From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from localhost (fantadrom.bsd.lv [local]) by fantadrom.bsd.lv (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPA id a73b1dd6 for ; Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:46:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:46:36 -0500 (EST) X-Mailinglist: mandoc-source Reply-To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 From: schwarze@mandoc.bsd.lv To: source@mandoc.bsd.lv Subject: mandoc: clarify how .%P is conventionally used; triggered by a question X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-ID: Log Message: ----------- clarify how .%P is conventionally used; triggered by a question from Fabio Scotoni Modified Files: -------------- mandoc: mdoc.7 Revision Data ------------- Index: mdoc.7 =================================================================== 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 -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mandoc.bsd.lv