=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.1,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.18 diff -u -p -r1.11 -r1.18 --- mandoc/man.1 2015/01/15 04:26:40 1.11 +++ mandoc/man.1 2016/10/19 22:20:36 1.18 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.11 2015/01/15 04:26:40 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.18 2016/10/19 22:20:36 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)man.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/2/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 15 2015 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 19 2016 $ .Dt MAN 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ .Nd display manual pages .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm man -.Op Fl acfhklVw +.Op Fl acfhklw .Op Fl C Ar file .Op Fl I Cm os Ns = Ns Ar name .Op Fl K Ar encoding @@ -69,12 +69,8 @@ machine architecture The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl a -Display all of the manual pages for a specified -.Ar section -and -.Ar name -combination. -Normally, only the first manual page found is displayed. +Display all matching manual pages. +Normally, only the first page found is displayed. .It Fl C Ar file Use the specified .Ar file @@ -173,12 +169,6 @@ must be a colon separated list of directories. This search path may also be set using the environment variable .Ev MANPATH . -The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, -are specified by the -.Dq _subdir -line in the -.Nm -configuration file. .It Fl m Ar path Augment the list of standard directories which .Nm @@ -194,12 +184,6 @@ the directories specified using the option or the .Ev MANPATH environment variable. -The subdirectories to be searched, and their search order, -are specified by the -.Dq _subdir -line in the -.Nm -configuration file. .It Fl O Ar option Ns = Ns Ar value Comma-separated output options. For each output format, the available options are described in the @@ -221,13 +205,9 @@ architecture whilst using another. This option overrides the .Ev MACHINE environment variable. -.It Xo -.Op Fl s -.Ar section -.Xc -Restricts the directories that -.Nm -will search to a specific section. +.It Oo Fl s Oc Ar section +Only select manuals from the specified +.Ar section . The currently available sections are: .Pp .Bl -tag -width "localXXX" -offset indent -compact @@ -237,9 +217,7 @@ General commands .It 2 System calls and error numbers. .It 3 -Libraries. -.It 3f -Fortran programmer's reference guide. +Library functions. .It 3p .Xr perl 1 programmer's reference guide. @@ -250,30 +228,12 @@ File formats. .It 6 Games. .It 7 -Miscellaneous. +Miscellaneous information. .It 8 System maintenance and operation commands. .It 9 Kernel internals. -.It X11 -An alias for X11R6. -.It X11R6 -X Window System. -.It local -Pages located in -.Pa /usr/local . -.It n -Tcl/Tk commands. .El -.Pp -The -.Nm -configuration file, -.Xr man.conf 5 , -specifies the possible -.Ar section -values, and their search order. -Additional sections may be specified. .It Fl T Ar output Select the output format. The default is @@ -291,8 +251,6 @@ and are described in the .Xr mandoc 1 manual. -.It Fl V -Print version and exit. .It Fl W Ar level Specify the minimum message .Ar level @@ -300,9 +258,10 @@ to be reported on the standard error output and to aff The .Ar level can be -.Cm warning +.Cm warning , +.Cm error , or -.Cm error ; +.Cm unsupp ; .Cm all is an alias for .Cm warning . @@ -361,6 +320,13 @@ Any non-empty value of the environment variable .Ev MANPAGER will be used instead of the standard pagination program, .Xr more 1 . +If +.Xr less 1 +is used, the interactive +.Ic :t +command can be used to go to the definitions of various terms, for +example command line options, command modifiers, internal commands, +and environment variables. .It Ev MANPATH The standard search path used by .Nm @@ -371,18 +337,13 @@ variable. The format of the path is a colon .Pq Ql \&: separated list of directories. -The subdirectories to be searched, as well as their search order, -are specified by the -.Dq _subdir -line in the -.Nm -configuration file. .It Ev PAGER Specifies the pagination program to use when .Ev MANPAGER is not defined. If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, -.Pa /usr/bin/more Fl s +.Xr more 1 +.Fl s will be used. .El .Sh FILES @@ -415,7 +376,7 @@ utility is compliant with the specification. .Pp The flags -.Op Fl aCcfhIKlMmOSsTVWw , +.Op Fl aCcfhIKlMmOSsTWw , as well as the environment variables .Ev MACHINE , .Ev MANPAGER ,