=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.1,v retrieving revision 1.29 retrieving revision 1.34 diff -u -p -r1.29 -r1.34 --- mandoc/man.1 2017/05/17 23:23:00 1.29 +++ mandoc/man.1 2018/11/22 11:30:23 1.34 @@ -1,9 +1,9 @@ -.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.29 2017/05/17 23:23:00 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.34 2018/11/22 11:30:23 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. .\" Copyright (c) 2003, 2007, 2008, 2014 Jason McIntyre -.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2014-2017 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2014-2018 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)man.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/2/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 17 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: November 22 2018 $ .Dt MAN 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ Copy the manual page to the standard output instead of .Xr more 1 to paginate it. This is done by default if the standard output is not a terminal device. +.Pp +When using +.Fl c , +most terminal devices are unable to show the markup. +To print the output of +.Nm +to the terminal with markup but without using a pager, pipe it to +.Xr ul 1 . +To remove the markup, pipe the output to +.Xr col 1 +.Fl b +instead. .It Fl f A synonym for .Xr whatis 1 . @@ -102,8 +114,7 @@ manual. By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages. .It Fl l A synonym for -.Xr mandoc 1 -.Fl a . +.Xr mandoc 1 . The .Ar name arguments are interpreted as filenames. @@ -115,6 +126,8 @@ No search is done and and .Fl w are ignored. +This option implies +.Fl a . .It Fl M Ar path Override the list of standard directories which .Nm @@ -253,6 +266,13 @@ and can be used to move to the next and to the previous place providing information about the term last searched for with .Ic :t . +The +.Fl O Cm tag Ns Op = Ns Ar term +option documented in the +.Xr mandoc 1 +manual opens a manual page at the definition of a specific +.Ar term +rather than at the beginning. .It Ev MANPATH The standard search path used by .Nm @@ -285,11 +305,6 @@ If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, .Xr more 1 .Fl s is used. -Only used if -.Fl a -or -.Fl l -is specified. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/man.conf -compact @@ -301,20 +316,24 @@ default man configuration file See .Xr mandoc 1 for details. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Format a page for pasting extracts into an email message \(em +avoid printing any UTF-8 characters, reduce the width to ease +quoting in replies, and remove markup: +.Pp +.Dl $ man -T ascii -O width=65 pledge | col -b +.Pp +Read a typeset page in a PDF viewer: +.Pp +.Dl $ MANPAGER=mupdf man -T pdf lpd .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , -.Xr intro 1 , +.Xr col 1 , +.Xr mandoc 1 , +.Xr ul 1 , .Xr whereis 1 , -.Xr intro 2 , -.Xr intro 3 , -.Xr intro 4 , -.Xr intro 5 , .Xr man.conf 5 , -.Xr intro 6 , -.Xr intro 7 , -.Xr mdoc 7 , -.Xr intro 8 , -.Xr intro 9 +.Xr mdoc 7 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm