=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.100 retrieving revision 1.102 diff -u -p -r1.100 -r1.102 --- mandoc/mdoc.7 2010/05/12 16:45:18 1.100 +++ mandoc/mdoc.7 2010/05/14 14:21:17 1.102 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.100 2010/05/12 16:45:18 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.102 2010/05/14 14:21:17 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 12 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 14 2010 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -296,6 +296,15 @@ or is necessarily non-portable across output media. See .Sx COMPATIBILITY . +.Ss Sentence Spacing +When composing a manual, make sure that your sentences end at the end of +a line. +By doing so, front-ends will be able to apply the proper amount of +spacing after the end of sentence (unescaped) period, exclamation mark, +or question mark. +.Pp +The proper spacing is also intelligently preserved if a sentence ends at +the boundary of a macro line. .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE A well-formed .Nm