Have conditional closure for both text and macro lines call through to

[mandoc.git] / roff.7

diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index f34f191ab068465ddbdbf14ef3eebcbbb8c122a5..41837a1d3c88cf752e8b2f231adc6dfc1708635d 100644 (file)
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.19 2010/12/29 15:21:34 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.29 2011/05/24 15:22:14 kristaps Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
 .\" 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.
 .\"
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"

-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 29 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2011 $

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


@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ To produce other characters in the output, use the escape sequences
 documented in the
 .Xr mandoc_char 7
 manual.
 documented in the
 .Xr mandoc_char 7
 manual.

-.Pp
-All manuals must have
-.Ux
-line terminators.

 .Sh REQUEST SYNTAX
 A request or macro line consists of:
 .Pp
 .Sh REQUEST SYNTAX
 A request or macro line consists of:
 .Pp


@@ -86,6 +82,38 @@ Thus, the following request lines are all equivalent:
 \&.ig    end
 \&.   ig end
 .Ed
 \&.ig    end
 \&.   ig end
 .Ed

+.Sh MACRO SYNTAX
+Macros can be defined by the
+.Sx \&de
+request.
+When called, they follow the same syntax as requests, except that
+macro arguments may optionally be quoted by enclosing them
+in double quote characters
+.Pq Sq \(dq .
+To be recognized as the beginning of a quoted argument, the opening
+quote character must be preceded by a space character.
+.Pp
+A quoted argument may contain whitespace, and pairs of double quote
+characters
+.Pq Sq Qq
+resolve to single double quote characters.
+A quoted argument extends to the next double quote character that is not
+part of a pair, or to the end of the input line, whichever comes earlier.
+Leaving out the terminating double quote character at the end of the line
+is discouraged.
+For clarity, if more arguments follow on the same input line,
+it is recommended to follow the terminating double quote character
+by a space character; in case the next character after the terminating
+double quote character is anything else, it is regarded as the beginning
+of the next, unquoted argument.
+.Pp
+Both in quoted and unquoted arguments, pairs of backslashes
+.Pq Sq \e\e
+resolve to single backslashes.
+In unquoted arguments, space characters can alternatively be included
+by preceding them with a backslash
+.Pq Sq \e\~ ,
+but quoting is usually better for clarity.

 .Sh REQUEST REFERENCE
 The
 .Xr mandoc 1
 .Sh REQUEST REFERENCE
 The
 .Xr mandoc 1


@@ -174,12 +202,9 @@ The macro can be invoked later using the syntax
 .Pp
 .D1 Pf . Ar name Op Ar argument Op Ar argument ...
 .Pp
 .Pp
 .D1 Pf . Ar name Op Ar argument Op Ar argument ...
 .Pp

-Arguments are separated by blank characters and can be quoted
-using double-quotes
-.Pq Sq \(dq
-to allow inclusion of blank characters into arguments.
-To include the double-quote character into a quoted argument,
-escape it from ending the argument by doubling it.
+Regarding argument parsing, see
+.Sx MACRO SYNTAX
+above.

 .Pp
 The line invoking the macro will be replaced
 in the input stream by the
 .Pp
 The line invoking the macro will be replaced
 in the input stream by the


@@ -319,6 +344,15 @@ then false is assumed.
 The syntax of this request is similar to
 .Sx \&if
 except that the conditional is missing.
 The syntax of this request is similar to
 .Sx \&if
 except that the conditional is missing.

+.Ss \&EN
+End an equation block.
+See
+.Sx \&EQ .
+.Ss \&EQ
+Begin an equation block.
+See
+.Xr eqn 7
+for a description of the equation language.

 .Ss \&hy
 Set automatic hyphenation mode.
 This line-scoped request is currently ignored.
 .Ss \&hy
 Set automatic hyphenation mode.
 This line-scoped request is currently ignored.


