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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2009-06-17 19:12:03 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2009-06-17 19:12:03 +0000
commitb559503279171e7716ff46ab476ab5527412d6a6 (patch)
treebff236ca510aeb64a88a7badd4fcfe25dfa5e544 /mandoc.1
parent06cead600a8695c2664e5728569d8982e8fcbd47 (diff)
downloadmandoc-b559503279171e7716ff46ab476ab5527412d6a6.tar.gz
Bumped version.VERSION.1.7.19
Removed CVS note from index (they'll contact me if they need it). Properly ordered mandoc.1 CAVEATS/COMPATIBILITY.
Diffstat (limited to 'mandoc.1')
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diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1
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--- a/mandoc.1
+++ b/mandoc.1
@@ -239,11 +239,33 @@ To page manuals to the terminal:
.Pp
.D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less
.\" SECTION
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+This section summarises
+.Nm
+compatibility with
+.Xr groff 1 .
+.Pp
+.Bl -bullet -compact
+.It
+A list or display following
+.Sq \&.Ss
+does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with
+.Sq \&.Sh .
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+The \-literal and \-unfilled
+.Sq \&.Bd
+displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+Words aren't hyphenated.
+.El
+.\" SECTION
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
.Xr mdoc 7 ,
.Xr man 7
-.\"
+.\" SECTION
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
@@ -253,37 +275,7 @@ utility was written by
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Nm
-utility in
-.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
-mode doesn't yet know how to display the following:
-.Pp
-.Bl -bullet -compact
-.It
-The \-hang
-.Sq \&.Bl
-list is not yet supported.
-.El
+utility doesn't yet know how to display \-hang lists.
.Pp
Other macros still aren't supported by virtue of nobody complaining
-about their absence. Please report any omissions: this is a work in
-progress.
-.Pp
-The following list documents differences between traditional
-.Xr nroff 1
-output and
-.Nm :
-.Pp
-.Bl -bullet -compact
-.It
-A list of display following
-.Sq \&.Ss
-does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with
-.Sq \&.Sh .
-.It
-Special characters don't follow the current font style.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-The \-literal and \-unfilled
-.Sq \&.Bd
-displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
-.El
+about their absence.