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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.7,v
retrieving revision 1.54
retrieving revision 1.60
diff -u -p -r1.54 -r1.60
--- mandoc/roff.7	2014/04/08 01:37:27	1.54
+++ mandoc/roff.7	2014/12/02 10:08:06	1.60
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: roff.7,v 1.54 2014/04/08 01:37:27 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: roff.7,v 1.60 2014/12/02 10:08:06 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 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: April 8 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 2 2014 $
 .Dt ROFF 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -239,8 +239,9 @@ pica (~1/6 inch)
 .It p
 point (~1/72 inch)
 .It f
-synonym for
+scale
 .Sq u
+by 65536
 .It v
 default vertical span
 .It m
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ width of rendered
 .Pq en
 character
 .It u
-default horizontal span
+default horizontal span for the terminal
 .It M
 mini-em (~1/100 em)
 .El
@@ -262,7 +263,6 @@ mini-em (~1/100 em)
 Using anything other than
 .Sq m ,
 .Sq n ,
-.Sq u ,
 or
 .Sq v
 is necessarily non-portable across output media.
@@ -409,24 +409,21 @@ and the number of arguments is not checked.
 Append to a macro definition.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de .
-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.
 .Ss \&ami
 Append to a macro definition, specifying the macro name indirectly.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&dei .
-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.
 .Ss \&am1
 Append to a macro definition, switching roff compatibility mode off
 during macro execution.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de1 .
-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.
+Since
+.Xr mandoc 1
+does not implement
+.Nm
+compatibility mode at all, it handles this request as an alias for
+.Sx \&am .
 .Ss \&as
 Append to a user-defined string.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
@@ -554,9 +551,13 @@ Define a
 macro, specifying the macro name indirectly.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de .
-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.
+The request
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf . Cm \&dei Ar name Op Ar end
+.Pp
+has the same effect as:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf . Cm \&de No \e* Ns Bo Ar name Bc Op \e* Ns Bq Ar end
 .Ss \&de1
 Define a
 .Nm
@@ -746,16 +747,18 @@ If the first character of COND is
 .Pq even page ,
 .Sq r
 .Pq register accessed ,
-or
 .Sq t
 .Pq troff mode ,
+or
+.Sq v
+.Pq vroff mode ,
 COND evaluates to false.
 .It
 If COND starts with a parenthesis or with an optionally signed
 integer number, it is evaluated according to the rules of
 .Sx Numerical expressions
 explained below.
-It evaluates to true if the the result is positive,
+It evaluates to true if the result is positive,
 or to false if the result is zero or negative.
 .It
 Otherwise, the first character of COND is regarded as a delimiter
@@ -934,6 +937,11 @@ Turn on no-space mode.
 This line-scoped request is intended to take no arguments.
 Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
 and the number of arguments is not checked.
+.Ss \&pl
+Change page length.
+This line-scoped request is intended to take one height argument.
+Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
+and the number of arguments is not checked.
 .Ss \&ps
 Change point size.
 This line-scoped request is intended to take one numerical argument.
@@ -1188,8 +1196,10 @@ Bracket building function; ignored by
 .Sx Special Characters
 with names of arbitrary length.
 .Ss \ec
-Interrupt text processing to insert requests or macros; ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 .
+When encountered at the end of an input text line,
+the next input text line is considered to continue that line,
+even if there are request or macro lines in between.
+No whitespace is inserted.
 .Ss \eD\(aq Ns Ar string Ns \(aq
 Draw graphics function; ignored by
 .Xr mandoc 1 .
@@ -1346,6 +1356,12 @@ The term
 refers to groff version 1.15.
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
+.It
+The
+.Sq u
+scaling unit is the default terminal unit.
+In traditional troff systems, this unit would change depending on the
+output media.
 .It
 In mandoc, the
 .Sx \&EQ ,