From dbfda8d8adf1a93a24085f7949afa4203b57ee2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:48:10 +0000 Subject: improve the description of the message "blank line in fill mode"; triggered by a misunderstanding by sashan@ --- mandoc.1 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'mandoc.1') diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1 index 79f6e850..10419b03 100644 --- a/mandoc.1 +++ b/mandoc.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.237 2019/02/23 18:53:54 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.238 2019/04/30 11:48:10 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014-2018 Ingo Schwarze @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 30 2019 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1699,9 +1699,12 @@ The meaning of blank input lines is only well-defined in non-fill mode: In fill mode, line breaks of text input lines are not supposed to be significant. However, for compatibility with groff, blank lines in fill mode -are replaced with +are formatted like .Ic \&sp requests. +To request a paragraph break, use +.Ic \&Pp +instead of a blank line. .It Sy "tab in filled text" .Pq mdoc , man The meaning of tab characters is only well-defined in non-fill mode: -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451