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version 1.100, 2011/12/25 19:35:44 |
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.\" $Id$ |
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.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> |
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> |
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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any |
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any |
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above |
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above |
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utility formats |
utility formats |
.Ux |
.Ux |
manual pages for display. |
manual pages for display. |
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.Pp |
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By default, |
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.Nm |
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reads |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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or |
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.Xr man 7 |
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text from stdin, implying |
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.Fl m Ns Cm andoc , |
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and produces |
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.Fl T Ns Cm ascii |
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output. |
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.Pp |
The arguments are as follows: |
The arguments are as follows: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.It Fl m Ns Ar format |
.It Fl m Ns Ar format |
Line 96 If multiple files are specified, |
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Line 109 If multiple files are specified, |
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.Nm |
.Nm |
will halt with the first failed parse. |
will halt with the first failed parse. |
.El |
.El |
.Pp |
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By default, |
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.Nm |
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reads |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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or |
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.Xr man 7 |
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text from stdin, implying |
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.Fl m Ns Cm andoc , |
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and produces |
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.Fl T Ns Cm ascii |
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output. |
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.Ss Input Formats |
.Ss Input Formats |
The |
The |
.Nm |
.Nm |
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utility accepts the following |
utility accepts the following |
.Fl T |
.Fl T |
arguments, which correspond to output modes: |
arguments, which correspond to output modes: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width "-Tlocale" |
.It Fl T Ns Cm utf8 |
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Encode output in the UTF\-8 multi-byte format. |
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See |
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.Sx UTF\-8 Output . |
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.It Fl T Ns Cm locale |
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Encode output using the current locale. |
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See |
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.Sx Locale Output . |
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.It Fl T Ns Cm ascii |
.It Fl T Ns Cm ascii |
Produce 7-bit ASCII output. |
Produce 7-bit ASCII output. |
This is the default. |
This is the default. |
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Parse only: produce no output. |
Parse only: produce no output. |
Implies |
Implies |
.Fl W Ns Cm warning . |
.Fl W Ns Cm warning . |
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.It Fl T Ns Cm locale |
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Encode output using the current locale. |
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See |
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.Sx Locale Output . |
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.It Fl T Ns Cm man |
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Produce |
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.Xr man 7 |
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format output. |
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See |
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.Sx Man Output . |
.It Fl T Ns Cm pdf |
.It Fl T Ns Cm pdf |
Produce PDF output. |
Produce PDF output. |
See |
See |
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.Sx PostScript Output . |
.Sx PostScript Output . |
.It Fl T Ns Cm tree |
.It Fl T Ns Cm tree |
Produce an indented parse tree. |
Produce an indented parse tree. |
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.It Fl T Ns Cm utf8 |
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Encode output in the UTF\-8 multi-byte format. |
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.Sx UTF\-8 Output . |
.It Fl T Ns Cm xhtml |
.It Fl T Ns Cm xhtml |
Produce strict CSS1/XHTML-1.0 output. |
Produce strict CSS1/XHTML-1.0 output. |
See |
See |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the |
If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the |
corresponding filter in-order. |
corresponding filter in-order. |
.Ss UTF\-8 Output |
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Use |
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.Fl T Ns Cm utf8 |
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to force a UTF\-8 locale. |
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See |
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.Sx Locale Output |
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for details and options. |
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.Ss Locale Output |
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Locale-depending output encoding is triggered with |
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.Fl T Ns Cm locale . |
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This option is not available on all systems: systems without locale |
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support, or those whose internal representation is not natively UCS-4, |
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will fall back to |
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.Fl T Ns Cm ascii . |
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See |
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.Sx ASCII Output |
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for font style specification and available command-line arguments. |
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.Ss ASCII Output |
.Ss ASCII Output |
Output produced by |
Output produced by |
.Fl T Ns Cm ascii , |
.Fl T Ns Cm ascii , |
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.Fl O |
.Fl O |
arguments are accepted: |
arguments are accepted: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
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.It Cm indent Ns = Ns Ar indent |
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The left margin for normal text is set to |
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.Ar indent |
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blank characters instead of the default of five for |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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and seven for |
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.Xr man 7 . |
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Increasing this is not recommended; it may result in degraded formatting, |
