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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.222 2013/11/02 20:39:49 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.228 2014/03/31 01:05:32 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
-.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
 .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 2 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: March 31 2014 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ file for a utility
 \&.Nm progname
 \&.Nd one line about what it does
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh LIBRARY
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only.
 \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
 \&.Sh SYNOPSIS
 \&.Nm progname
@@ -135,20 +135,22 @@ file for a utility
 The
 \&.Nm
 utility processes files ...
+\&.\e\(dq .Sh CONTEXT
+\&.\e\(dq For section 9 functions only.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh RETURN VALUES
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh ENVIRONMENT
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 only.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh FILES
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh EXIT STATUS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, and 8 only.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh EXAMPLES
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 printf/stderr messages only.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh ERRORS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 errno settings only.
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh SEE ALSO
 \&.\e\(dq .Xr foobar 1
 \&.\e\(dq .Sh STANDARDS
@@ -318,6 +320,9 @@ macro followed by a non-standard section name, and eac
 several subsections, like in the present
 .Nm
 manual.
+.It Em CONTEXT
+This section lists the contexts in which functions can be called in section 9.
+The contexts are autoconf, process, or interrupt.
 .It Em IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 Implementation-specific notes should be kept here.
 This is useful when implementing standard functions that may have side
@@ -358,8 +363,12 @@ Example usages.
 This often contains snippets of well-formed, well-tested invocations.
 Make sure that examples work properly!
 .It Em DIAGNOSTICS
-Documents error conditions.
-This is most useful in section 4 manuals.
+Documents error messages.
+In section 4 and 9 manuals, these are usually messages printed by the
+kernel to the console and to the kernel log.
+In section 1, 6, 7, and 8, these are usually messages printed by
+userland programs to the standard error output.
+.Pp
 Historically, this section was used in place of
 .Em EXIT STATUS
 for manuals in sections 1, 6, and 8; however, this practise is
@@ -369,7 +378,9 @@ See
 .Sx \&Bl
 .Fl diag .
 .It Em ERRORS
-Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9.
+Documents
+.Xr errno 2
+settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9.
 .Pp
 See
 .Sx \&Er .
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 The manual section.
 This may be one of
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+.Cm 7
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+.Cm 8
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+.Cm 9
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+.Cm X11R6
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-.Ar unass
+.Cm unass
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-.Ar local
+.Cm local
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+.Cm draft
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+.Cm paper
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+.Cm 1
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 This field is optional, and if specified, must be one of
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+.Cm USD
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-.Ar PS1
+.Cm PS1
 .Pq programmers' supplementary documents ,
-.Ar AMD
+.Cm AMD
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-.Ar SMM
+.Cm SMM
 .Pq system managers' manuals ,
-.Ar URM
+.Cm URM
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-.Ar PRM
+.Cm PRM
 .Pq programmers' reference manuals ,
-.Ar KM
+.Cm KM
 .Pq kernel manuals ,
-.Ar IND
+.Cm IND
 .Pq master index ,
-.Ar MMI
+.Cm MMI
 .Pq master index ,
-.Ar LOCAL
+.Cm LOCAL
 .Pq local manuals ,
-.Ar LOC
+.Cm LOC
 .Pq local manuals ,
 or
-.Ar CON
+.Cm CON
 .Pq contributed manuals .
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+The following standards are recognised.
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+they all refer to the same standard, and using the first form
+is recommended.
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+.St -ansiC
+.It \-ansiC-89
+.St -ansiC-89
 .It \-isoC
 .St -isoC
 .It \-isoC-90
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+.br
+The original C standard.
+.Pp
 .It \-isoC-amd1
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+.Pp
 .It \-isoC-tcor1
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+.Pp
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+.It \-ansiC-99
+.St -ansiC-99
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+The second major version of the C language standard.
+.Pp
 .It \-isoC-2011
 .St -isoC-2011
+.br
+The third major version of the C language standard.
+.El
+.It POSIX.1 before the Single UNIX Specification
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
+.It \-p1003.1-88
+.St -p1003.1-88
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+.St -p1003.1
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+The original POSIX standard, based on ANSI C.
+.Pp
+.It \-p1003.1-90
+.St -p1003.1-90
 .It \-iso9945-1-90
 .St -iso9945-1-90
+.br
+The first update of POSIX.1.
+.Pp
+.It \-p1003.1b-93
+.St -p1003.1b-93
+.It \-p1003.1b
+.St -p1003.1b
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+Real-time extensions.
+.Pp
+.It \-p1003.1c-95
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+POSIX thread interfaces.
+.Pp
+.It \-p1003.1i-95
+.St -p1003.1i-95
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+.It \-p1003.1-96
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-.It \-ieee1275-94
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+.El
+.It X/Open Portability Guide version 4 and related standards
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
 .It \-xpg3
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+.St -p1003.2-92
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+.St -p1003.2a-92
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+.Pp
 .It \-xpg4
 .St -xpg4
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+.El
+.It Single UNIX Specification version 1 and related standards
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
 .It \-xpg4.2
 .St -xpg4.2
+.br
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+It was used as the basis for UNIX 95 certification.
+The following three refer to parts of it.
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+.It \-xsh4.2
+.St -xsh4.2
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+.It \-xcurses4.2
+.St -xcurses4.2
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+.It \-p1003.1g-2000
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+Networking APIs, including sockets.
+.Pp
 .It \-xpg4.3
 .St -xpg4.3
+.Pp
+.It \-svid4
+.St -svid4 ,
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+Published in 1995.
+.El
+.It Single UNIX Specification version 2 and related standards
+.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
+.It \-susv2
+.St -susv2
+This Standard was published in 1997
+and is also called X/Open Portability Guide version 5.
+It was used as the basis for UNIX 98 certification.
+The following refer to parts of it.
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 .It \-xbd5
 .St -xbd5
-.It \-xcu5
-.St -xcu5
+.Pp
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+POSIX software administration.
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+.It \-p1003.1q-2000
+.St -p1003.1q-2000
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+Amendment 7: Tracing [C Language].
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-.St -svid4
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+This standard is based on C99, SUSv2, POSIX.1-1996, 1d, and 1j.
+It is also called X/Open Portability Guide version 6.
+It is used as the basis for UNIX 03 certification.
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+.St -p1003.1-2004
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+The second and last Technical Corrigendum.
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+.It Single UNIX Specification version 4
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+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
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+.St -p1003.1-2008
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+This standard is also called SUSv4 and
+X/Open Portability Guide version 7.
+.Pp
+.It \-p1003.1-2013
+.St -p1003.1-2013
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+This is the first Technical Corrigendum.
+.El
+.It Other standards
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+.St -ieee754
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+Floating-point arithmetic.
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+.It \-iso8601
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+Representation of dates and times, published in 1988.
+.Pp
+.It \-iso8802-3
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+Ethernet local area networks.
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+.It \-ieee1275-94
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+.El
 .Ss \&Sx
 Reference a section or subsection in the same manual page.
 The referenced section or subsection name must be identical to the
@@ -3141,9 +3284,9 @@ The following features are unimplemented in mandoc:
 .Fl file Ar file .
 .It
 .Sx \&Bd
-.Fl offset Ar center
+.Fl offset Cm center
 and
-.Fl offset Ar right .
+.Fl offset Cm right .
 Groff does not implement centred and flush-right rendering either,
 but produces large indentations.
 .It