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diff --git a/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi b/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi index 569d78034..d392ca452 100644 --- a/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi +++ b/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi @@ -1262,8 +1262,10 @@ capabilities through @dfn{compose escapes}. The @dfn{compose escapes} are single-character commands, preceded by special @dfn{escape character}, which defaults to @samp{~}. The combination @code{escape character + command} is recognized as a compose escape only if it occurs at the beginning of -a line. If the escape character must appear at the beginning of a -line, enter it twice. +a line and the standard input is connected to a terminal. If the +escape character must appear at the beginning of a line, enter it +twice. + The actual escape character may be changed by setting the value of @code{escape} mail variable (@pxref{Mail Variables}). |