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@@ -29,12 +29,10 @@ The .Nm man language was historically used to format .Ux -manuals. In this reference document, we describe the syntax and -structure of the -.Nm -language. +manuals. This reference document describes the syntax and structure of +this language. .Pp -.Em \&Do not ever +.Em \&Do not use .Nm to write your manuals. Use the @@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ foo .Ed .Pp is equivalent to -.Sq \&.RI foo . +.Sq \&.RI foo . If two consecutive lines exhibit the latter behaviour, an error is raised. Thus, the following is not acceptable: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -184,7 +182,12 @@ system, the following macros are also supported: .Bl -column "MacroX" "Arguments" -compact -offset indent .It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments .It \&.br Ta 0 +.It \&.i Ta n .El +.Pp +These follow the same calling conventions as the above +.Nm +macros. .\" SECTION .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mandoc 1 , |