-#- ... -#- shades a text: -#-A1-A2-#- writes
-#-
-#-A1-A2-#-
.
You can shade a part of a group with #//, #h/, #v/, and #/ : A1#// is
#//
#h/
#v/
#/
A1#//
; A1#h/ is
A1#h/
; A1#v/ is
A1#v/
, and A1#/ is
A1#/
# alone allows to stack signs: m#a is
#
m#a