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.\" $Id$
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ in the alphabetical reference below.
.It Sx IP Ta indented paragraph: Op Ar head Op Ar width
.It Sx TP Ta tagged paragraph: Op Ar width
.It Sx HP Ta hanged paragraph: Op Ar width
+.It Sx PD Ta set vertical paragraph distance: Op Ar height
.It Sx \&br Ta force output line break in text mode (no arguments)
.It Sx \&sp Ta force vertical space: Op Ar height
.It Sx fi , nf Ta fill mode and no-fill mode (no arguments)
@@ -476,6 +477,36 @@ See also
.Sx \&PP ,
and
.Sx \&TP .
+.Ss \&PD
+Specify the vertical space to be inserted before each new paragraph.
+.br
+The syntax is as follows:
+.Bd -filled -offset indent
+.Pf \. Sx \&PD
+.Op Cm height
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The
+.Cm height
+argument is a
+.Xr roff 7
+scaling width.
+It defaults to
+.Cm 1v .
+If the unit is omitted,
+.Cm v
+is assumed.
+.Pp
+This macro affects the spacing before any subsequent instances of
+.Sx \&HP ,
+.Sx \&IP ,
+.Sx \&LP ,
+.Sx \&P ,
+.Sx \&PP ,
+.Sx \&SH ,
+.Sx \&SS ,
+and
+.Sx \&TP .
.Ss \&PP
Synonym for
.Sx \&LP .