X-Git-Url: https://git.cameronkatri.com/mandoc.git/blobdiff_plain/86655cfd384a1fafb7e617962efa806115a2bc51..080a6c647b4f551f08aa65e1c94a4b043c9c8ab8:/man.7 diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7 index c893f2f0..66b819c4 100644 --- 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 .\" @@ -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. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 12 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 15 2010 $ .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. +.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 @@ -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 \&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