.Bl -column phrases ignore spacing rules for trailing punctuation

[mandoc.git] / roff.7

diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index 96152520043a0fd48eb095b3973e208e999a92f6..9b8250bce973049a6cbdeb106318db7ead95df37 100644 (file)
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.7 2010/05/24 23:54:18 schwarze 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 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>

+.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>

 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above


@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"

-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 27 2010 $

 .Dt ROFF 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Dt ROFF 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME


@@ -91,11 +92,29 @@ The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
 except that a leading argument must be specified.
 It is ignored, as are its children.
 .Ss \&ds
 except that a leading argument must be specified.
 It is ignored, as are its children.
 .Ss \&ds

-Define a string.
-This macro is intended to have two arguments,
-the name of the string to define and its content.
-Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
-and the number of arguments is not checked.
+Define a reserved word.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Sx \&ds No Cm key val
+.Pp
+The
+.Cm key
+and
+.Cm val
+strings are space-separated.
+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 ,
 .Ss \&de1
 The syntax of this macro is the same as that of
 .Sx \&ig ,


@@ -173,8 +192,19 @@ BODY...
 BODY
 .Ed
 .Pp
 BODY
 .Ed
 .Pp

-COND is a conditional (for the time being, this always evaluates to
-false).
+COND is a conditional statement.
+roff allows for complicated conditionals; mandoc is much simpler.
+At this time, mandoc supports only
+.Sq n ,
+evaluating to true;
+and
+.Sq t ,
+.Sq e ,
+and
+.Sq o ,
+evaluating to false.
+All other invocations are read up to the next end of line or space and
+evaluate as false.

 .Pp
 If the BODY section is begun by an escaped brace
 .Sq \e{ ,
 .Pp
 If the BODY section is begun by an escaped brace
 .Sq \e{ ,


@@ -207,7 +237,9 @@ macro is discarded.
 Furthermore, if an explicit closing sequence
 .Sq \e}
 is specified in a free-form line, the entire line is accepted within the
 Furthermore, if an explicit closing sequence
 .Sq \e}
 is specified in a free-form line, the entire line is accepted within the

-scope of the prior macro, not only the text preceding the close.
+scope of the prior macro, not only the text preceding the close, with the
+.Sq \e}
+collapsing into a zero-width space.

 .Ss \&ig
 Ignore input.
 Accepts the following syntax:
 .Ss \&ig
 Ignore input.
 Accepts the following syntax:


@@ -255,6 +287,37 @@ This macro is intended to have one argument,
 the name of the request, macro or string to be undefined.
 Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
 and the number of arguments is not checked.
 the name of the request, macro or string to be undefined.
 Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
 and the number of arguments is not checked.

+.Ss \&nr
+Define a register.
+A register is an arbitrary string value that defines some sort of state,
+which influences parsing and/or formatting.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Sx \&nr Cm name value
+.Pp
+The
+.Cm value
+may, at the moment, only be an integer.
+The
+.Cm name
+is defined up to the next whitespace.
+The following register
+.Cm name
+requests are recognised:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Cm nS
+If set to a positive integer value, certain
+.Xr mdoc 7
+macros will behave as if they were defined in the
+.Em SYNOPSIS
+section.
+Otherwise, this behaviour is unset (even if called within the
+.Em SYNOPSIS
+section itself).
+Note that invoking a new
+.Xr mdoc 7
+section will unset this value.
+.El

 .Ss \&tr
 Output character translation.
 This macro is intended to have one argument,
 .Ss \&tr
 Output character translation.
 This macro is intended to have one argument,


@@ -274,6 +337,12 @@ file re-write
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
 .It
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
 .It

+The
+.Cm nS
+request to
+.Sx \&nr
+is only compatible with OpenBSD's groff.
+.It

 Historic groff did not accept white-space buffering the custom END tag
 for the
 .Sx \&ig
 Historic groff did not accept white-space buffering the custom END tag
 for the
 .Sx \&ig