[BACK]Return to man.conf.5 CVS log [TXT][DIR] Up to [cvsweb.bsd.lv] / mandoc

Diff for /mandoc/man.conf.5 between version 1.1 and 1.2

version 1.1, 2015/03/27 00:18:14 version 1.2, 2015/03/27 16:28:55
Line 19 
Line 19 
 .Os  .Os
 .Sh NAME  .Sh NAME
 .Nm man.conf  .Nm man.conf
 .Nd configuration file for man(1)  .Nd configuration file for man
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The  This is the configuration file
 .Nm  for the
 configuration file allows to specify non-standard directory trees  
 for use by the  
 .Xr man 1 ,  .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr apropos 1 ,  .Xr apropos 1 ,
 and  and
 .Xr makewhatis 8  .Xr makewhatis 8
 utilities.  utilities.
 Its presence and all directives are optional.  Its presence, and all directives, are optional.
 .Pp  .Pp
 This file is an ASCII text file.  This file is an ASCII text file.
 Leading whitespace on lines, lines starting with  Leading whitespace on lines, lines starting with
Line 42  The first word on each line is the name of a configura
Line 40  The first word on each line is the name of a configura
 The following directives are supported:  The following directives are supported:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Ic manpath Ar path  .It Ic manpath Ar path
 Specify that the absolute  Override the default search
 .Ar path  .Ar path
 contains a tree of manual pages, and that  for
 .Xr man 1 ,  .Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr apropos 1 ,  .Xr apropos 1 ,
 and  and
 .Xr makewhatis 8  .Xr makewhatis 8 .
 shall use it by default.  It can be used multiple times to specify multiple paths,
 Each such tree is supposed to contain subdirectories  with the order determining the manual page search order.
   .Pp
   Each path is a tree containing subdirectories
 whose names consist of the strings  whose names consist of the strings
 .Sq man  .Sq man
 and/or  and/or
Line 60  The former are supposed to contain unformatted manual 
Line 60  The former are supposed to contain unformatted manual 
 .Xr mdoc 7  .Xr mdoc 7
 and/or  and/or
 .Xr man 7  .Xr man 7
 format; file names are supposed to end with the name of the section  format; file names should end with the name of the section
 preceded by a dot.  preceded by a dot.
 The latter are supposed to contain preformatted manual pages;  The latter should contain preformatted manual pages;
 file names are supposed to end with  file names should end with
 .Ql .0 .  .Ql .0 .
   .Pp
 Creating a  Creating a
 .Xr mandoc.db 5  .Xr mandoc.db 5
 database with  database with
Line 75  is recommended and necessary for
Line 76  is recommended and necessary for
 .Xr apropos 1  .Xr apropos 1
 to work, but not strictly required for  to work, but not strictly required for
 .Xr man 1 .  .Xr man 1 .
 .Pp  
 Specifying at least one  
 .Ic manpath  
 directive does not append to the default search path  
 but instead overrides it.  
 The order of  
 .Ic manpath  
 directives determines the manual page search order.  
 .It Ic _whatdb Ar path Ns Cm /whatis.db  .It Ic _whatdb Ar path Ns Cm /whatis.db
 This directive provides the same functionality as  This directive provides the same functionality as
 .Ic manpath ,  .Ic manpath ,
Line 94  but will eventually be removed.
Line 87  but will eventually be removed.
 .Pa /etc/man.conf  .Pa /etc/man.conf
 .Sh EXAMPLES  .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following configuration file reproduces the defaults:  The following configuration file reproduces the defaults:
 Installing it is equivalent to not having a file  installing it is equivalent to not having a
 .Nm  .Nm
 at all.  file at all.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent  .Bd -literal -offset indent
 manpath /usr/share/man  manpath /usr/share/man
 manpath /usr/X11R6/man  manpath /usr/X11R6/man

Legend:
Removed from v.1.1  
changed lines
  Added in v.1.2

CVSweb