From: schwarze@mandoc.bsd.lv
To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv
Subject: mandoc: clarify how .%P is conventionally used; triggered by a question
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:46:36 -0500 (EST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e3fe678ff11ad765@fantadrom.bsd.lv> (raw)
Log Message:
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clarify how .%P is conventionally used;
triggered by a question from Fabio Scotoni <fabio at esse dot ch>
Modified Files:
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mandoc:
mdoc.7
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Index: mdoc.7
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RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/mdoc.7,v
retrieving revision 1.276
retrieving revision 1.277
diff -Lmdoc.7 -Lmdoc.7 -u -p -r1.276 -r1.277
--- mdoc.7
+++ mdoc.7
@@ -596,6 +596,13 @@ block.
Book or journal page number of an
.Ic \&Rs
block.
+Conventionally, the argument starts with
+.Ql p.\&
+for a single page or
+.Ql pp.\&
+for a range of pages, for example:
+.Pp
+.Dl .%P pp. 42\e(en47
.It Ic \&%Q Ar name
Institutional author (school, government, etc.) of an
.Ic \&Rs
@@ -2969,7 +2976,7 @@ exclamation mark
Note that even a period preceded by a backslash
.Pq Sq \e.\&
gets this special handling; use
-.Sq \e&.
+.Sq \e&.\&
to prevent that.
.Pp
Many in-line macros interrupt their scope when they encounter
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