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>
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" 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.
 .\"
 .\" 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
 .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.
 .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
 .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 \&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
 .\" .It Sx \&Vb  Ta    <1        Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .\" .It Sx \&Ve  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .El