=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.1,v retrieving revision 1.28 retrieving revision 1.33 diff -u -p -r1.28 -r1.33 --- mandoc/man.1 2017/03/27 18:51:36 1.28 +++ mandoc/man.1 2018/04/19 23:41:16 1.33 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.28 2017/03/27 18:51:36 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.1,v 1.33 2018/04/19 23:41:16 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)man.1 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/2/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2017 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 19 2018 $ .Dt MAN 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ Copy the manual page to the standard output instead of .Xr more 1 to paginate it. This is done by default if the standard output is not a terminal device. +.Pp +When using +.Fl c , +most terminal devices are unable to show the markup. +To print the output of +.Nm +to the terminal with markup but without using a pager, pipe it to +.Xr ul 1 . +To remove the markup, pipe the output to +.Xr col 1 +.Fl b +instead. .It Fl f A synonym for .Xr whatis 1 . @@ -102,8 +114,7 @@ manual. By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages. .It Fl l A synonym for -.Xr mandoc 1 -.Fl a . +.Xr mandoc 1 . The .Ar name arguments are interpreted as filenames. @@ -115,6 +126,8 @@ No search is done and and .Fl w are ignored. +This option implies +.Fl a . .It Fl M Ar path Override the list of standard directories which .Nm @@ -262,7 +275,7 @@ environment variable. The format of the path is a colon .Pq Ql \&: separated list of directories. -Invalid paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored. +Invalid paths are ignored. Overridden by .Fl M , ignored if @@ -285,11 +298,6 @@ If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, .Xr more 1 .Fl s is used. -Only used if -.Fl a -or -.Fl l -is specified. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /etc/man.conf -compact @@ -301,20 +309,24 @@ default man configuration file See .Xr mandoc 1 for details. +.Sh EXAMPLES +Format a page for pasting extracts into an email message \(em +avoid printing any UTF-8 characters, reduce the width to ease +quoting in replies, and remove markup: +.Pp +.Dl $ man -T ascii -O width=65 pledge | col -b +.Pp +Read a typeset page in a PDF viewer: +.Pp +.Dl $ MANPAGER=mupdf man -T pdf lpd .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr apropos 1 , -.Xr intro 1 , +.Xr col 1 , +.Xr mandoc 1 , +.Xr ul 1 , .Xr whereis 1 , -.Xr intro 2 , -.Xr intro 3 , -.Xr intro 4 , -.Xr intro 5 , .Xr man.conf 5 , -.Xr intro 6 , -.Xr intro 7 , -.Xr mdoc 7 , -.Xr intro 8 , -.Xr intro 9 +.Xr mdoc 7 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm