=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/roff.7,v retrieving revision 1.76 retrieving revision 1.78 diff -u -p -r1.76 -r1.78 --- mandoc/roff.7 2017/02/21 23:44:43 1.76 +++ mandoc/roff.7 2017/05/05 15:54:59 1.78 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.76 2017/02/21 23:44:43 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.78 2017/05/05 15:54:59 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013-2015 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: February 21 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 5 2017 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -492,10 +492,6 @@ Define a frame and place a picture in it. This is a Heirloom extension and currently unsupported. .Ss \&br Break the output line. -See -.Xr man 7 -and -.Xr mdoc 7 . .Ss \&break Break out of a .Sx \&while @@ -950,10 +946,8 @@ switches to normal font switches back to the previous font .El .Pp -This request takes effect only locally, may be overridden by macros -and escape sequences, and is only supported in -.Xr man 7 -for now. +This request takes effect only locally and may be overridden +by macros and escape sequences. .Ss \&ftr Translate font name. This is a groff extension and currently ignored. @@ -1550,6 +1544,16 @@ is discouraged. Use .Xr ln 1 instead. +.Ss \&sp +Break the output line and emit vertical space. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Pp +.D1 Pf \. Cm \&sp Op Ar height +.Pp +The argument follows the syntax of +.Sx Scaling Widths +and defaults to one blank line +.Pq Li 1v . .Ss \&spacewidth Set the space width from the font metrics file. This is a Heirloom extension and currently ignored.