=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.143 retrieving revision 1.146 diff -u -p -r1.143 -r1.146 --- mandoc/man.7 2019/03/02 22:04:40 1.143 +++ mandoc/man.7 2020/10/14 14:22:54 1.146 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.143 2019/03/02 22:04:40 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.146 2020/10/14 14:22:54 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons -.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015,2017,2018,2019 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2015, 2017-2020 Ingo Schwarze .\" Copyright (c) 2017 Anthony Bentley .\" Copyright (c) 2010 Joerg Sonnenberger .\" @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 2 2019 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 14 2020 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with .At releases. The optional arguments specify which release it is from. +This macro is an extension that first appeared in +.Bx 4.3 . .It Ic B Text is rendered in bold face. .It Ic BI @@ -160,7 +162,9 @@ This has no effect unless the tabulator positions were .Ic ta request. .It Ic EE -This is a non-standard GNU extension. +This is a non-standard Version 9 +.At +extension later adopted by GNU. In .Xr mandoc 1 , it does the same as the @@ -168,7 +172,9 @@ it does the same as the .Ic fi request (switch to fill mode). .It Ic EX -This is a non-standard GNU extension. +This is a non-standard Version 9 +.At +extension later adopted by GNU. In .Xr mandoc 1 , it does the same as the @@ -251,8 +257,12 @@ is usually a command-line flag and .Ar value its argument. .It Ic P -A synonym for -.Ic PP . +This synonym for +.Ic PP +is an +.At III +extension later adopted by +.Bx 4.3 . .It Ic PD Specify the vertical space to be inserted before each new paragraph. .br @@ -339,6 +349,9 @@ See also .It Ic SB Text is rendered in small size (one point smaller than the default font) bold face. +This macro is an extension that probably first appeared in SunOS 4.0 +and was later adopted by GNU and by +.Bx 4.4 . .It Ic SH Begin a section. The scope of a section is only closed by another section or the end of @@ -431,6 +444,8 @@ Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with .Bx releases. The optional first argument specifies which release it is from. +This macro is an extension that first appeared in +.Bx 3 . .It Ic UE End a uniform resource identifier block started with .Ic UR . @@ -496,8 +511,8 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Ic BI Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Ic BR Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Ic DT Ta 0 Ta current Ta \& -.It Ic EE Ta 0 Ta current Ta GNU -.It Ic EX Ta 0 Ta current Ta GNU +.It Ic EE Ta 0 Ta current Ta Version 9 At +.It Ic EX Ta 0 Ta current Ta Version 9 At .It Ic I Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Ic IB Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Ic IR Ta n Ta current Ta \& @@ -597,8 +612,13 @@ The language first appeared as a macro package for the roff typesetting system in .At v7 . -It was later rewritten by James Clark as a macro package for groff. -Eric S. Raymond wrote the extended +It was later rewritten by +.An James Clark +as a macro package for groff. +.An Eric S. Raymond Aq Mt esr@thyrsus.com +and +.An Werner Lemberg Aq Mt wl@gnu.org +wrote the extended .Nm macros for groff in 2007. The stand-alone implementation that is part of the