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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-02-05 22:30:29 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-02-05 22:30:29 +0000
commit35113f62e6ccc78c855932737688dc3072f1d3d7 (patch)
tree5afcb03017a4146f661a3139a2a7ea5156037ef2 /mdoc.7
parent00f4ef1656d6e7cbe85aabe9f1003d2361648bd6 (diff)
downloadmandoc-35113f62e6ccc78c855932737688dc3072f1d3d7.tar.gz
document output spacing near delimiters
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7
index 4844251c..8137f6b5 100644
--- a/mdoc.7
+++ b/mdoc.7
@@ -3064,6 +3064,8 @@ For many macros, when the leading arguments are opening delimiters,
these delimiters are put before the macro scope,
and when the trailing arguments are closing delimiters,
these delimiters are put after the macro scope.
+Spacing is suppressed after opening delimiters
+and before closing delimiters.
For example,
.Pp
.D1 Pf \. \&Aq "( [ word ] ) ."
@@ -3120,7 +3122,7 @@ renders as:
.D1 Fl a ( b | c \*(Ba d ) e
.Pp
This applies to both opening and closing delimiters,
-and also to the middle delimiter:
+and also to the middle delimiter, which does not suppress spacing:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
.It \&|