The semantics of .Bk was described incorrectly

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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.93 2010/12/29 16:18:13 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.99 2011/03/07 01:35:51 schwarze Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 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: December 29 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 7 2011 $

 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME


@@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Other lines are interpreted within the current state.
 .Nm
 documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the
 space character, and the tab character.
 .Nm
 documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the
 space character, and the tab character.

-All manuals must have
-.Ux
-line termination.

 .Pp
 Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a
 vertical space.
 .Pp
 Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a
 vertical space.

+.Pp
+If the first character of a line is a space, that line is printed
+with a leading newline.

 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
 .Sq \e\*q ,
 .Ss Comments
 Text following a
 .Sq \e\*q ,


@@ -118,15 +118,6 @@ rendered as an empty line.
 .Pp
 In macro lines, whitespace delimits arguments and is discarded.
 If arguments are quoted, whitespace within the quotes is retained.
 .Pp
 In macro lines, whitespace delimits arguments and is discarded.
 If arguments are quoted, whitespace within the quotes is retained.

-.Ss Dates
-The
-.Sx \&TH
-macro is the only
-.Nm
-macro that requires a date.
-The form for this date is the ISO-8601
-standard
-.Cm YYYY-MM-DD .

 .Ss Scaling Widths
 Many macros support scaled widths for their arguments, such as
 stipulating a two-inch paragraph indentation with the following:
 .Ss Scaling Widths
 Many macros support scaled widths for their arguments, such as
 stipulating a two-inch paragraph indentation with the following:


@@ -370,6 +361,13 @@ Thus, the following are equivalent:
 \&.\ \ \ PP
 .Ed
 .Pp
 \&.\ \ \ PP
 .Ed
 .Pp

+To include space characters in macro arguments, arguments may be quoted;
+see the
+.Sq MACRO SYNTAX
+section in the
+.Xr roff 7
+manual for details.
+.Pp

 The
 .Nm
 macros are classified by scope: line scope or block scope.
 The
 .Nm
 macros are classified by scope: line scope or block scope.


@@ -756,26 +754,27 @@ The paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default.
 Sets the title of the manual page with the following syntax:
 .Bd -filled -offset indent
 .Pf \. Sx \&TH
 Sets the title of the manual page with the following syntax:
 .Bd -filled -offset indent
 .Pf \. Sx \&TH

-.Cm title section
-.Op Cm date Op Cm source Op Cm volume
+.Ar title section date
+.Op Ar source Op Ar volume

 .Ed
 .Pp
 .Ed
 .Pp

-At least the upper-case document
-.Cm title
-and the manual
-.Cm section
-arguments must be provided.
-The
-.Cm date
-argument should be formatted as described in
-.Sx Dates ,
-but will be printed verbatim if it is not.
-If the date is not specified, the current date is used.
-The
-.Cm source
+Conventionally, the document
+.Ar title
+is given in all caps.
+The recommended
+.Ar date
+format is
+.Sy YYYY-MM-DD
+as specified in the ISO-8601 standard;
+if the argument does not conform, it is printed verbatim.
+If the
+.Ar date
+is empty or not specified, the current date is used.
+The optional
+.Ar source

 string specifies the organisation providing the utility.
 The
 string specifies the organisation providing the utility.
 The

-.Cm volume
+.Ar volume

 string replaces the default rendered volume, which is dictated by the
 manual section.
 .Pp
 string replaces the default rendered volume, which is dictated by the
 manual section.
 .Pp


@@ -912,8 +911,11 @@ In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,

+.Xr eqn 7 ,

 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,

-.Xr mdoc 7
+.Xr mdoc 7 ,
+.Xr roff 7 ,
+.Xr tbl 7

 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm