Hi Ingo,
> The typical use case is in a tagged list that uses normal vertical
> spacing in general, but contains a few entries that need two or more
> tags for a few of the list entries. For example, in a csh(1)
> manual page, you might say something like:
>
> .TP
> \fBcd\fP [\fIname\fP]
> .TQ
> \fBchdir\fP [\fIname\fP]
> Change the shell's working directory to ...
> .TP
> .B continue
> Continue execution of the nearest enclosing
> .B while
> or ...
>
> to format as:
>
> cd [name]
> chdir [name]
> Change the shell's working directory to ...
>
> continue
> Continue execution of the nearest enclosing while or ...
Wouldn't one just wrap the .TP paragraph in a pair of .PDs?
.TP
\fBbreak\fR \*(OK\fIn\fR\*(CK
Exit from the enclosing...
.
.TP
\fBcd\fP [\fIname\fP]
.PD 0
.TP
\fBchdir\fP [\fIname\fP]
Change the shell's working directory to...
.PD
.
.TP
.B continue
Continue execution of the nearest enclosing...
--
Cheers, Ralph.