From f31fe585656b0b57207e63f4355a30ff82b9583b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alisdair Meredith Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:23:38 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [lex.phases] Clarify the sequence of characters for line splicing --- source/lex.tex | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/source/lex.tex b/source/lex.tex index 566aac0c0b..1728cfc022 100644 --- a/source/lex.tex +++ b/source/lex.tex @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ \indextext{line splicing}% If the first translation character is \unicode{feff}{byte order mark}, it is deleted. -Each sequence of a backslash character (\textbackslash) +Each sequence comprising a backslash character (\textbackslash) immediately followed by zero or more whitespace characters other than new-line followed by a new-line character is deleted, splicing