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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.118
retrieving revision 1.119
diff -u -p -r1.118 -r1.119
--- mandoc/mdoc.c	2010/03/31 07:42:04	1.118
+++ mandoc/mdoc.c	2010/04/03 13:02:35	1.119
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc.c,v 1.118 2010/03/31 07:42:04 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc.c,v 1.119 2010/04/03 13:02:35 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
  *
@@ -600,8 +600,18 @@ parsetext(struct mdoc *m, int line, char *buf)
 	for (i = 0; ' ' == buf[i]; i++)
 		/* Skip leading whitespace. */ ;
 
-	if ('\0' == buf[i])
-		return(mdoc_perr(m, line, 0, ENOBLANK));
+	if ('\0' == buf[i]) {
+		if ( ! mdoc_pwarn(m, line, 0, ENOBLANK))
+			return(0);
+		/*
+		 * Assume that a `Pp' should be inserted in the case of
+		 * a blank line.  Technically, blank lines aren't
+		 * allowed, but enough manuals assume this behaviour
+		 * that we want to work around it.
+		 */
+		if ( ! mdoc_elem_alloc(m, line, 0, MDOC_Pp, NULL))
+			return(0);
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Break apart a free-form line into tokens.  Spaces are