diff --git a/space/spaceparser.cpp b/space/spaceparser.cpp
index fa24164..7dfc961 100755
--- a/space/spaceparser.cpp
+++ b/space/spaceparser.cpp
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ void SpaceParser::Parse()
 	line   = 1;
 	status = ok;
 	space  = root_space;
+	reading_commentary = false;
 	ReadChar();
 	SkipWhiteLines();
 
@@ -300,13 +301,15 @@ return false;
 }
 
 
-
-void SpaceParser::SkipWhite()
+/*
+	skip_lines is default false
+*/
+void SpaceParser::SkipWhite(bool skip_lines)
 {
-	while( IsWhite(lastc) || lastc == commentary )
+	while( IsWhite(lastc) || lastc == commentary || (skip_lines && lastc=='\n'))
 	{
 		if( lastc == commentary )
-			SkipLine();
+			SkipComment();
 		else
 			ReadChar();
 	}
@@ -315,16 +318,13 @@ void SpaceParser::SkipWhite()
 
 void SpaceParser::SkipWhiteLines()
 {
-	while( IsWhite(lastc) || lastc == commentary || lastc=='\n' )
-	{
-		if( lastc == commentary )
-			SkipLine();
-		else
-			ReadChar();
-	}
+	SkipWhite(true);
 }
 
 
+/*
+	do not skip the last \n character
+*/
 void SpaceParser::SkipLine()
 {
 	while( lastc != -1 && lastc != '\n' )
@@ -332,6 +332,17 @@ void SpaceParser::SkipLine()
 }
 
 
+/*
+	do not skip the last \n character
+*/
+void SpaceParser::SkipComment()
+{
+	reading_commentary = true;
+	SkipLine();
+	reading_commentary = false;
+}
+
+
 
 void SpaceParser::Trim(std::wstring & s)
 {
@@ -411,7 +422,7 @@ void SpaceParser::ReadTokenSingle(bool white_delimit, bool new_line_delimit, int
 	while( true )
 	{
 		if( lastc == commentary )
-			SkipLine();
+			SkipComment();
 
 		if( lastc == -1									||
 			(!char_was_escaped							&&
@@ -662,7 +673,7 @@ int SpaceParser::ReadChar()
 	char_was_escaped = false;
 	ReadCharNoEscape();
 
-	if( use_escape_char && lastc == '\\' )
+	if( !reading_commentary && use_escape_char && lastc == '\\' )
 	{
 		char_was_escaped = true;
 		ReadCharNoEscape();
diff --git a/space/spaceparser.h b/space/spaceparser.h
index df6633c..07ab7c6 100755
--- a/space/spaceparser.h
+++ b/space/spaceparser.h
@@ -140,15 +140,25 @@ public:
 
 
 	/*
-		'\' character is used to escape other characters in a quoted string
+		'\' character is used to escape other characters
 		so "some \t t\"ext" will produce "some t t"ext"
 		default: true
+		special characters:
+		\0  - 0 (zero code point)
+		\t  - tabulator (9 code point)
+		\r  - carriage return (13 code point)
+		\n	- a new line character (10 code point)
+		in other cases we return the last character so \Z gives Z and \\ gives one \
+		escape character are not used in commentaries
+		so you can write:
+		# this is my comment \n but this was not a new line
 	*/
 	void UseEscapeChar(bool escape);
 
 
 	/*
 		if true then the input file or string (char* or std::string) is treated as UTF-8
+		default: true
 	*/
 	void UTF8(bool utf);
 
@@ -287,6 +297,12 @@ private:
 	bool use_escape_char;
 
 
+	/*
+		true if we are reading the commentary (#)
+		this is to avoid parsing escape characters in the commentary
+	*/
+	bool reading_commentary;
+
 	std::string afile_name;
 
 	void Parse();
@@ -314,9 +330,10 @@ private:
 	int  ReadCharNoEscape();
 	int  ReadChar();
 	bool IsWhite(int c);
-	void SkipWhite();
+	void SkipWhite(bool skip_lines = false);
 	void SkipWhiteLines();
 	void SkipLine();
+	void SkipComment();
 	void Trim(std::wstring & s);
 
 };