From 2da2307a9d5545dfde44035f2048dab68ee71364 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristaps Dzonsons Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:28 +0000 Subject: Added note about whitespace being stripped from mdoc/man input and re-added in mandoc(1). --- man.7 | 8 +++++++- mdoc.7 | 8 +++++++- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7 index fb471551..b6bd47ba 100644 --- a/man.7 +++ b/man.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.16 2009/06/25 10:48:21 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.17 2009/06/25 11:35:28 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence. Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk, .Sq \e* , with the same combinations as described above. This form is deprecated. +.\" SUB-SECTION +.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 . .\" SECTION .Sh STRUCTURE Each diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7 index 364d6273..57be6131 100644 --- a/mdoc.7 +++ b/mdoc.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.33 2009/06/25 10:51:21 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.34 2009/06/25 11:35:28 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence. Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk, .Sq \e* , with the same combinations as described above. This form is deprecated. +.\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Whitespace +Unless in literal mode or 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 . .\" SECTION .Sh STRUCTURE Each -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451