Describe the meta and builtins attributes for the .SHELL special

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@ -1311,6 +1311,20 @@ is false, this is a command template to execute a command so that errors
are ignored.
The template must contain a
.Ql %s .
.It Va meta
This is a string of meta characters of the shell.
.It Va builtins
This is a string holding all the shell's builtin commands separated by blanks.
The
.Va meta
and
.Va builtins
strings are used in compat mode.
When a command line contains neither a meta
character not starts with a shell builtin it is executed directly without
invoking a shell.
When one of these strings (or both) is empty all commands are executed
through a shell.
.El
.Pp
Values that are strings must be surrounded by double quotes.