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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.103 2010/05/14 15:02:03 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.107 2010/05/15 07:01:51 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -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 14 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 15 2010 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -301,10 +301,18 @@ When composing a manual, make sure that your sentences
 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.
+or question mark followed by zero or more non-sentence closing
+delimiters (
+.Ns Sq \&) ,
+.Sq \&] ,
+.Sq \&' ,
+.Sq \&" ) .
 .Pp
 The proper spacing is also intelligently preserved if a sentence ends at
-the boundary of a macro line.
+the boundary of a macro line, e.g.,
+.Pp
+.D1 \&Xr mandoc 1 \.
+.D1 \&Fl T \&Ns \&Cm ascii \.
 .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE
 A well-formed
 .Nm
@@ -1093,6 +1101,18 @@ and
 .Ss \&Bk
 .Ss \&Bl
 Begins a list composed of one or more list entries.
+A list is associated with a type, which is a required argument.
+Other arguments are
+.Fl width ,
+defined per-type as accepting a literal or
+.Sx Scaling Widths
+value;
+.Fl offset ,
+also accepting a literal or
+.Sx Scaling Widths
+value setting the list's global offset; and
+.Fl compact ,
+suppressing the default vertical space printed before each list entry.
 A list entry is specified by the
 .Sx \&It
 macro, which consists of a head and optional body (depending on the list
@@ -1103,8 +1123,14 @@ A list must specify one of the following list types:
 A list offset by a bullet.
 The head of list entries must be empty.
 List entry bodies are positioned after the bullet.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument varies the width of list bodies' left-margins.
 .It Fl column
 A columnated list.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument has no effect.
 The number of columns is specified as parameters to the
 .Sx \&Bl
 macro.
@@ -1131,29 +1157,50 @@ will preserve the semicolon whitespace except for the 
 A list offset by a dash (hyphen).
 The head of list entries must be empty.
 List entry bodies are positioned past the dash.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument varies the width of list bodies' left-margins.
 .It Fl diag
 Like
 .Fl inset ,
 but with additional formatting to the head.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument varies the width of list bodies' left-margins.
 .It Fl enum
 An enumerated list offset by the enumeration from 1.
 The head of list entries must be empty.
 List entry bodies are positioned after the enumeration.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument varies the width of list bodies' left-margins.
 .It Fl hang
 Like
 .Fl tag ,
 but instead of list bodies positioned after the head, they trail the
 head text.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument varies the width of list bodies' left-margins.
 .It Fl hyphen
 Synonym for
 .Fl dash .
 .It Fl inset
 List bodies follow the list head.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument is ignored.
 .It Fl item
 This produces blocks of text.
 The head of list entries must be empty.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument is ignored.
 .It Fl ohang
 List bodies are positioned on the line following the head.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument is ignored.
 .It Fl tag
 A list offset by list entry heads.  List entry bodies are positioned
 after the head as specified by the
@@ -1917,10 +1964,17 @@ This is not the case in mandoc.
 In groff, the
 .Sx \&Cd ,
 .Sx \&Er ,
+.Sx \&Ex ,
 and
-.Sx \&Ex
+.Sx \&Rv
 macros were stipulated only to occur in certain manual sections.
 mandoc does not have these restrictions.
+.It
+Newer groff and mandoc print
+.Qq AT&T UNIX
+prior to unknown arguments of
+.Sx \&At ;
+older groff did nothing.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,