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@@ -113,6 +113,37 @@ part of the first version: # Questions +## TODO Is an empty blank line in groff the same as a `.P` request? {#question-e3b7748d-2e67-b60b-e966-ad80c754ea58} +- TODO in 2021-06-16 + +--- + +When reading the manpage with `man` or looking at the final output generated with `pandoc`, it seems to me that an empty line behaves and mean the same thing as a `.P` request. +If this is true, these two snippets are equivalent: + +```troff +.\" First snippet, using .PP + +.PP +The first paragraph. +.PP +The second paragrah. +.PP +The third paragraph. + + +.\" Second snippet, using empty lines + +The first paragraph. + +The second paragrah. + +The third paragraph. +``` + +I find the second option to be much more readable, and if both are equivalent I prefer writing that. +In fact, I don't see any reason at all to use `.PP`. + # Resources # Scratch |