From ad225a6a2b6bfdf877e313273105ffa4a27043a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristaps Dzonsons Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:35:28 +0000 Subject: Added note about whitespace being stripped from mdoc/man input and re-added in mandoc(1). --- mdoc.7 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'mdoc.7') diff --git a/mdoc.7 b/mdoc.7 index e018fa57..a280724c 100644 --- a/mdoc.7 +++ b/mdoc.7 @@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ or a single one-character sequence. Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk, .Sq \e* , with the same combinations as described above. This form is deprecated. +.\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Whitespace +Unless in literal mode or specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of +whitespace are pruned from input. These are later re-added, if +applicable, by a front-end utility such as +.Xr mandoc 1 . .\" SECTION .Sh STRUCTURE Each -- cgit