Re: groff/-mandoc replacement (OT)

[Kristaps DÅonsons <kristaps%kth.se@localhost>]

>> In all the cases I can think of offhand, "what I want" is a blank line,
>> usually to compensate for the way certain tables like to leave no space
>> between the last line of the last entry and following text.
>>
>> Perhaps mdoc can do this.  But if so, I haven't figured out how,
>> despite spending substantial time poring over mdoc(7) and
>> mdoc.samples(7).  (I don't know enough roff to UTSL.  Perhaps I should
>> change that....)
> 
> here you go:
> 
>  .Pp  The `.Pp' paragraph command may be used to specify a line space
>       where necessary.  The macro is not necessary after a `.Sh' or `.Ss'

Be warned that nroff may decide to squeeze out multiple blank lines, so
a whole file full of Pp ends up being a singleton.

.br is the appropriate troff/evil request, but nroff may still decide
against honouring it.  --kk