@@ -414,15 +448,20 @@ than having the request or macro follow as
 The scope of a conditional is always parsed, but only executed if the
 conditional evaluates to true.
 .Pp
 The scope of a conditional is always parsed, but only executed if the
 conditional evaluates to true.
 .Pp

-Note that text following an
-.Sq \&.\e}
-escape sequence is discarded.
-Furthermore, if an explicit closing sequence
+Note that the

 .Sq \e}
 .Sq \e}

-is specified in a free-form line, the entire line is accepted within the
-scope of the prior request, not only the text preceding the close, with the
+is converted into a zero-width escape sequence if not passed as a
+standalone macro
+.Sq \&.\e} .
+For example,
+.Pp
+.D1 \&.Fl a \e} b
+.Pp
+will result in

 .Sq \e}
 .Sq \e}

-collapsing into a zero-width space.
+being considered an argument of the
+.Sq \&Fl
+macro.

 .Ss \&ig
 Ignore input.
 Its syntax can be either
 .Ss \&ig
 Ignore input.
 Its syntax can be either


@@ -512,6 +551,16 @@ section with the
 .Cm \&Sh
 macro will reset this register.
 .El
 .Cm \&Sh
 macro will reset this register.
 .El

+.Ss \&ns
+Turn on no-space mode.
+This line-scoped request is intended to take no arguments.
+Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
+and the number of arguments is not checked.
+.Ss \&ps
+Change point size.
+This line-scoped request is intended to take one numerical argument.
+Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
+and the number of arguments is not checked.

 .Ss \&so
 Include a source file.
 Its syntax is as follows:
 .Ss \&so
 Include a source file.
 Its syntax is as follows:


@@ -523,144 +572,36 @@ The
 will be read and its contents processed as input in place of the
 .Sq \&.so
 request line.
 will be read and its contents processed as input in place of the
 .Sq \&.so
 request line.

-To avoid inadvertant inclusion of unrelated files,
+To avoid inadvertent inclusion of unrelated files,

 .Xr mandoc 1
 only accepts relative paths not containing the strings
 .Qq ../
 and
 .Qq /.. .
 .Xr mandoc 1
 only accepts relative paths not containing the strings
 .Qq ../
 and
 .Qq /.. .

+.Ss \&ta
+Set tab stops.
+This line-scoped request can take an arbitrary number of arguments.
+Currently, it is ignored including its arguments.

 .Ss \&tr
 Output character translation.
 This request is intended to have one argument,
 consisting of an even number of characters.
 Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
 and the number of arguments is not checked.
 .Ss \&tr
 Output character translation.
 This request is intended to have one argument,
 consisting of an even number of characters.
 Currently, it is ignored including its arguments,
 and the number of arguments is not checked.

