=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.68 retrieving revision 1.71 diff -u -p -r1.68 -r1.71 --- mandoc/man.7 2010/05/12 16:52:33 1.68 +++ mandoc/man.7 2010/05/15 07:01:51 1.71 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.68 2010/05/12 16:52:33 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.71 2010/05/15 07:01:51 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 15 2010 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ this differs from .Xr mdoc 7 , which, if a unit is not provided, will instead interpret the string as literal text. +.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 followed by zero or more non-sentence closing +delimiters ( +.Ns Sq \&) , +.Sq \&] , +.Sq \&' , +.Sq \&" ) . .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE Each .Nm @@ -445,7 +456,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&r Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&sp Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat -.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat +.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat .\" .It Sx \&Vb Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat .\" .It Sx \&Ve Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .El