=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.68 retrieving revision 1.78 diff -u -p -r1.68 -r1.78 --- mandoc/man.7 2010/05/12 16:52:33 1.68 +++ mandoc/man.7 2010/07/19 23:21:39 1.78 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.68 2010/05/12 16:52:33 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.78 2010/07/19 23:21:39 schwarze Exp $ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons +.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -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: May 12 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 19 2010 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Use the .Xr mdoc 7 language, instead. .Pp -An +A .Nm document follows simple rules: lines beginning with the control character @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the -space character, and the tabs character. +space character, and the tab character. All manuals must have .Ux line termination. @@ -61,11 +61,11 @@ Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output wi vertical space. .Ss Comments Text following a -.Sq \e\*" , +.Sq \e\*q , whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of line. A macro line with only a control character and comment escape, -.Sq \&.\e" , +.Sq \&.\e\*q , is also ignored. Macro lines with only a control character and optionally whitespace are stripped from input. @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ and .Ss Text Decoration Terms may be text-decorated using the .Sq \ef -escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I, (italic), R (Roman), or P +escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I (italic), R (Roman), or P (revert to previous mode): .Pp .D1 \efBbold\efR \efIitalic\efP @@ -106,32 +106,9 @@ Note that macros like .Sx \&BR open and close a font scope with each argument. .Pp -Text may also be sized with the -.Sq \es -escape, whose syntax is one of -.Sq \es+-n -for one-digit numerals; -.Sq \es(+-nn -or -.Sq \es+-(nn -for two-digit numerals; and -.Sq \es[+-N] , -.Sq \es+-[N] , -.Sq \es'+-N' , -or -.Sq \es+-'N' -for arbitrary-digit numerals: -.Pp -.D1 \es+1bigger\es-1 -.D1 \es[+10]much bigger\es[-10] -.D1 \es+(10much bigger\es-(10 -.D1 \es+'100'much much bigger\es-'100' -.Pp -Both -.Sq \es -and +The .Sq \ef -attributes are forgotten when entering or exiting a macro block. +attribute is forgotten when entering or exiting a macro block. .Ss Whitespace Whitespace consists of the space character. In free-form lines, whitespace is preserved within a line; un-escaped @@ -212,6 +189,17 @@ this differs from .Xr mdoc 7 , which, if a unit is not provided, will instead interpret the string as literal text. +.Ss Sentence Spacing +When composing a manual, make sure that your sentences end at the end of +a line. +By doing so, front-ends will be able to apply the proper amount of +spacing after the end of sentence (unescaped) period, exclamation mark, +or question mark followed by zero or more non-sentence closing +delimiters ( +.Ns Sq \&) , +.Sq \&] , +.Sq \&' , +.Sq \&" ) . .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE Each .Nm @@ -227,18 +215,14 @@ at least one macro or text node must appear in the doc Documents are generally structured as follows: .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.TH FOO 1 2009-10-10 -\&. \&.SH NAME \efBfoo\efR \e(en a description goes here \&.\e\*q The next is for sections 2 & 3 only. \&.\e\*q .SH LIBRARY -\&. \&.SH SYNOPSIS \efBfoo\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] arguments... -\&. \&.SH DESCRIPTION The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files... -\&. \&.\e\*q .SH IMPLEMENTATION NOTES \&.\e\*q The next is for sections 2, 3, & 9 only. \&.\e\*q .SH RETURN VALUES @@ -316,7 +300,7 @@ Documents any usages of environment variables, e.g., .Xr environ 7 . .It Em FILES Documents files used. -It's helpful to document both the file and a short description of how +It's helpful to document both the file name and a short description of how the file is used (created, modified, etc.). .It Em EXIT STATUS Command exit status for section 1, 6, and 8 manuals. @@ -362,18 +346,19 @@ The history of any manual without a section should be described in this section. .It Em AUTHORS Credits to authors, if applicable, should appear in this section. -Authors should generally be noted by both name and an e-mail address. +Authors should generally be noted by both name and email address. .It Em CAVEATS -Explanations of common misuses and misunderstandings should be explained +Common misuses and misunderstandings should be explained in this section. .It Em BUGS -Extant bugs should be described in this section. +Known bugs, limitations and work-arounds should be described +in this section. .It Em SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS Documents any security precautions that operators should consider. .El .Sh MACRO SYNTAX Macros are one to three three characters in length and begin with a -control character , +control character, .Sq \&. , at the beginning of the line. The @@ -409,11 +394,11 @@ is equivalent to .Sq \&.I foo . If next-line macros are invoked consecutively, only the last is used. If a next-line macro is followed by a non-next-line macro, an error is -raised (unless in the case of +raised, except for .Sx \&br , .Sx \&sp , -or -.Sx \&na ) . +and +.Sx \&na . .Pp The syntax is as follows: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -423,6 +408,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .Pp .Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "ArgumentsX" "ScopeXXXXX" "CompatX" .It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments Ta Em Scope Ta Em Notes +.It Sx \&AT Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&B Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&BI Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&BR Ta n Ta current Ta \& @@ -437,7 +423,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&SB Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&SM Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&TH Ta >1, <6 Ta current Ta \& -.\" .It Sx \&UC Ta n Ta current Ta compat +.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 \&i Ta n Ta current Ta compat @@ -445,7 +431,7 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&r Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&sp Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat -.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat +.\" .It Sx \&Sp Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat .\" .It Sx \&Vb Ta <1 Ta current Ta compat .\" .It Sx \&Ve Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .El @@ -518,6 +504,11 @@ This section is a canonical reference to all macros, a alphabetically. For the scoping of individual macros, see .Sx MACRO SYNTAX . +.Ss \&AT +Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from +.Tn AT&T UNIX +releases. +The optional arguments specify which release it is from. .Ss \&B Text is rendered in bold face. .Pp @@ -670,7 +661,7 @@ and Begin an undecorated paragraph. The scope of a paragraph is closed by a subsequent paragraph, sub-section, section, or end of file. -The saved paragraph left-margin width is re-set to the default. +The saved paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default. .Pp See also .Sx \&HP , @@ -767,7 +758,7 @@ bold face. Begin a section. The scope of a section is only closed by another section or the end of file. -The paragraph left-margin width is re-set to the default. +The paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default. .Ss \&SM Text is rendered in small size (one point smaller than the default font). @@ -775,7 +766,7 @@ font). Begin a sub-section. The scope of a sub-section is closed by a subsequent sub-section, section, or end of file. -The paragraph left-margin width is re-set to the default. +The paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default. .Ss \&TH Sets the title of the manual page with the following syntax: .Bd -filled -offset indent @@ -784,16 +775,17 @@ Sets the title of the manual page with the following s .Op Cm date Op Cm source Op Cm volume .Ed .Pp -At least the upper-case document title +At least the upper-case document .Cm title -and numeric manual section +and the manual .Cm section arguments must be provided. The .Cm date argument should be formatted as described in -.Sx Dates : -if it does not conform, the current date is used instead. +.Sx Dates , +but will be printed verbatim if it is not. +If the date is not specified, the current date is used. The .Cm source string specifies the organisation providing the utility. @@ -836,8 +828,10 @@ and .\" Has no effect. Included for compatibility. .\" . .\" . -.\" .Ss \&UC -.\" Has no effect. Included for compatibility. +.Ss \&UC +Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from +BSD releases. +The optional first argument specifies which release it is from. .Ss \&br Breaks the current line. Consecutive invocations have no further effect. @@ -917,6 +911,9 @@ language. .Pp .Bl -dash -compact .It +The \es (font size), \em (font colour), and \eM (font filling colour) +font decoration escapes are all discarded in mandoc. +.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. @@ -936,8 +933,19 @@ control character. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mandoc 1 , .Xr mandoc_char 7 -.Sh AUTHORS +.Sh HISTORY The +.Nm +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. +The stand-alone implementation that is part of the +.Xr mandoc 1 +utility written by Kristaps Dzonsons appeared in +.Ox 4.6. +.Sh AUTHORS +This .Nm reference was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .