From e12e9fb2cf2935b2b78506f46104effcdb23347b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 23:53:55 +0000 Subject: minor tweaks: 1. improve .Bl wording (from jmc@) 2. jmc@ noted that the .Mt default (the same as in groff) makes no sense, and there is no better default we could use; thus, regard it as implementation dependent and do not document it 3. fix formatting of one COMPATIBILITY note: move "and" out of .Sx ok kristaps@, jmc@ --- mdoc.7 | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'mdoc.7') diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7 index f37654e0..ffebb973 100644 --- a/mdoc.7 +++ b/mdoc.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.170 2010/12/18 19:12:00 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.171 2010/12/22 23:53:55 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze @@ -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: December 18 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 22 2010 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1201,7 +1201,7 @@ Be careful in using over-long lines within a keep block! Doing so will clobber the right margin. .Ss \&Bl Begin a list. -Lists consist of items started by the +Lists consist of items specified using the .Sx \&It macro, containing a head or a body or both. The list syntax is as follows: @@ -2124,9 +2124,6 @@ Examples: Format a .Dq mailto: hyperlink. -If an argument is not provided, the string -.Dq \(ti -is used as a default. Its syntax is as follows: .Pp .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Mt Cm address @@ -2739,7 +2736,12 @@ The following problematic behaviour is found in groff: .Bl -dash -compact .It Display macros -.Pq Sx \&Bd , Sx \&Dl , and Sx \&D1 +.Po +.Sx \&Bd , +.Sx \&Dl , +and +.Sx \&D1 +.Pc may not be nested. \*[hist] .It -- cgit v1.2.3