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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-05-08 10:28:24 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-05-08 10:28:24 +0000
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Note that whitespace is really only the space character.
-rw-r--r--man.73
-rw-r--r--mdoc.75
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index b03a0f8b..14dec50a 100644
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.64 2010/05/08 08:36:44 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.65 2010/05/08 10:28:24 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ and
.Sq \ef
attributes are forgotten when entering or exiting a macro block.
.Ss Whitespace
+Whitespace consists of the space character.
In free-form lines, whitespace is preserved within a line; un-escaped
trailing spaces are stripped from input (unless in a literal context).
Blank free-form lines, which may include spaces, are permitted and
diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index dc60ad83..3f3d6c7f 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.96 2010/05/08 08:36:44 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.97 2010/05/08 10:28:24 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -181,9 +181,10 @@ and
.Sq \e*(Ba
.Pq vertical bar .
.Ss Whitespace
+Whitespace consists of the space character.
In free-form lines, whitespace is preserved within a line; un-escaped
trailing spaces are stripped from input (unless in a literal context).
-Blank free-form lines, which may include spaces, are only permitted
+Blank free-form lines, which may include whitespace, are only permitted
within literal contexts.
.Pp
In macro lines, whitespace delimits arguments and is discarded. If