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| -rw-r--r-- | man.7 | 26 | ||||
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@@ -361,8 +361,9 @@ subsequent output lines are indented, with the following syntax: .Pp The .Cm width -argument must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width. If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp @@ -404,8 +405,9 @@ Begin an indented paragraph with the following syntax: .Pp The .Cm width -argument defines the width of the left margin and is defined by -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width defining the left margin. It's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp @@ -538,8 +540,9 @@ This has the following syntax: .Pp The .Cm width -argument must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width. If not specified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp See also @@ -604,8 +607,9 @@ The syntax is as follows: .Pp The .Cm width -argument must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a +.Xr roff 7 +scaling width. If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or default width is used. .Pp @@ -662,10 +666,10 @@ Insert vertical spaces into output with the following syntax: .Op Cm height .Ed .Pp -Insert +The .Cm height -spaces, which must conform to -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a scaling width as described in +.Xr roff 7 . If 0, this is equivalent to the .Sx \&br macro. @@ -820,8 +820,8 @@ The most popular is the imaginary macro which resolves to .Sy 6n . .It -A width using the syntax described in -.Sx Scaling Widths . +A scaling width as described in +.Xr roff 7 . .It An arbitrary string, which indents by the length of this string. .El @@ -926,8 +926,8 @@ The .Fl width and .Fl offset -arguments accept -.Sx Scaling Widths +arguments accept scaling widths as described in +.Xr roff 7 or use the length of the given string. The .Fl offset @@ -956,9 +956,9 @@ A columnated list. The .Fl width argument has no effect; instead, each argument specifies the width -of one column, using either the -.Sx Scaling Widths -syntax or the string length of the argument. +of one column, using either the scaling width syntax described in +.Xr roff 7 +or the string length of the argument. If the first line of the body of a .Fl column list is not an @@ -2569,8 +2569,8 @@ Its syntax is as follows: .Pp The .Ar height -argument must be formatted as described in -.Sx Scaling Widths . +argument is a scaling width as described in +.Xr roff 7 . If unspecified, .Sx \&sp asserts a single vertical space. |