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@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ and This section is a canonical reference to all macros, arranged alphabetically. For the scoping of individual macros, see .Sx MACRO SYNTAX . -.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent +.Bl -tag -width Ds .It \&B Text is rendered in bold face. .It \&BI @@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ render in italics. Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output. Text is rendered alternately in bold face and roman (the default font). Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output. .It \&HP +Begin a paragraph whose initial output line is left-justified, but +subsequent output lines are indented. .\" TODO. .It \&I Text is rendered in italics. @@ -363,9 +365,23 @@ macro. .El .\" SECTION .Sh COMPATIBILITY -See -.Xr mdoc 7 -for groff compatibility notes. +This section documents compatibility with other roff implementations, at +this time limited to +.Xr groff 1 . +.Bl -hyphen +.It +In quoted literals, groff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce a +standalone double-quote in formatted output. This idiosyncratic +behaviour is no longer applicable. +.It +The +.Sq \&sp +macro does not accept negative numbers. +.It +Blocks of whitespace are stripped from both macro and free-form text +lines (except when in literal mode), while groff would retain whitespace +in free-form text lines. +.El .\" SECTION .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mandoc 1 , @@ -374,7 +390,7 @@ for groff compatibility notes. .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm -utility was written by +reference was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se . .\" SECTION .Sh CAVEATS |