On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:28 PM, Bruno Le Floch <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I seem to recall using ^^A as a comment character in the syntax > environment (and really anywhere else in the "% ..." documentation > lines). The result is the same; there's an unsightly large gap between the stuff on the first line before the comment marker (whether % or ^^A) and what's on the following line. [I'd actually noticed this first in a .dtx file, but used normal LaTeX syntax here for ease of illustration.] —Joel