#v+ (Was: Re: Where is the unix manual ?)

[Gerhard Häring]

Gerrit Holl wrote:
> Jarek Zgoda wrote:
> 
>>#v+
> 
> (...)
> 
>>#v-
> 
> Just curious. What does "#v+" mean and where does it come from? I tried
> googling but it is something very difficult to google for. I take it it
> means "begin data", "end data", but where does it come from?

Sections marked with #v+ ... #v- are displayed specially in certain 
newsreaders such as slrn, to distinguish program code from the rest of 
the message.

-- Gerhard