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 Using this predefined string is not recommended in new manuals.  Using this predefined string is not recommended in new manuals.
   .Sh MACRO OVERVIEW
   This overview is sorted such that macros of similar purpose are listed
   together, to help find the best macro for any given purpose.
   Deprecated macros are not included in the overview, but can be found
   in the alphabetical reference below.
   .Ss Document preamble and NAME section macros
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Dd Ta document date: Cm $Mdocdate$ | Ar month day , year
   .It Sx \&Dt Ta document title: Ar TITLE section Op Ar volume | arch
   .It Sx \&Os Ta operating system version: Op Ar system Op Ar version
   .It Sx \&Nm Ta document name (one argument)
   .It Sx \&Nd Ta document description (one line)
   .El
   .Ss Sections and cross references
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Sh Ta section header (one line)
   .It Sx \&Ss Ta subsection header (one line)
   .It Sx \&Sx Ta internal cross reference to a section or subsection
   .It Sx \&Xr Ta cross reference to another manual page: Ar name section
   .It Sx \&Pp , \&Lp Ta start a text paragraph (no arguments)
   .El
   .Ss Displays and lists
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Bd , \&Ed Ta display block:
   .Fl Ar type
   .Op Fl offset Ar width
   .Op Fl compact
   .It Sx \&D1 Ta indented display (one line)
   .It Sx \&Dl Ta indented literal display (one line)
   .It Sx \&Bl , \&El Ta list block:
   .Fl Ar type
   .Op Fl width Ar val
   .Op Fl offset Ar val
   .Op Fl compact
   .It Sx \&It Ta list item (syntax depends on Fl Ar type )
   .It Sx \&Ta Ta table cell separator in Sx Bl Fl column No lists
   .It Sx \&Rs , \&%* , \&Re Ta bibliographic block (references)
   .El
   .Ss Spacing control
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Pf Ta prefix, no following horizontal space (one argument)
   .It Sx \&Ns Ta roman font, no preceding horizontal space (no arguments)
   .It Sx \&Ap Ta apostrophe without surrounding whitespace (no arguments)
   .It Sx \&Sm Ta switch horizontal spacing mode: Cm on | off
   .It Sx \&Bk , \&Ek Ta keep block: Fl words
   .It Sx \&br Ta force output line break in text mode (no arguments)
   .It Sx \&sp Ta force vertical space: Op Ar height
   .El
   .Ss Semantic markup for command line utilities:
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Nm Ta start a SYNOPSIS block with the name of a utility
   .It Sx \&Fl Ta command line options (flags) (>=0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Cm Ta command modifier (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Ar Ta command arguments (>=0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Op , \&Oo , \&Oc Ta optional syntax elements (enclosure)
   .It Sx \&Ic Ta internal or interactive command (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Ev Ta environmental variable (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Pa Ta file system path (>=0 arguments)
   .El
   .Ss Semantic markup for function libraries:
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Lb Ta function library (one argument)
   .It Sx \&In Ta include file (one argument)
   .It Sx \&Ft Ta function type (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Fo , \&Fc Ta function block: Ar funcname
   .It Sx \&Fn Ta function name:
   .Op Ar functype
   .Ar funcname
   .Oo
   .Op Ar argtype
   .Ar argname
   .Oc
   .It Sx \&Fa Ta function argument (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Vt Ta variable type (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Va Ta variable name (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Dv Ta defined variable or preprocessor constant (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Er Ta error constant (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Ev Ta environmental variable (>0 arguments)
   .El
   .Ss Various semantic markup:
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&An Ta author name (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Lk Ta hyperlink: Ar uri Op Ar name
   .It Sx \&Mt Ta Do mailto Dc hyperlink: Ar address
   .It Sx \&Cd Ta kernel configuration declaration (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Ad Ta memory address (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Ms Ta mathematical symbol (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Tn Ta tradename (>0 arguments)
   .El
   .Ss Physical markup
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Em Ta italic font or underline (emphasis) (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Sy Ta boldface font (symbolic) (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&Li Ta typewriter font (literal) (>0 arguments)
   .It Sx \&No Ta return to roman font (normal) (no arguments)
   .It Sx \&Bf , \&Ef Ta font block:
   .Op Fl Ar type | Cm \&Em | \&Li | \&Sy
   .El
   .Ss Physical enclosures
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Dq , \&Do , \&Dc Ta enclose in typographic double quotes: Dq text
   .It Sx \&Qq , \&Qo , \&Qc Ta enclose in typewriter double quotes: Qq text
   .It Sx \&Sq , \&So , \&Sc Ta enclose in single quotes: Sq text
   .It Sx \&Ql Ta single-quoted literal text: Ql text
   .It Sx \&Pq , \&Po , \&Pc Ta enclose in parentheses: Pq text
   .It Sx \&Bq , \&Bo , \&Bc Ta enclose in square brackets: Bq text
   .It Sx \&Brq , \&Bro , \&Brc Ta enclose in curly braces: Brq text
   .It Sx \&Aq , \&Ao , \&Ac Ta enclose in angle brackets: Aq text
   .It Sx \&Eo , \&Ec Ta generic enclosure
   .El
   .Ss Text production
   .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
   .It Sx \&Ex Fl std Ta standard command exit values: Op Ar utility ...
   .It Sx \&Rv Fl std Ta standard function return values: Op Ar function ...
   .It Sx \&St Ta reference to a standards document (one argument)
   .It Sx \&Ux Ta Ux
   .It Sx \&At Ta At
   .It Sx \&Bx Ta Bx
   .It Sx \&Bsx Ta Bsx
   .It Sx \&Nx Ta Nx
   .It Sx \&Fx Ta Fx
   .It Sx \&Ox Ta Ox
   .It Sx \&Dx Ta Dx
   .El
 .Sh REFERENCE  .Sh REFERENCE
 This section is a canonical reference of all macros, arranged  This section is a canonical reference of all macros, arranged
 alphabetically.  alphabetically.

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