=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.104 retrieving revision 1.107 diff -u -p -r1.104 -r1.107 --- mandoc/mdoc.7 2010/05/14 15:17:23 1.104 +++ mandoc/mdoc.7 2010/05/15 07:01:51 1.107 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.104 2010/05/14 15:17:23 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.107 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 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 @@ -1956,10 +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 ,