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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
retrieving revision 1.204
retrieving revision 1.208
diff -u -p -r1.204 -r1.208
--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2011/08/19 12:55:33	1.204
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2011/09/02 19:37:35	1.208
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.204 2011/08/19 12:55:33 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.208 2011/09/02 19:37:35 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -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: August 19 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 2 2011 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ In the rare case that a blank character is needed at t
 input line, it may be forced by
 .Sq \e\ \e& .
 .Pp
-In general, space characters can be considered as non-whitespace
+In general, space characters can be rendered as literal
 characters by using non-breaking space escapes or
 .Sx Quotation .
 .Pp
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Examples:
 .It Li .Fn strlen \(dqconst char *s\(dq
 Group arguments
 .Qq const char *s
-into one functinon argument.
+into one function argument.
 If unspecified,
 .Qq const ,
 .Qq char ,
@@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ contain a head.
 \(lBbody...\(rB
 \&.Yc
 .Ed
-.Pp
-.Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXX"
+.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXX" -offset indent
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
 .It Sx \&Bd  Ta    \&No     Ta    \&No     Ta    closed by Sx \&Ed
 .It Sx \&Bf  Ta    \&No     Ta    \&No     Ta    closed by Sx \&Ef
@@ -722,8 +721,7 @@ has multiple heads.
 \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead... \(lBTa head...\(rB\(rB
 \(lBbody...\(rB
 .Ed
-.Pp
-.Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXXXXXXXXX"
+.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
 .It Sx \&It Ta \&No Ta Yes  Ta closed by Sx \&It , Sx \&El
 .It Sx \&Nd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Sh
@@ -758,8 +756,7 @@ and/or tail
 \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB \
 \(lBbody...\(rB \&Yc \(lBtail...\(rB
 .Ed
-.Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset indent
+.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -offset indent
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
 .It Sx \&Ac  Ta    Yes      Ta    Yes      Ta    opened by Sx \&Ao
 .It Sx \&Ao  Ta    Yes      Ta    Yes      Ta    closed by Sx \&Ac
@@ -792,8 +789,7 @@ end of the line.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB
 .Ed
-.Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" -compact -offset indent
+.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" -offset indent
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed
 .It Sx \&Aq  Ta    Yes      Ta    Yes
 .It Sx \&Bq  Ta    Yes      Ta    Yes
@@ -828,8 +824,7 @@ in
 lists.
 It delimits blocks representing table cells;
 these blocks have bodies, but no heads.
-.Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset indent
+.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -offset indent
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
 .It Sx \&Ta  Ta    Yes      Ta    Yes    Ta closed by Sx \&Ta , Sx \&It
 .El
@@ -847,8 +842,7 @@ then the macro accepts an arbitrary number of argument
 
 \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB arg0 arg1 argN
 .Ed
-.Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "Arguments" -compact -offset indent
+.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "Arguments" -offset indent
 .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Arguments
 .It Sx \&%A  Ta    \&No     Ta    \&No     Ta    >0
 .It Sx \&%B  Ta    \&No     Ta    \&No     Ta    >0
@@ -2308,7 +2302,7 @@ line itself; on following lines, only the
 .Sx \&Ta
 macro can be used to delimit cells, and
 .Sx \&Ta
-is only recognized as a macro when called by other macros,
+is only recognised as a macro when called by other macros,
 not as the first macro on a line.
 .Pp
 Note that quoted strings may span tab-delimited cells on an
@@ -3100,7 +3094,7 @@ Newer groff and mandoc print
 and the arguments.
 .It
 .Sx \&Bl Fl column
-does not recognize trailing punctuation characters when they immediately
+does not recognise trailing punctuation characters when they immediately
 precede tabulator characters, but treats them as normal text and
 outputs a space before them.
 .It
@@ -3212,7 +3206,7 @@ The following features are unimplemented in mandoc:
 .Fl offset Ar center
 and
 .Fl offset Ar right .
-Groff does not implement centered and flush-right rendering either,
+Groff does not implement centred and flush-right rendering either,
 but produces large indentations.
 .It
 The