Index: man_term.c
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RCS file: /home/joerg/cvsroot/mdocml/man_term.c,v
retrieving revision 1.71
diff -u -p -r1.71 man_term.c
--- man_term.c	17 May 2010 22:11:42 -0000	1.71
+++ man_term.c	22 May 2010 21:11:47 -0000
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static	void		  print_man_head(struct ter
 static	void		  print_man_nodelist(DECL_ARGS);
 static	void		  print_man_node(DECL_ARGS);
 static	void		  print_man_foot(struct termp *, 
-				const struct man_meta *);
+				const struct man_meta *, const struct man *);
 static	void		  print_bvspace(struct termp *, 
 				const struct man_node *);
 
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ terminal_man(void *arg, const struct man
 
 	if (n->child)
 		print_man_nodelist(p, &mt, n->child, m);
-	print_man_foot(p, m);
+	print_man_foot(p, m, man);
 }
 
 
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ print_bvspace(struct termp *p, const str
 		return;
 	if (MAN_SH == n->prev->tok)
 		return;
+	if (MAN_PP == n->tok && MAN_PP == n->prev->tok &&
+	    NULL == n->body->child)
+		return;
 
 	term_vspace(p);
 }
@@ -641,6 +644,57 @@ post_TP(DECL_ARGS)
 }
 
 
+static void
+print_section_vspace(struct termp *p, const struct man_node *n)
+{
+	const struct man_node *nn;
+
+	nn = n->prev;
+	/* If there is no previous siblings, there is no need for vspace. */
+	if (n->prev == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * The previous silbing is normally .SH or .SS.  It is possible
+	 * to be another block-level macro at the beginning of the file.
+	 *
+	 * No vspace is needed if the previous sibling of the same type
+	 * (.SH or .SS) without content.  If that sibling is not a .SH or
+	 * .SS, the vspace is not needed if all previous nodes are without
+	 * content.
+	 * 
+	 * .AT, .UC and .PP without children don't count as content.
+	 */
+	if (MAN_SH == nn->tok || MAN_SS == nn->tok) {
+		if (n->tok != nn->tok) {
+			term_vspace(p);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (NULL == nn->body->child)
+			return;
+		nn = nn->body->child;
+	} else {
+		nn = nn->parent->child;
+	}
+
+	for (; nn && n != nn; nn = nn->next) {
+		switch (nn->tok) {
+		case MAN_AT:
+			continue;
+		case MAN_UC:
+			continue;
+		case MAN_PP:
+			if (NULL == nn->body->child)
+				continue;
+			/* FALLTHRU */
+		default:
+			term_vspace(p);
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
 /* ARGSUSED */
 static int
 pre_SS(DECL_ARGS)
@@ -650,13 +704,7 @@ pre_SS(DECL_ARGS)
 	case (MAN_BLOCK):
 		mt->lmargin = INDENT;
 		mt->offset = INDENT;
-		/* If following a prior empty `SS', no vspace. */
-		if (n->prev && MAN_SS == n->prev->tok)
-			if (NULL == n->prev->body->child)
-				break;
-		if (NULL == n->prev)
-			break;
-		term_vspace(p);
+		print_section_vspace(p, n);
 		break;
 	case (MAN_HEAD):
 		term_fontrepl(p, TERMFONT_BOLD);
@@ -700,14 +748,7 @@ pre_SH(DECL_ARGS)
 	case (MAN_BLOCK):
 		mt->lmargin = INDENT;
 		mt->offset = INDENT;
-		/* If following a prior empty `SH', no vspace. */
-		if (n->prev && MAN_SH == n->prev->tok)
-			if (NULL == n->prev->body->child)
-				break;
-		/* If the first macro, no vspae. */
-		if (NULL == n->prev)
-			break;
-		term_vspace(p);
+		print_section_vspace(p, n);
 		break;
 	case (MAN_HEAD):
 		term_fontrepl(p, TERMFONT_BOLD);
@@ -858,17 +899,33 @@ print_man_nodelist(DECL_ARGS)
 
 
 static void
-print_man_foot(struct termp *p, const struct man_meta *meta)
+print_man_foot(struct termp *p, const struct man_meta *meta,
+    const struct man *m)
 {
 	char		buf[DATESIZ];
+	const struct man_node	*n;
 
 	term_fontrepl(p, TERMFONT_NONE);
 
 	time2a(meta->date, buf, DATESIZ);
 
-	term_vspace(p);
-	term_vspace(p);
-	term_vspace(p);
+	/*
+	 * Check if the last node is a .SS without body.
+	 * In that case, no vspace is asserted.
+	 */
+	n = man_node(m);
+	for (;;) {
+		while (n->next)
+			n = n->next;
+		if (NULL == n->child)
+			break;
+		n = n->child;
+	}
+	if (MAN_SS != n->tok || MAN_BODY != n->type) {
+		term_vspace(p);
+		term_vspace(p);
+		term_vspace(p);
+	}
 
 	p->flags |= TERMP_NOSPACE | TERMP_NOBREAK;
 	p->rmargin = p->maxrmargin - strlen(buf);