Make it clearer how to use alternate delimiters in context patterns.

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cjs 1996-12-15 08:28:46 +00:00
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" from: @(#)sed.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/30/93
.\" $Id: sed.1,v 1.5 1994/12/04 06:06:19 mycroft Exp $
.\" $Id: sed.1,v 1.6 1996/12/15 08:28:46 cjs Exp $
.\"
.Dd "December 30, 1993"
.Dt SED 1
@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ In a context address, any character other than a backslash
.Po
.Dq \e
.Pc
or newline character may be used to delimit the regular expression.
or newline character may be used to delimit the regular expression
by prefixing the first use of that delimiter with a backslash.
Also, putting a backslash character before the delimiting character
causes the character to be treated literally.
For example, in the context address \exabc\exdefx, the RE delimiter