=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.123 retrieving revision 1.127 diff -u -p -r1.123 -r1.127 --- mandoc/man.7 2014/02/14 17:35:05 1.123 +++ mandoc/man.7 2014/06/22 16:39:45 1.127 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.123 2014/02/14 17:35:05 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.127 2014/06/22 16:39:45 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012, 2013 Ingo Schwarze @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: February 14 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 22 2014 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -98,30 +98,32 @@ file for a utility .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.TH PROGNAME 1 2009-10-10 \&.SH NAME -\efBprogname\efR \e(en a description goes here +\efBprogname\efR \e(en one line about what it does \&.\e\(dq .SH LIBRARY -\&.\e\(dq For sections 2 & 3 only. +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only. \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD. \&.SH SYNOPSIS -\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] arguments... +\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] \efIfile ...\efR \&.SH DESCRIPTION -The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files... +The \efBfoo\efR 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 .BR foo ( 1 ) +\&.\e\(dq .BR foobar ( 1 ) \&.\e\(dq .SH STANDARDS \&.\e\(dq .SH HISTORY \&.\e\(dq .SH AUTHORS @@ -171,6 +173,9 @@ This expands upon the brief, one-line description in .Em NAME . It usually contains a break-down of the options (if documenting a command). +.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 @@ -197,13 +202,19 @@ well-tested invocations. Make sure that examples work properly! .It Em DIAGNOSTICS Documents error conditions. -This is most useful in section 4 manuals. +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 discouraged. .It Em ERRORS -Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9. +Documents +.Xr errno 2 +settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9. .It Em SEE ALSO References other manuals with related topics. This section should exist for most manuals. @@ -680,11 +691,6 @@ See also .Ss \&fi End literal mode begun by .Sx \&nf . -.Ss \&ft -Change the current font mode. -See -.Sx Text Decoration -for a listing of available font modes. .Ss \&in Indent relative to the current indentation: .Pp @@ -781,7 +787,6 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&UC Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&br Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&fi Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat -.It Sx \&ft Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&in Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&na Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat @@ -868,10 +873,11 @@ Note that macros like .Sx \&BR open and close a font scope for each argument. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section documents areas of questionable portability between +This section mentions some areas of questionable portability between implementations of the .Nm language. +More incompatibilities exist. .Pp .Bl -dash -compact .It @@ -883,47 +889,12 @@ to close out a literal context opened with .Sx \&nf . This behaviour may not be portable. .It -In quoted literals, GNU troff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce -a standalone double-quote in formatted output. -It is not known whether this behaviour is exhibited by other formatters. -.It troff suppresses a newline before .Sq \(aq macro output; in mandoc, it is an alias for the standard .Sq \&. control character. .It -The -.Sq \eh -.Pq horizontal position , -.Sq \ev -.Pq vertical position , -.Sq \em -.Pq text colour , -.Sq \eM -.Pq text filling colour , -.Sq \ez -.Pq zero-length character , -.Sq \ew -.Pq string length , -.Sq \ek -.Pq horizontal position marker , -.Sq \eo -.Pq text overstrike , -and -.Sq \es -.Pq text size -escape sequences are all discarded in mandoc. -.It -The -.Sq \ef -scaling unit is accepted by mandoc, but rendered as the default unit. -.It -The -.Sx \&sp -macro does not accept negative values in mandoc. -In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour. -.It In page header lines, GNU troff versions up to and including 1.21 only print .Ar volume @@ -939,8 +910,13 @@ is given, like in .El .Pp The -.Sx OP -macro is part of the extended +.Sx EE , +.Sx EX , +.Sx OP , +.Sx UE , +and +.Sx UR +macros are part of the GNU extended .Nm macro set, and may not be portable to non-GNU troff implementations. .Sh SEE ALSO