=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.54 retrieving revision 1.55 diff -u -p -r1.54 -r1.55 --- mandoc/roff.7 2014/04/08 01:37:27 1.54 +++ mandoc/roff.7 2014/07/07 11:35:06 1.55 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.54 2014/04/08 01:37:27 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.55 2014/07/07 11:35:06 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 8 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 7 2014 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -409,24 +409,21 @@ and the number of arguments is not checked. Append to a macro definition. The syntax of this request is the same as that of .Sx \&de . -It is currently ignored by -.Xr mandoc 1 , -as are its children. .Ss \&ami Append to a macro definition, specifying the macro name indirectly. The syntax of this request is the same as that of .Sx \&dei . -It is currently ignored by -.Xr mandoc 1 , -as are its children. .Ss \&am1 Append to a macro definition, switching roff compatibility mode off during macro execution. The syntax of this request is the same as that of .Sx \&de1 . -It is currently ignored by -.Xr mandoc 1 , -as are its children. +Since +.Xr mandoc 1 +does not implement +.Nm +compatibility mode at all, it handles this request as an alias for +.Sx \&am . .Ss \&as Append to a user-defined string. The syntax of this request is the same as that of @@ -554,9 +551,13 @@ Define a macro, specifying the macro name indirectly. The syntax of this request is the same as that of .Sx \&de . -It is currently ignored by -.Xr mandoc 1 , -as are its children. +The request +.Pp +.D1 Pf . Cm \&dei Ar name Op Ar end +.Pp +has the same effect as: +.Pp +.D1 Pf . Cm \&de No \e* Ns Bo Ar name Bc Op \e* Ns Bq Ar end .Ss \&de1 Define a .Nm