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for example overfull lines or ugly line breaks. |
.It Cm width Ns = Ns Ar width |
.It Cm width Ns = Ns Ar width |
The output width is set to |
The output width is set to |
.Ar width , |
.Ar width , |
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.Fl O |
.Fl O |
arguments are accepted: |
arguments are accepted: |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
.Bl -tag -width Ds |
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.It Cm fragment |
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Omit the |
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.Aq !DOCTYPE |
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declaration and the |
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.Aq html , |
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.Aq head , |
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and |
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.Aq body |
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elements and only emit the subtree below the |
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.Aq body |
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element. |
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The |
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.Cm style |
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argument will be ignored. |
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This is useful when embedding manual content within existing documents. |
.It Cm includes Ns = Ns Ar fmt |
.It Cm includes Ns = Ns Ar fmt |
The string |
The string |
.Ar fmt , |
.Ar fmt , |
Line 306 is used for an external style-sheet. |
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Line 320 is used for an external style-sheet. |
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This must be a valid absolute or |
This must be a valid absolute or |
relative URI. |
relative URI. |
.El |
.El |
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.Ss Locale Output |
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Locale-depending output encoding is triggered with |
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.Fl T Ns Cm locale . |
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This option is not available on all systems: systems without locale |
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support, or those whose internal representation is not natively UCS-4, |
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will fall back to |
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.Fl T Ns Cm ascii . |
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See |
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.Sx ASCII Output |
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for font style specification and available command-line arguments. |
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.Ss Man Output |
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Translate input format into |
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.Xr man 7 |
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output format. |
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This is useful for distributing manual sources to legancy systems |
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lacking |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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formatters. |
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.Pp |
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If |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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is passed as input, it is translated into |
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.Xr man 7 . |
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If the input format is |
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.Xr man 7 , |
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the input is copied to the output, expanding any |
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.Xr roff 7 |
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.Sq so |
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requests. |
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The parser is also run, and as usual, the |
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.Fl W |
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level controls which |
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.Sx DIAGNOSTICS |
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are displayed before copying the input to the output. |
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.Ss PDF Output |
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PDF-1.1 output may be generated by |
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.Fl T Ns Cm pdf . |
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See |
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.Sx PostScript Output |
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for |
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.Fl O |
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arguments and defaults. |
.Ss PostScript Output |
.Ss PostScript Output |
PostScript |
PostScript |
.Qq Adobe-3.0 |
.Qq Adobe-3.0 |
Line 340 If an unknown value is encountered, |
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Line 396 If an unknown value is encountered, |
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.Ar letter |
.Ar letter |
is used. |
is used. |
.El |
.El |
.Ss PDF Output |
.Ss UTF\-8 Output |
PDF-1.1 output may be generated by |
Use |
.Fl T Ns Cm pdf . |
.Fl T Ns Cm utf8 |
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to force a UTF\-8 locale. |
See |
See |
.Sx PostScript Output |
.Sx Locale Output |
for |
for details and options. |
.Fl O |
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arguments and defaults. |
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.Ss XHTML Output |
.Ss XHTML Output |
Output produced by |
Output produced by |
.Fl T Ns Cm xhtml |
.Fl T Ns Cm xhtml |
Line 417 To check over a large set of manuals: |
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Line 472 To check over a large set of manuals: |
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To produce a series of PostScript manuals for A4 paper: |
To produce a series of PostScript manuals for A4 paper: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.Dl $ mandoc \-Tps \-Opaper=a4 mdoc.7 man.7 \*(Gt manuals.ps |
.Dl $ mandoc \-Tps \-Opaper=a4 mdoc.7 man.7 \*(Gt manuals.ps |
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.Pp |
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Convert a modern |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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manual to the older |
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.Xr man 7 |
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format, for use on systems lacking an |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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parser: |
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.Pp |
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.Dl $ mandoc \-Tman foo.mdoc \*(Gt foo.man |
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS |
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS |
Standard error messages reporting parsing errors are prefixed by |
Standard error messages reporting parsing errors are prefixed by |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Line 572 lists render similarly. |
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Line 637 lists render similarly. |
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The |
The |
.Nm |
.Nm |
utility was written by |
utility was written by |
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv . |
.An Kristaps Dzonsons , |
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.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv . |
.Sh CAVEATS |
.Sh CAVEATS |
In |
In |
.Fl T Ns Cm html |
.Fl T Ns Cm html |