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author | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2010-05-08 08:36:44 +0000 |
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committer | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2010-05-08 08:36:44 +0000 |
commit | 24b4a7d475e7f3fa5f5aeb456984285e5938c35c (patch) | |
tree | ba527c515f84c5caa50cf65cfec8f131f687b8e7 /man.7 | |
parent | 29086c29fdd989b9c086bf25e0790ba21243c4ff (diff) | |
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Strip trailing, unescaped whitespace from free-form, non-literal lines (like groff).
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.63 2010/05/07 15:49:36 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.64 2010/05/08 08:36:44 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 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. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 7 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: May 8 2010 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -126,10 +126,13 @@ and .Sq \ef attributes are forgotten when entering or exiting a macro block. .Ss Whitespace -Unless specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of whitespace are pruned -from input. These are later re-added, if applicable, by a front-end -utility such as -.Xr mandoc 1 . +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 +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. .Ss Dates The .Sx \&TH |