 100644 (file)
--- a/ginsh/ginsh.1
+++ b/ginsh/ginsh.1
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ or type an EOF (Ctrl-D) at the prompt.
 .SS COMMENTS
 Anything following a double slash
 .RB ( // )
 .SS COMMENTS
 Anything following a double slash
 .RB ( // )

-up to the end of the line is treated as a comment and ignored.
+up to the end of the line, and all lines starting with a hash mark
+.RB ( # )
+are treated as a comment and ignored.

 .SS NUMBERS
 ginsh accepts numbers in the usual decimal notations. This includes arbitrary
 precision integers and rationals as well as floating point numbers in standard
 .SS NUMBERS
 ginsh accepts numbers in the usual decimal notations. This includes arbitrary
 precision integers and rationals as well as floating point numbers in standard