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.Xr makewhatis 8 |
.Xr makewhatis 8 |
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.Xr apropos 1 . |
.Xr apropos 1 . |
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.It Sy "missing description line, using \(dq\(dq" |
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.Pq mdoc |
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The |
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.Ic \&Nd |
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macro lacks the required argument. |
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The title line of the manual will end after the dash. |
.It Sy "sections out of conventional order" |
.It Sy "sections out of conventional order" |
.Pq mdoc |
.Pq mdoc |
A standard section occurs after another section it usually precedes. |
A standard section occurs after another section it usually precedes. |
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.It Sy "skipping empty macro" |
.It Sy "skipping empty macro" |
.Pq mdoc |
.Pq mdoc |
The indicated macro has no arguments and hence no effect. |
The indicated macro has no arguments and hence no effect. |
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.It Sy "empty block" |
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.Pq mdoc , man |
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.Ic \&Bd , |
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.Ic \&Bk , |
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.Ic \&Bl , |
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.Ic \&D1 , |
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.Ic \&Dl , |
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.Ic \&RS , |
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or |
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.Ic \&UR |
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block contains nothing in its body and will produce no output. |
.It Sy "empty argument, using 0n" |
.It Sy "empty argument, using 0n" |
.Pq mdoc |
.Pq mdoc |
The required width is missing after |
The required width is missing after |
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.Fl offset |
.Fl offset |
or |
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.Fl width. |
.Fl width. |
.It Sy "argument count wrong" |
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.Pq mdoc , man |
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The indicated macro has too few or too many arguments. |
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The syntax tree will contain the wrong number of arguments as given. |
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Formatting behaviour depends on the specific macro in question. |
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Note that the same message may also occur as an ERROR, see below. |
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.It Sy "missing display type, using -ragged" |
.It Sy "missing display type, using -ragged" |
.Pq mdoc |
.Pq mdoc |
The |
The |
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macro is called without an argument before |
macro is called without an argument before |
.Ic \&Nm |
.Ic \&Nm |
has first been called with an argument. |
has first been called with an argument. |
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.It Sy "missing function name, using \(dq\(dq" |
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.Pq mdoc |
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The |
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.Ic \&Fo |
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macro is called without an argument. |
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No function name is printed. |
.It Sy "empty head in list item" |
.It Sy "empty head in list item" |
.Pq mdoc |
.Pq mdoc |
In a |
In a |
Line 1085 macro has no argument, or only one argument and no mac |
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Line 1103 macro has no argument, or only one argument and no mac |
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on the same input line. |
on the same input line. |
This defeats its purpose; in particular, spacing is not suppressed |
This defeats its purpose; in particular, spacing is not suppressed |
before the text or macros following on the next input line. |
before the text or macros following on the next input line. |
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.It Sy "empty reference block" |
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.Pq mdoc |
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An |
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.Ic \&Rs |
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macro is immediately followed by an |
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.Ic \&Re |
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macro on the next input line. |
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Such an empty block does not produce any output. |
.It Sy "missing -std argument, adding it" |
.It Sy "missing -std argument, adding it" |
.Pq mdoc |
.Pq mdoc |
An |
An |
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.Ic \&Ef , |
.Ic \&Ef , |
.Ic \&Ek , |
.Ic \&Ek , |
.Ic \&El , |
.Ic \&El , |
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.Ic \&Lp , |
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.Ic \&Pp , |
.Ic \&Re , |
.Ic \&Re , |
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.Ic \&Rs , |
or |
or |
.Ic \&Ud |
.Ic \&Ud |
macro, an |
macro, an |
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.Ic \&EN |
.Ic \&EN |
macro, or a |
macro, or a |
.Xr roff 7 |
.Xr roff 7 |
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.Ic \&br , |
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.Ic \&fi , |
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or |
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.Ic \&nf |
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request or |
.Sq \&.. |
.Sq \&.. |
block closing request is invoked with at least one argument. |
block closing request is invoked with at least one argument. |
All arguments are ignored. |
All arguments are ignored. |
.It Sy "skipping excess arguments" |
.It Sy "skipping excess arguments" |
.Pq mdoc , man , roff |
.Pq mdoc , man , roff |
The |
The |
.Ic \&Bf |
.Ic \&An |
macro is invoked with more than one argument, the |
macro is invoked with another argument after |
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.Fl split |
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or |
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.Fl nosplit , |
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.Ic \&Fo |
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is invoked with more than one argument, |
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.Ic \&Bd , |
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.Ic \&Bk , |
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or |
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.Ic \&Bl |
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are invoked with invalid arguments, the |
.Ic \&RE |
.Ic \&RE |
macro is invoked with more than one argument |
macro is invoked with more than one argument |
or with a non-integer argument, or a request of the |
or with a non-integer argument, the |
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.Ic \&sp |
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request is invoked with more than one argument, or a request of the |
.Ic \&de |
.Ic \&de |
family is invoked with more than two arguments. |
family is invoked with more than two arguments. |
The excess arguments are ignored. |
The excess arguments are ignored. |