=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/eqn.7,v retrieving revision 1.24 retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -p -r1.24 -r1.29 --- mandoc/eqn.7 2011/07/23 18:44:42 1.24 +++ mandoc/eqn.7 2013/07/13 19:41:16 1.29 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: eqn.7,v 1.24 2011/07/23 18:44:42 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: eqn.7,v 1.29 2013/07/13 19:41:16 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 23 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2013 $ .Dt EQN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -23,18 +23,21 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm eqn -language is a equation-formatting language. +language is an equation-formatting language. It is used within .Xr mdoc 7 and .Xr man 7 .Ux manual pages. +It describes the +.Em structure +of an equation, not its mathematical meaning. This manual describes the .Nm language accepted by the .Xr mandoc 1 -utility, which correspond to the Second Edition eqn specification (see +utility, which corresponds to the Second Edition eqn specification (see .Sx SEE ALSO for references). .Pp @@ -114,7 +117,7 @@ partial (partial differential), inf (infinity), >> (mu The following control statements are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm define -Replace all occurances of a key with a value. +Replace all occurrences of a key with a value. Its syntax is as follows: .Pp .D1 define Ar key cvalc @@ -129,7 +132,8 @@ This allows for arbitrary enclosure of terms (not just .D1 define Ar foo cbar bazc .Pp It is an error to have an empty -.Ar key or +.Ar key +or .Ar val . Note that a quoted .Ar key @@ -272,4 +276,4 @@ was added in 2011. This .Nm reference was written by -.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv . +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .