=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man.7,v retrieving revision 1.84 retrieving revision 1.99 diff -u -p -r1.84 -r1.99 --- mandoc/man.7 2010/08/24 13:07:01 1.84 +++ mandoc/man.7 2011/03/07 01:35:51 1.99 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.84 2010/08/24 13:07:01 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.99 2011/03/07 01:35:51 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 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: August 24 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 7 2011 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -53,12 +53,12 @@ Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space character, and the tab character. -All manuals must have -.Ux -line termination. .Pp Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a vertical space. +.Pp +If the first character of a line is a space, that line is printed +with a leading newline. .Ss Comments Text following a .Sq \e\*q , @@ -118,15 +118,6 @@ rendered as an empty line. .Pp In macro lines, whitespace delimits arguments and is discarded. If arguments are quoted, whitespace within the quotes is retained. -.Ss Dates -The -.Sx \&TH -macro is the only -.Nm -macro that requires a date. -The form for this date is the ISO-8601 -standard -.Cm YYYY-MM-DD . .Ss Scaling Widths Many macros support scaled widths for their arguments, such as stipulating a two-inch paragraph indentation with the following: @@ -219,25 +210,27 @@ Documents are generally structured as follows: \&.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 +\&.\e\*q For sections 2 & 3 only. +\&.\e\*q Not used in OpenBSD. \&.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 Not used in OpenBSD. \&.\e\*q .SH RETURN VALUES -\&.\e\*q The next is for sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only. +\&.\e\*q For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. \&.\e\*q .SH ENVIRONMENT +\&.\e\*q For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only. \&.\e\*q .SH FILES -\&.\e\*q The next is for sections 1 & 8 only. \&.\e\*q .SH EXIT STATUS +\&.\e\*q For sections 1, 6, & 8 only. \&.\e\*q .SH EXAMPLES -\&.\e\*q The next is for sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. \&.\e\*q .SH DIAGNOSTICS -\&.\e\*q The next is for sections 2, 3, & 9 only. +\&.\e\*q For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only. \&.\e\*q .SH ERRORS +\&.\e\*q For sections 2, 3, & 9 only. \&.\e\*q .SH SEE ALSO \&.\e\*q .BR foo ( 1 ) \&.\e\*q .SH STANDARDS @@ -246,6 +239,7 @@ The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files... \&.\e\*q .SH CAVEATS \&.\e\*q .SH BUGS \&.\e\*q .SH SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS +\&.\e\*q Not used in OpenBSD. .Ed .Pp The sections in a @@ -367,6 +361,13 @@ Thus, the following are equivalent: \&.\ \ \ PP .Ed .Pp +To include space characters in macro arguments, arguments may be quoted; +see the +.Sq MACRO SYNTAX +section in the +.Xr roff 7 +manual for details. +.Pp The .Nm macros are classified by scope: line scope or block scope. @@ -411,7 +412,6 @@ The syntax is as follows: .It Sx \&I Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&IB Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&IR Ta n Ta current Ta \& -.\" .It Sx \&PD Ta n Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&R Ta n Ta next-line Ta \& .It Sx \&RB Ta n Ta current Ta \& .It Sx \&RI Ta n Ta current Ta \& @@ -421,15 +421,11 @@ 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 \&i Ta n 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 -.It Sx \&r Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat .It Sx \&sp Ta 1 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 .Pp Macros marked as @@ -509,12 +505,9 @@ The optional arguments specify which release it is fro Text is rendered in bold face. .Pp See also -.Sx \&I , -.Sx \&R , -.Sx \&b , -.Sx \&i , +.Sx \&I and -.Sx \&r . +.Sx \&R . .Ss \&BI Text is rendered alternately in bold face and italic. Thus, @@ -532,7 +525,7 @@ Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output. .Pp Examples: .Pp -.D1 \&.BI bold italic bold italic +.Dl \&.BI bold italic bold italic .Pp The output of this example will be emboldened .Dq bold @@ -591,12 +584,9 @@ and Text is rendered in italics. .Pp See also -.Sx \&B , -.Sx \&R , -.Sx \&b , -.Sx \&i , +.Sx \&B and -.Sx \&r . +.Sx \&R . .Ss \&IB Text is rendered alternately in italics and bold face. Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output. @@ -692,12 +682,9 @@ and Text is rendered in roman (the default font). .Pp See also -.Sx \&I , -.Sx \&B , -.Sx \&b , -.Sx \&i , +.Sx \&I and -.Sx \&r . +.Sx \&B . .Ss \&RB Text is rendered alternately in roman (the default font) and bold face. Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output. @@ -767,32 +754,33 @@ The paragraph left-margin width is reset to the defaul Sets the title of the manual page with the following syntax: .Bd -filled -offset indent .Pf \. Sx \&TH -.Cm title section -.Op Cm date Op Cm source Op Cm volume +.Ar title section date +.Op Ar source Op Ar volume .Ed .Pp -At least the upper-case document -.Cm title -and the manual -.Cm section -arguments must be provided. -The -.Cm date -argument should be formatted as described in -.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 +Conventionally, the document +.Ar title +is given in all caps. +The recommended +.Ar date +format is +.Sy YYYY-MM-DD +as specified in the ISO-8601 standard; +if the argument does not conform, it is printed verbatim. +If the +.Ar date +is empty or not specified, the current date is used. +The optional +.Ar source string specifies the organisation providing the utility. The -.Cm volume +.Ar volume string replaces the default rendered volume, which is dictated by the manual section. .Pp Examples: .Pp -.D1 \&.TH CVS 5 "1992-02-12" GNU +.Dl \&.TH CVS 5 "1992-02-12" GNU .Ss \&TP Begin a paragraph where the head, if exceeding the indentation width, is followed by a newline; if not, the body follows on the same line after a @@ -818,12 +806,6 @@ See also .Sx \&P , and .Sx \&PP . -.\" . -.\" . -.\" .Ss \&PD -.\" Has no effect. Included for compatibility. -.\" . -.\" . .Ss \&UC Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from BSD releases. @@ -837,18 +819,11 @@ See also .Ss \&fi End literal mode begun by .Sx \&nf . -.Ss \&i -Italicise arguments. -Synonym for -.Sx \&I . -.Pp -See also -.Sx \&B , -.Sx \&I , -.Sx \&R . -.Sx \&b , -and -.Sx \&r . +.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 @@ -866,16 +841,6 @@ Begin literal mode: all subsequent free-form lines hav line boundaries preserved. May be ended by .Sx \&fi . -.Ss \&r -Fonts and styles (bold face, italics) reset to roman (default font). -.Pp -See also -.Sx \&B , -.Sx \&I , -.Sx \&R , -.Sx \&b , -and -.Sx \&i . .Ss \&sp Insert vertical spaces into output with the following syntax: .Bd -filled -offset indent @@ -894,21 +859,6 @@ Defaults to 1, if unspecified. .Pp See also .Sx \&br . -.\" .Ss \&Sp -.\" A synonym for -.\" .Sx \&sp -.\" .Cm 0.5v . -.\" . -.\" .Ss \&Vb -.\" A synonym for -.\" .Sx \&nf . -.\" Accepts an argument (the height of the formatted space) which is -.\" disregarded. -.\" . -.\" .Ss \&Ve -.\" A synonym for -.\" .Sx \&fi . -.\" . .Sh COMPATIBILITY This section documents areas of questionable portability between implementations of the @@ -940,6 +890,10 @@ The .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 @@ -955,8 +909,13 @@ macro does not accept negative values in mandoc. In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour. .El .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr man 1 , .Xr mandoc 1 , -.Xr mandoc_char 7 +.Xr eqn 7 , +.Xr mandoc_char 7 , +.Xr mdoc 7 , +.Xr roff 7 , +.Xr tbl 7 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm