From 412e48b8cba6db0a6b8eae7f848cfa460e0a315d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 15:54:59 +0000 Subject: Shorten the description of .sp and move it to roff(7). If is not a macro but a low-level roff request and not recommended for use in manual pages. --- roff.7 | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'roff.7') diff --git a/roff.7 b/roff.7 index 172a3166..2cee5e43 100644 --- a/roff.7 +++ b/roff.7 @@ -1544,6 +1544,16 @@ is discouraged. Use .Xr ln 1 instead. +.Ss \&sp +Break the output line and emit vertical space. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Pp +.D1 Pf \. Cm \&sp Op Ar height +.Pp +The argument follows the syntax of +.Sx Scaling Widths +and defaults to one blank line +.Pq Li 1v . .Ss \&spacewidth Set the space width from the font metrics file. This is a Heirloom extension and currently ignored. -- cgit