no need to skip content before first section header

4 files changed, 4 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/mandoc.h b/mandoc.h
index 54b41e2a..99a318d2 100644
--- a/mandoc.h
+++ b/mandoc.h
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ enum	mandocerr {
 	MANDOCERR_BADCHAR, /* skipping bad character */
 	MANDOCERR_NAMESC, /* escaped character not allowed in a name */
 	MANDOCERR_NONAME, /* manual name not yet set */
-	MANDOCERR_NOTEXT, /* skipping text before first section header */
 	MANDOCERR_MACRO, /* skipping unknown macro */
 	MANDOCERR_ARGCOUNT, /* argument count wrong */
 	MANDOCERR_RS_SKIP, /* skipping invalid content in .Rs block: macro */
diff --git a/mdoc.c b/mdoc.c
index 74e19a2e..ead01c15 100644
--- a/mdoc.c
+++ b/mdoc.c
@@ -227,13 +227,6 @@ mdoc_addeqn(struct mdoc *mdoc, const struct eqn *ep)
 
 	assert( ! (MDOC_HALT & mdoc->flags));
 
-	/* No text before an initial macro. */
-
-	if (SEC_NONE == mdoc->lastnamed) {
-		mdoc_pmsg(mdoc, ep->ln, ep->pos, MANDOCERR_NOTEXT);
-		return(1);
-	}
-
 	n = node_alloc(mdoc, ep->ln, ep->pos, MDOC_MAX, MDOC_EQN);
 	n->eqn = ep;
 
@@ -251,13 +244,6 @@ mdoc_addspan(struct mdoc *mdoc, const struct tbl_span *sp)
 
 	assert( ! (MDOC_HALT & mdoc->flags));
 
-	/* No text before an initial macro. */
-
-	if (SEC_NONE == mdoc->lastnamed) {
-		mdoc_pmsg(mdoc, sp->line, 0, MANDOCERR_NOTEXT);
-		return(1);
-	}
-
 	n = node_alloc(mdoc, sp->line, 0, MDOC_MAX, MDOC_TBL);
 	n->span = sp;
 
@@ -722,13 +708,6 @@ mdoc_ptext(struct mdoc *mdoc, int line, char *buf, int offs)
 	char		 *c, *ws, *end;
 	struct mdoc_node *n;
 
-	/* No text before an initial macro. */
-
-	if (SEC_NONE == mdoc->lastnamed) {
-		mdoc_pmsg(mdoc, line, offs, MANDOCERR_NOTEXT);
-		return(1);
-	}
-
 	assert(mdoc->last);
 	n = mdoc->last;
 
diff --git a/mdoc_term.c b/mdoc_term.c
index 7c32cc2b..7ca42a50 100644
--- a/mdoc_term.c
+++ b/mdoc_term.c
@@ -275,8 +275,11 @@ terminal_mdoc(void *arg, const struct mdoc *mdoc)
 
 	term_begin(p, print_mdoc_head, print_mdoc_foot, meta);
 
-	if (n->child)
+	if (n->child) {
+		if (MDOC_Sh != n->child->tok)
+			term_vspace(p);
 		print_mdoc_nodelist(p, NULL, meta, n->child);
+	}
 
 	term_end(p);
 }
diff --git a/read.c b/read.c
index 0896fc0a..b2424e90 100644
--- a/read.c
+++ b/read.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ static	const char * const	mandocerrs[MANDOCERR_MAX] = {
 	"skipping bad character",
 	"escaped character not allowed in a name",
 	"manual name not yet set",
-	"skipping text before first section header",
 	"skipping unknown macro",
 	"argument count wrong",
 	"skipping invalid content in .Rs block",