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Diffstat (limited to 'mdoc.7')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ then the macro accepts an arbitrary number of arguments. .It Sx \&Cd Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 .It Sx \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n .It Sx \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 -.It Sx \&Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It Sx \&Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n .It Sx \&Dt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n .It Sx \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n .It Sx \&Dx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n @@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ This is the mandatory first macro of any manual. Its syntax is as follows: .Pp -.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Dd Ar date +.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Dd Op Ar date .Pp The .Ar date @@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@ which signifies the current manual revision date dictated by .Xr cvs 1 , or instead a valid canonical date as specified by .Sx Dates . -If a date does not conform, the current date is used instead. +If a date does not conform or is empty, the current date is used. .Pp Examples: .D1 \&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$ @@ -2718,6 +2718,12 @@ Heirloom troff, the other significant troff implementation accepting .Pp .Bl -dash -compact .It +An empty +.Sq \&Dd +macro in groff prints +.Dq Epoch . +In mandoc, it resolves to the current date. +.It The \es (font size), \em (font colour), and \eM (font filling colour) font decoration escapes are all discarded in mandoc. .It |