Text ending in a full stop, exclamation mark or question mark

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diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
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--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.132 2010/07/06 10:55:50 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.135 2010/07/16 21:09:39 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 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 6 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 16 2010 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ manuals must have
 line terminators.
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
-.Sq \e" ,
+.Sq \e\*q ,
 whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of
 line.  A macro line with only a control character and comment escape,
-.Sq \&.\e" ,
+.Sq \&.\e\*q ,
 is also ignored.  Macro lines with only a control character and optionally
 whitespace are stripped from input.
 .Ss Reserved Characters
@@ -1178,27 +1178,29 @@ See also
 and
 .Sx \&Sy .
 .Ss \&Bk
-Begins a keep block, containing a collection of macros or text
-to be kept together in the output.
+Begins a collection of macros or text not breaking the line.
 Its syntax is as follows:
 .Pp
 .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Bk Fl words
 .Pp
-Currently, the only argument implemented is
-.Fl words ,
-requesting to keep together all words of the contained text
-on the same output line.
 Subsequent arguments are ignored.
+The
+.Fl words
+argument is required.
 .Pp
-Examples:
+Each line within a keep block is kept intact, so the following example
+will not break within each
+.Sx \&Op
+macro line:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 \&.Bk \-words
-\&.Op o Ar output_file
+\&.Op Fl f Ar flags
+\&.Op Fl o Ar output
 \&.Ek
 .Ed
 .Pp
-See also
-.Sx \&Ek .
+Be careful in using over-long lines within a keep block!
+Doing so will clobber the right margin.
 .Ss \&Bl
 Begins a list composed of one or more list entries.
 Its syntax is as follows:
@@ -2330,6 +2332,18 @@ line.
 .Ss \&Sc
 .Ss \&Sh
 .Ss \&Sm
+Switches the spacing mode for output generated from macros.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Sm Cm on | off
+.Pp
+By default, spacing is
+.Cm on .
+When switched
+.Cm off ,
+no white space is inserted between macro arguments and between the
+output generated from adjacent macros, but free-form text lines
+still get normal spacing between words and sentences.
 .Ss \&So
 .Ss \&Sq
 .Ss \&Ss