On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 08:26:28PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > I have just written my first manpage using the mdoc(7) syntax, > and I have two questions. > > (1) .Bd > By default, a display block is _preceded_ by a vertical space. > Why is it that a vertical space is not also rendered _after_ > the display block?
Because then you would have to fix every existing mandoc page in existence. I don't know if there ever was a rationale for that one.
