=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.116 retrieving revision 1.117 diff -u -p -r1.116 -r1.117 --- mandoc/man.7 2012/06/02 20:16:23 1.116 +++ mandoc/man.7 2012/06/20 22:06:30 1.117 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.116 2012/06/02 20:16:23 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.117 2012/06/20 22:06:30 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 2 2012 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2012 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -361,8 +361,9 @@ subsequent output lines are indented, with the followi .Pp The .Cm width -argument must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width. If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp @@ -404,8 +405,9 @@ Begin an indented paragraph with the following syntax: .Pp The .Cm width -argument defines the width of the left margin and is defined by -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width defining the left margin. It's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp @@ -538,8 +540,9 @@ This has the following syntax: .Pp The .Cm width -argument must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width. If not specified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp See also @@ -604,8 +607,9 @@ The syntax is as follows: .Pp The .Cm width -argument must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width. If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp @@ -662,10 +666,10 @@ Insert vertical spaces into output with the following .Op Cm height .Ed .Pp -Insert +The .Cm height -spaces, which must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a scaling width as described in +.Xr roff 7 . If 0, this is equivalent to the .Sx \&br macro.