=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.4 retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -p -r1.4 -r1.5 --- mandoc/man.7 2009/03/26 16:23:22 1.4 +++ mandoc/man.7 2009/03/26 23:01:26 1.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.4 2009/03/26 16:23:22 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.5 2009/03/26 23:01:26 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ prior macros: \&.SH Macro lines change control state. Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Ed -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Macros are character sequences whose structural rules are described -later in this document. .\" SECTION .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm @@ -64,10 +60,11 @@ documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII chara space character .Sq \ . All manuals must have +.Ux .Sq \en line termination. .Pp -Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will also assert a +Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a vertical space. .Pp The @@ -135,40 +132,30 @@ and .Sq \&.RI . When these macros are invoked without arguments, the subsequent line is considered a continuation of the macro. Thus: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -\&.RI foo -.Ed -.Pp -and .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.RI foo .Ed .Pp -are equivalent. If two consecutive lines exhibit the latter behaviour, -an error is raised. Thus, the following is acceptable: +is equivalent to +.Sq \&.RI foo . +If two consecutive lines exhibit the latter behaviour, +an error is raised. Thus, the following is not acceptable: .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.RI -\&.I Hello, world. -foo -.Ed -.Pp -The following, however, is not: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -\&.RI \&.I Hello, world. .Ed .Pp The .Sq \&.TP -macro has similar behaviour, but does not need an empty argument line in -order to trigger scope. +macro is similar, but does not need an empty argument line to trigger +the behaviour. .\" PARAGRAPH .Sh MACROS This section contains a complete list of all .Nm -macros, arranged alphabetically, with the number of arguments. +macros and corresponding number of arguments. .Pp .Bl -column "MacroX" "Arguments" -compact -offset indent .It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments