1 IF-BEFORE-DD(1) General Commands Manual IF-BEFORE-DD(1)
4 i
\bif
\bf-
\b-b
\bbe
\bef
\bfo
\bor
\bre
\be-
\b-D
\bDd
\bd - end of if block on its own line before Dd
6 D
\bDE
\bES
\bSC
\bCR
\bRI
\bIP
\bPT
\bTI
\bIO
\bON
\bN
7 In an old version of mandoc(1), mdoc(7) file format autodetection failed
8 when the end of an i
\bif
\bf block stood on its own line before the initial
9 mdoc(7) D
\bDd
\bd macro. The file was mishandled as man(7) and parsing failed
10 with unknown macro errors.
12 If the present document looks like a proper mdoc(7) document and the
13 following display reads "mytext", then the problem did not come back:
17 OpenBSD May 27, 2012 OpenBSD