-.\" .Ss \&T&
-.\" Re-start a table layout, retaining the options of the prior table
-.\" invocation.
-.\" See
-.\" .Sx \&TS .
-.\" .Ss \&TE
-.\" End a table context.
-.\" See
-.\" .Sx \&TS .
-.\" .Ss \&TS
-.\" Begin a table, which formats input in aligned rows and columns.
-.\" A table consists of an optional single line of table options terminated
-.\" by a semicolon, followed by one or more lines of layout specification
-.\" terminated by a period, then table data.
-.\" A table block may also include
-.\" .Nm ,
-.\" .Xr mdoc 7 ,
-.\" or
-.\" .Xr man 7
-.\" macros.
-.\" .Pp
-.\" Table data is
-.\" .Em pre-processed ,
-.\" that is, data rows are parsed then inserted into the underlying stream
-.\" of input data.
-.\" This allows data rows to be interspersed by arbitrary macros, such as
-.\" .Bd -literal -offset indent
-.\" \&.TS
-.\" c c c.
-.\" 1 2 3
-.\" \&.Ao
-.\" 3 2 1
-.\" \&.Ac
-.\" \&.TE
-.\" .Ed
-.\" .Pp
-.\" in the case of
-.\" .Xr mdoc 7
-.\" or
-.\" .Bd -literal -offset indent
-.\" \&.TS
-.\" c c c.
-.\" \&.ds ab 2
-.\" 1 \e*(ab 3
-.\" \&.I
-.\" 3 2 1
-.\" \&.TE
-.\" .Ed
-.\" .Pp
-.\" in the case of
-.\" .Xr man 7 .
-.\" .Pp
-.\" The first line of a table consists of its options, which consists of
-.\" space-separated keys and modifiers terminated by a semicolon.
-.\" If the first line does not have a terminating semicolon, it is assumed
-.\" that no options are specified and instead a layout is processed.
-.\" Some options accept arguments enclosed by paranthesis.
-.\" The following case-insensitive options are available:
-.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.\" .It Cm center
-.\" This may also be invoked with
-.\" .Cm centre .
-.\" .It Cm delim
-.\" Accepts a two-character argument.
-.\" This option is ignored.
-.\" .It Cm expand
-.\" .It Cm box
-.\" This may also be invoked with
-.\" .Cm frame .
-.\" .It Cm doublebox
-.\" This may also be invoked with
-.\" .Cm doubleframe .
-.\" .It Cm allbox
-.\" .It Cm tab
-.\" Accepts a single character argument used as the delimiter for cells in
-.\" data rows.
-.\" .It Cm linesize
-.\" Accepts a natural number (all digits) used as the line width for drawing
-.\" boxes.
-.\" .It Cm nokeep
-.\" .It Cm decimalpoint
-.\" .It Cm nospaces
-.\" .El
-.\" .Pp
-.\" The table layout follows table options, except in the case of
-.\" .Sx \&T& ,
-.\" where it immediately procedes invocation.
-.\" Layout specifies how data rows are displayed on output.
-.\" Each layout line corresponds to a line of data; the last layout line
-.\" applies to all remaining data lines.
-.\" Layout lines may also be separated by a comma.
-.\" Each layout cell consists of one of the following case-insensitive keys:
-.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.\" .It Cm c
-.\" .It Cm r
-.\" .It Cm l
-.\" .It Cm n
-.\" .It Cm s
-.\" .It Cm a
-.\" .It Cm ^
-.\" .It Cm \-
-.\" This may also be invoked with
-.\" .Cm _ .
-.\" .It Cm =
-.\" .It Cm \(ba
-.\" .It Cm \(ba\(ba
-.\" .El
-.\" Keys may be followed by a set of modifiers.
-.\" A modifier is either a modifier key or a natural number for specifying
-.\" spacing.
-.\" The following case-insensitive modifier keys are available:
-.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds
-.\" .It Cm z
-.\" .It Cm u
-.\" .It Cm e
-.\" .It Cm t
-.\" .It Cm d
-.\" .It Cm f
-.\" Must be followed by a case-insensitive font style:
-.\" .Cm b
-.\" for bold or
-.\" .Cm i
-.\" for italic.
-.\" .It Cm b
-.\" .It Cm i
-.\" .El
+.Ss \&T&
+Re-start a table layout, retaining the options of the prior table
+invocation.
+See
+.Sx \&TS .
+.Ss \&TE
+End a table context.
+See
+.Sx \&TS .
+.Ss \&TS
+Begin a table, which formats input in aligned rows and columns.
+See
+.Xr tbl 7
+for a description of the tbl language.

 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other
 .Nm
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other
 .Nm


@@ -672,6 +613,19 @@ refers to groff version 1.15.
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
 .It
 .Pp
 .Bl -dash -compact
 .It

+In mandoc, the
+.Sx \&EQ ,
+.Sx \&TE ,
+.Sx \&TS ,
+and
+.Sx \&T& ,
+macros are considered regular macros.
+In all other
+.Nm
+implementations, these are special macros that must be specified without
+spacing between the control character (which must be a period) and the
+macro name.
+.It

 The
 .Cm nS
 register is only compatible with OpenBSD's groff-1.15.
 The
 .Cm nS
 register is only compatible with OpenBSD's groff-1.15.


@@ -689,15 +643,11 @@ using the next-line syntax.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,

+.Xr eqn 7 ,

 .Xr man 7 ,
 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
 .Xr man 7 ,
 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,

-.Xr mdoc 7
-.\" .Rs
-.\" .%A M. E. Lesk
-.\" .%T Tbl\(emA Program to Format Tables
-.\" .%D June 11, 1976
-.\" .%U http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7/man/tbl/tbl.ps
-.\" .Re
+.Xr mdoc 7 ,
+.Xr tbl 7

 .Rs
 .%A Joseph F. Ossanna
 .%A Brian W. Kernighan
 .Rs
 .%A Joseph F. Ossanna
 .%A Brian W. Kernighan