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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.
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@@ -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