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 081f676230411bf254d3beb9a20282865476bc9c..41837a1d3c88cf752e8b2f231adc6dfc1708635d 100644 (file)
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.28 2011/04/30 10:18:25 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: April 30 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 24 2011 $

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


@@ -448,15 +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