* NEWS, man/groff_differences.man, doc/groff.texinfo: Updated.

* man/Makefile.sub: Include groff_differences.man.
* VERSION: Set to 1.18.
* REVISION: Set to 0.
* src/roff/troff/input.cc (do_define_macro): Allow whitespace before
the second dot (or ending macro name) to end a macro.
* doc/groff.texinfo: Doc fix.
* tmac/doc-common (doc-header): Handle very long document titles
better.
* tmac/doc.tmac (doc-do-Bl-args): Fix .substring requests.

3 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/man/.cvsignore b/man/.cvsignore
index 98d21d85..28ea4a8b 100644
--- a/man/.cvsignore
+++ b/man/.cvsignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 groff.n
 groff_char.n
+groff_differences.n
 groff_font.n
 groff_out.n
 roff.n
diff --git a/man/Makefile.sub b/man/Makefile.sub
index 020d20ff..0ea5c591 100644
--- a/man/Makefile.sub
+++ b/man/Makefile.sub
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ MAN5=\
   groff_out.n
 MAN7=\
   groff_char.n \
+  groff_differences.n \
   groff.n \
   roff.n
diff --git a/man/groff_differences.man b/man/groff_differences.man
index 960cd44d..0dd9e98e 100755
--- a/man/groff_differences.man
+++ b/man/groff_differences.man
@@ -2207,6 +2207,24 @@ The
 request can now map characters onto
 .BR \e~ .
 .
+.P
+It is now possible to have whitespace between the first and second dot (or
+the name of the ending macro) to end a macro definition.
+Example:
+.
+.IP
+.NE 6v+\n(.Vu
+.ft B
+.nf
+\&.de foo
+\&.  nop Hello, I'm `foo'.
+\&.  nop I will now define `bar'.
+\&.  de bar
+\&.    nop Hello, I'm `bar'.
+\&.  .
+\&..
+.fi
+.
 .
 .\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
 .SH Incompatibilities