Add back in a check that the leading `-' exists for arguments. This

[mandoc.git] / roff.7

diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index 109cda3bc6f756e180b6655c77a614dcf11cdc25..41837a1d3c88cf752e8b2f231adc6dfc1708635d 100644 (file)
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.24 2011/01/24 23:17:19 schwarze 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>
@@ -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: January 24 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2011 $
 .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.
-.Pp
-All manuals must have
-.Ux
-line terminators.
 .Sh REQUEST SYNTAX
 A request or macro line consists of:
 .Pp
@@ -348,6 +344,15 @@ then false is assumed.
 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.
@@ -443,15 +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
-Note that text following an
-.Sq \&.\e}
-escape sequence is discarded.
-Furthermore, if an explicit closing sequence
+Note that the
 .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}
-collapsing into a zero-width space.
+being considered an argument of the
+.Sq \&Fl
+macro.
 .Ss \&ig
 Ignore input.
 Its syntax can be either
@@ -541,6 +551,16 @@ section with the
 .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:
@@ -552,12 +572,16 @@ The
 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 /.. .
+.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,
@@ -589,6 +613,19 @@ refers to groff version 1.15.
 .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.
@@ -606,6 +643,7 @@ using the next-line syntax.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
+.Xr eqn 7 ,
 .Xr man 7 ,
 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,