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-.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.140 2018/08/18 04:32:10 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.141 2018/12/16 02:21:00 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015, 2017, 2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: August 18 2018 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 16 2018 $
.Dt MAN 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ but can be found in the alphabetical reference below.
.It Sx RS , RE Ta reset the left margin: Op Ar width
.It Sx IP Ta indented paragraph: Op Ar head Op Ar width
.It Sx TP Ta tagged paragraph: Op Ar width
-.It Sx HP Ta hanged paragraph: Op Ar width
.It Sx PD Ta set vertical paragraph distance: Op Ar height
.It Sx fi , nf Ta fill mode and no-fill mode (no arguments)
.It Sx in Ta additional indent: Op Ar width
@@ -185,8 +184,13 @@ The
argument is a
.Xr roff 7
scaling width.
-If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the
-saved or default width is used.
+If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left margins;
+if unspecified, the saved or default width is used.
+.Pp
+This macro is portable, but deprecated
+because it has no good representation in HTML output,
+usually ending up indistinguishable from
+.Sx \&PP .
.Ss \&I
Text is rendered in italics.
.Ss \&IB
@@ -380,6 +384,9 @@ and footer with the following syntax:
Conventionally, the document
.Ar name
is given in all caps.
+The
+.Ar section
+is usually a single digit, in a few cases followed by a letter.
The recommended
.Ar date
format is
@@ -399,21 +406,22 @@ uses its
argument.
The
.Ar volume
-string replaces the default rendered volume, which is dictated by the
-manual section.
+string replaces the default volume title of the
+.Ar section .
.Pp
Examples:
.Pp
.Dl \&.TH CVS 5 "1992-02-12" GNU
.Ss \&TP
Begin a paragraph where the head, if exceeding the indentation width, is
-followed by a newline; if not, the body follows on the same line after a
-buffer to the indentation width.
+followed by a newline; if not, the body follows on the same line after
+advancing to the indentation width.
Subsequent output lines are indented.
The syntax is as follows:
-.Bd -filled -offset indent
-.Pf \. Sx \&TP
-.Op Ar width
+.Bd -unfilled -offset indent
+.Pf \. Sx \&TP Op Ar width
+.Ar head No \e" one line
+.Ar body
.Ed
.Pp
The