From f36ff7fc1e2f2bebe9467557767b95c6e21f9f83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:12:00 +0000 Subject: Sync to OpenBSD: More precise description of .Xo, and don't talk about deprecation, because there are cases were choosing .Xo or backslash line continuation is merely a matter of taste, not a difference in readability, and well-used .Xo is even slightly more portable. OK jmc@ --- mdoc.7 | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'mdoc.7') diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7 index 36327807..f37654e0 100644 --- a/mdoc.7 +++ b/mdoc.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.169 2010/12/06 16:37:32 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.170 2010/12/18 19:12:00 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010 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: December 6 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 18 2010 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -2665,9 +2665,13 @@ and Close a scope opened by .Sx \&Xo . .Ss \&Xo -Open an extension scope. -This macro originally existed to extend the 9-argument limit of troff; -since this limit has been lifted, the macro has been deprecated. +Extend the header of an +.Sx \&It +macro or the body of a partial-implicit block macro +beyond the end of the input line. +This macro originally existed to work around the 9-argument limit +of historic +.Xr roff 7 . .Ss \&Xr Link to another manual .Pq Qq cross-reference . -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451