===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -p -r1.13 -r1.14
--- mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2009/06/17 11:02:06	1.13
+++ mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2009/06/17 14:08:47	1.14
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.13 2009/06/17 11:02:06 kristaps Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.14 2009/06/17 14:08:47 kristaps Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
  *
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ enum	merr {
 	EMULTILIST,
 	EARGREP,
 	EBOOL,
+	ECOLMIS,
 	ENESTDISP
 };
 
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ static	int	post_args(POST_ARGS);
 static	int	post_at(POST_ARGS);
 static	int	post_bf(POST_ARGS);
 static	int	post_bl(POST_ARGS);
+static	int	post_bl_head(POST_ARGS);
 static	int	post_it(POST_ARGS);
 static	int	post_nm(POST_ARGS);
 static	int	post_root(POST_ARGS);
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ static	v_post	posts_wtext[] = { ewarn_ge1, NULL };
 static	v_post	posts_notext[] = { eerr_eq0, NULL };
 static	v_post	posts_wline[] = { bwarn_ge1, herr_eq0, NULL };
 static	v_post	posts_sh[] = { herr_ge1, bwarn_ge1, post_sh, NULL };
-static	v_post	posts_bl[] = { herr_eq0, bwarn_ge1, post_bl, NULL };
+static	v_post	posts_bl[] = { bwarn_ge1, post_bl, NULL };
 static	v_post	posts_it[] = { post_it, NULL };
 static	v_post	posts_in[] = { ewarn_eq1, NULL };
 static	v_post	posts_ss[] = { herr_ge1, NULL };
@@ -425,6 +427,9 @@ perr(struct mdoc *m, int line, int pos, enum merr type
 	case (ENODATA):
 		p = "document has no data";
 		break;
+	case (ECOLMIS):
+		p = "column syntax style mismatch";
+		break;
 	case (EATT):
 		p = "expected valid AT&T symbol";
 		break;
@@ -879,22 +884,6 @@ pre_bl(PRE_ARGS)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * General validation of fields.
-	 */
-
-	switch (type) {
-	case (MDOC_Column):
-		assert(col >= 0);
-		if (0 == n->args->argv[col].sz)
-			break;
-		if ( ! nwarn(mdoc, n, WDEPCOL))
-			return(0);
-		break;
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
-
 	return(1);
 }
 
@@ -1257,10 +1246,35 @@ post_it(POST_ARGS)
 
 
 static int
+post_bl_head(POST_ARGS) 
+{
+	int			i;
+	const struct mdoc_node *n;
+
+	n = mdoc->last->parent;
+	assert(n->args);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < (int)n->args->argc; i++)
+		if (n->args->argv[i].arg == MDOC_Column)
+			break;
+
+	if (i == (int)n->args->argc)
+		return(1);
+
+	if (n->args->argv[i].sz && mdoc->last->child)
+		return(nerr(mdoc, n, ECOLMIS));
+
+	return(1);
+}
+
+
+static int
 post_bl(POST_ARGS)
 {
 	struct mdoc_node	*n;
 
+	if (MDOC_HEAD == mdoc->last->type) 
+		return(post_bl_head(mdoc));
 	if (MDOC_BODY != mdoc->last->type)
 		return(1);
 	if (NULL == mdoc->last->child)