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 102c6af2 for ; Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:48:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:48:40 -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: improve the description of the message "blank line in fill X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Message-ID: Log Message: ----------- improve the description of the message "blank line in fill mode"; triggered by a misunderstanding by sashan@ Modified Files: -------------- mandoc: mandoc.1 Revision Data ------------- Index: mandoc.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/mandoc.1,v retrieving revision 1.237 retrieving revision 1.238 diff -Lmandoc.1 -Lmandoc.1 -u -p -r1.237 -r1.238 --- mandoc.1 +++ mandoc.1 @@ -1699,9 +1699,12 @@ The meaning of blank input lines is only 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: -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mandoc.bsd.lv