Done for the same reason as rev. 1.57[1]. I observed no diff in the generated output for terminals, but I'm unsure if these strings are wanted for prettier pdf/ps/html/... output.
Regards, Michael Reed [1]: http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/vi/docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1?rev=1.57&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup Index: vi.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.bin/vi/docs/USD.doc/vi.man/vi.1,v retrieving revision 1.63 diff -u -p -r1.63 vi.1 --- vi.1 6 Jan 2016 22:41:53 -0000 1.63 +++ vi.1 8 Feb 2016 18:20:05 -0000 @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ matches the beginning of the word. .Sq \e> matches the end of the word. .It -.Sq \(a~ +.Sq ~ matches the replacement part of the last .Cm substitute command. @@ -2059,9 +2059,9 @@ If this is the entire pattern, the replacement part of the previous .Cm substitute command. -.It Sq \e\(sh +.It Sq \e# Where -.Sq \(sh +.Sq # is an integer from 1 to 9, the text matched by the #'th subexpression in .Ar pattern . .It Sq \eL @@ -2350,9 +2350,9 @@ Display lines in an unambiguous fashion. Attempt to get an exclusive lock on any file being edited, read or written. .It Cm magic Bq on When turned off, all regular expression characters except for -.Sq \(ha +.Sq ^ and -.Sq \(Do +.Sq $ are treated as ordinary characters. Preceding individual characters by .Sq \e
