Various improvements related to .Ex and .Rv:

[mandoc.git] / roff.7

diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7
index 40f520bc86703a0bbaab72229bd447304b709705..bc2f24e45b3fb115321e60bda8fd60c9fda7badf 100644 (file)
--- a/roff.7
+++ b/roff.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.54 2014/04/08 01:37:27 schwarze Exp $
+.\"    $Id: roff.7,v 1.55 2014/07/07 11:35:06 schwarze Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 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 8 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 7 2014 $

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


@@ -409,24 +409,21 @@ and the number of arguments is not checked.
 Append to a macro definition.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de .
 Append to a macro definition.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de .

-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.

 .Ss \&ami
 Append to a macro definition, specifying the macro name indirectly.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&dei .
 .Ss \&ami
 Append to a macro definition, specifying the macro name indirectly.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&dei .

-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.

 .Ss \&am1
 Append to a macro definition, switching roff compatibility mode off
 during macro execution.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de1 .
 .Ss \&am1
 Append to a macro definition, switching roff compatibility mode off
 during macro execution.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de1 .

-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.
+Since
+.Xr mandoc 1
+does not implement
+.Nm
+compatibility mode at all, it handles this request as an alias for
+.Sx \&am .

 .Ss \&as
 Append to a user-defined string.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Ss \&as
 Append to a user-defined string.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of


@@ -554,9 +551,13 @@ Define a
 macro, specifying the macro name indirectly.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de .
 macro, specifying the macro name indirectly.
 The syntax of this request is the same as that of
 .Sx \&de .

-It is currently ignored by
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-as are its children.
+The request
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf . Cm \&dei Ar name Op Ar end
+.Pp
+has the same effect as:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf . Cm \&de No \e* Ns Bo Ar name Bc Op \e* Ns Bq Ar end

 .Ss \&de1
 Define a
 .Nm
 .Ss \&de1
 Define a
 .Nm