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Date:      Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:57:51 -0700
From:      Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   mdoc editing caveats?
Message-ID:  <p06230919c0c23d43d164@[192.168.254.205]>

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I'm inserting "LEGACY SYNOPSIS" sections to some mdoc-based
man pages.  Using .Fo and .Fa in these sections, I find that
they act differently than they do in the SYNOPSIS section:

  *  .Fo does not force a blank line.

  *  .Fa (just after .Fo) does not cause a line break.

Before I edit the macros to act "just like they do in the
SYNOPSIS section" for the LEGACY SYNOPSIS section, I thought
I should ask if anyone has any caveats to offer.  Nu?

-r
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