For .IP groff requires a single space only after the head, adopt.

[mandoc.git] / man.7

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index c893f2f06b04dfdd71e01ca6d5e44836e56c6929..66b819c4a001a9e75b876617f56e256329dbe5c1 100644 (file)
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.68 2010/05/12 16:52:33 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.71 2010/05/15 07:01:51 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 12 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 15 2010 $
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -212,6 +212,17 @@ this differs from
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,
 which, if a unit is not provided, will instead interpret the string as
 literal text.
+.Ss Sentence Spacing
+When composing a manual, make sure that your sentences end at the end of
+a line.
+By doing so, front-ends will be able to apply the proper amount of
+spacing after the end of sentence (unescaped) period, exclamation mark,
+or question mark followed by zero or more non-sentence closing
+delimiters (
+.Ns Sq \&) ,
+.Sq \&] ,
+.Sq \&' ,
+.Sq \&" ) .
 .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE
 Each
 .Nm
@@ -445,7 +456,7 @@ The syntax is as follows:
 .It Sx \&nf  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&r   Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&sp  Ta    1         Ta    current   Ta    compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Sp  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
+.\" .It Sx \&Sp  Ta    <1        Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .\" .It Sx \&Vb  Ta    <1        Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .\" .It Sx \&Ve  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .El