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authorwl <wl>2010-04-27 08:03:47 +0000
committerwl <wl>2010-04-27 08:03:47 +0000
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Improve wording of `VM' macro.
Suggested by Anton Shepelev.
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
'\" t
.ig
-Copyright (C) 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009
+Copyright (C) 1989, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
@@ -2646,15 +2646,22 @@ A third argument prohibits printing of a blank line before each item.
.TP
.BI "VM \fR[\fP\-T\fR] [\fP" "top \fR[\fPbottom\fR]]\fP"
Vertical margin.
-Adds extra vertical top and margin space.
-Option
+Increase the top and bottom margin by
+.I top
+and
+.IR bottom ,
+respectively.
+If option
.B \-T
-sets the total space instead.
+is specified, set those margins to
+.I top
+and
+.IR bottom .
If no argument is given, reset the margin to zero,
-or the default (`7v 5v') if
+or to the default (`7v 5v') if
.B \-T
-has been used.
-It is higly recommended that macros
+is used.
+It is highly recommended that macros
.B TP
and/or
.B EOP