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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-06-27 16:36:22 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-06-27 16:36:22 +0000
commitcdab9ea18251f42c64c264af67b4b6c9f58f1b4c (patch)
tree0c748427bead9d0c8917681ba00aa8347621b2b0 /roff.7
parent971f7ac206ac7af70e97998c7ef5b4536efda79e (diff)
downloadmandoc-cdab9ea18251f42c64c264af67b4b6c9f58f1b4c.tar.gz
Allow registers to be unset. Implement and document the `.nr nS val'.
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@@ -289,12 +289,15 @@ requests are recognised:
.It Cm nS
If set to a positive integer value, certain
.Xr mdoc 7
-macros will behave as if they are defined in the
+macros will behave as if they were defined in the
.Em SYNOPSIS
-section to a manual.
+section.
Otherwise, this behaviour is unset (even if called within the
.Em SYNOPSIS
section itself).
+Note that invoking a new
+.Xr mdoc 7
+section will unset this value.
.El
.Ss \&tr
Output character translation.