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[mandoc.git] / roff.7

diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index 1b455217d6e454e956e9713267701bae112b2dd6..9b8250bce973049a6cbdeb106318db7ead95df37 100644 (file)
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.13 2010/07/07 15:04:54 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.14 2010/07/27 13:16:00 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -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: July 7 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 27 2010 $
 .Dt ROFF 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -106,6 +106,15 @@ The
 .Cm key
 values may be invoked in subsequent text by using \e*(NN for two-letter
 pairs, \e*N for one-letter, and \e*[NNN] for arbitrary-length values.
+.Pp
+If
+.Cm val
+is begun with a double-quote mark, the mark is passed over.
+.Cm val
+consists of
+.Em all
+text following this point, including whitespace and trailing
+double-quotes.
 .Ss \&de1
 The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
 .Sx \&ig ,