-/*-----------------------------------------------------------------.
-| Read one literal character from FINPUT. Process \-escapes. |
-| Append the char to OUT and assign it *PCODE. Return 1 unless the |
-| character is an unescaped `term' or \n report error for \n. |
-`-----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Read one literal character from FINPUT, process \-escapes, and |
+| return the character. |
+`---------------------------------------------------------------*/