1.if n \{.ds mystring mytext
2.\}
3.Dd May 27, 2012
4.Dt IF-BEFORE-DD 1
5.Os OpenBSD
6.Sh NAME
7.Nm if-before-Dd
8.Nd end of if block on its own line before Dd
9.Sh DESCRIPTION
10In an old version of
11.Xr mandoc 1 ,
12.Xr mdoc 7
13file format autodetection failed when the end of an
14.Ic if
15block stood on its own line before the initial
16.Xr mdoc 7
17.Ic Dd
18macro.
19The file was mishandled as
20.Xr man 7
21and parsing failed with unknown macro errors.
22.Pp
23If the present document looks like a proper
24.Xr mdoc 7
25document and the following display reads
26.Dq mytext ,
27then the problem did not come back:
28.Bd -ragged -offset indent
29\*[mystring]
30.Ed
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