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author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2019-04-30 11:48:10 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2019-04-30 11:48:10 +0000 |
commit | dbfda8d8adf1a93a24085f7949afa4203b57ee2b (patch) | |
tree | 5e0e7ab0154ccd2d750d1cc275c3994f1f955ae2 | |
parent | adc300f62b7fbe5b7eb742b3042e1bb923a8093a (diff) | |
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improve the description of the message "blank line in fill mode";
triggered by a misunderstanding by sashan@
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.237 2019/02/23 18:53:54 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.238 2019/04/30 11:48:10 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> .\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014-2018 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. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 30 2019 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1699,9 +1699,12 @@ The meaning of blank input lines is only well-defined in non-fill mode: In fill mode, line breaks of text input lines are not supposed to be significant. However, for compatibility with groff, blank lines in fill mode -are replaced with +are formatted like .Ic \&sp requests. +To request a paragraph break, use +.Ic \&Pp +instead of a blank line. .It Sy "tab in filled text" .Pq mdoc , man The meaning of tab characters is only well-defined in non-fill mode: |