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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-05-05 15:54:59 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-05-05 15:54:59 +0000
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Shorten the description of .sp and move it to roff(7).
If is not a macro but a low-level roff request and not recommended for use in manual pages.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.77 2017/05/05 02:31:35 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.78 2017/05/05 15:54:59 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013-2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -1544,6 +1544,16 @@ is discouraged.
Use
.Xr ln 1
instead.
+.Ss \&sp
+Break the output line and emit vertical space.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Cm \&sp Op Ar height
+.Pp
+The argument follows the syntax of
+.Sx Scaling Widths
+and defaults to one blank line
+.Pq Li 1v .
.Ss \&spacewidth
Set the space width from the font metrics file.
This is a Heirloom extension and currently ignored.