Make An macro understand two special arguments, -nosplit

and -split.  See the mdoc.samples(7) manpage for details.

Reviewed by:	sheldonh

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7
index c4250ea..ef8ef5e 100644
--- a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7
@@ -874,6 +874,23 @@ It is an error to call
 .Ql \&.An
 without
 any arguments.
+.Pp
+In the
+.Sx AUTHORS
+section, an
+.Ql \&.An
+request causes a line break allowing each new name
+to appear on its own line.
+If this is not desirable, the
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+\&.An -nosplit
+.Ed
+.Pp
+call will turn this off.
+To turn splitting back on, call the
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+\&.An -split
+.Ed
 .Ss Argument Macro
 The
 .Ql \&.Ar