From a1ad72824dd4e1389339062d26170a255f62f29d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 19:20:30 +0000 Subject: explain escaping of end-of-sentence characters; missing info reported by Ian on misc@ --- roff.7 | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'roff.7') diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7 index 108e62d9..f129750b 100644 --- a/roff.7 +++ b/roff.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.113 2019/07/01 23:30:16 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: roff.7,v 1.114 2019/07/15 19:20:30 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010-2019 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: July 1 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 15 2019 $ .Dt ROFF 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -315,12 +315,18 @@ delimiters The proper spacing is also intelligently preserved if a sentence ends at the boundary of a macro line. .Pp +If an input line happens to end with a period, exclamation or question +mark that isn't the end of a sentence, append a zero-width space +.Pq Sq \e& . +.Pp Examples: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact Do not end sentences mid-line like this. Instead, end a sentence like this. A macro would end like this: \&.Xr mandoc 1 \&. +An abbreviation at the end of an input line needs escaping, e.g.\e& +like this. .Ed .Sh REQUEST SYNTAX A request or macro line consists of: -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451