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Diff for /mandoc/roff.7 between version 1.11 and 1.14

-version 1.11, 2010/06/27 16:36:22
+version 1.14, 2010/07/27 13:16:00
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  .\"     $Id$
  .\"
  .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+ .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
  .\"
  .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
  .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
-Line 91  The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
+Line 92  The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
 Line 91  The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
 Line 92  The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
  except that a leading argument must be specified.
  It is ignored, as are its children.
  .Ss \&ds
- Define a string.
+ Define a reserved word.
- This macro is intended to have two arguments,
+ Its syntax is as follows:
- the name of the string to define and its content.
+ .Pp
- Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
+ .D1 Pf \. Sx \&ds No Cm key val
- and the number of arguments is not checked.
+ .Pp
+ The
+ .Cm key
+ and
+ .Cm val
+ strings are space-separated.
+ The
+ .Cm key
+ values may be invoked in subsequent text by using \e*(NN for two-letter
+ pairs, \e*N for one-letter, and \e*[NNN] for arbitrary-length values.
+ .Pp
+ If
+ .Cm val
+ is begun with a double-quote mark, the mark is passed over.
+ .Cm val
+ consists of
+ .Em all
+ text following this point, including whitespace and trailing
+ double-quotes.
  .Ss \&de1
  The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
  .Sx \&ig ,

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