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version 1.265, 2023/10/18 14:34:29

version 1.267, 2023/11/13 19:13:01

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.\" $Id$

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.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any

Line 287 arguments are accepted:

.It Cm indent Ns = Ns Ar indent

The left margin for normal text is set to

.Ar indent

blank characters instead of the default of five for

blank characters instead of the default of five.

.Xr mdoc 7

and seven for

.Xr man 7 .

Increasing this is not recommended; it may result in degraded formatting,

for example overfull lines or ugly line breaks.

When output is to a pager on a terminal that is less than 66 columns

Line 302 input files in

Line 299 input files in

.Xr mdoc 7

output style.

This prints the operating system name rather than the page title

on the right side of the footer line, and it implies

on the right side of the footer line.

.Fl O Cm indent Ns =5 .

One useful application is for checking that

.Fl T Cm man

output formats in the same way as the

Line 1295 The same standard section title occurs more than once.

Line 1291 The same standard section title occurs more than once.

A standard section header occurs in a section of the manual

where it normally isn't useful.

.It Sy "cross reference to self"

.Pq mdoc

.Pq mdoc , man

.Ic \&Xr

.Ic \&MR

macro refers to a name and section matching the section of the present

manual page and a name mentioned in an

.Ic \&Nm

Line 1616 macro is immediately followed by an

Line 1614 macro is immediately followed by an

macro on the next input line.

Such an empty block does not produce any output.

.It Sy "missing section argument"

.Pq mdoc

.Pq mdoc , man

.Ic \&Xr

.Ic \&MR

macro lacks its second, section number argument.

The first argument, i.e. the name, is printed, but without subsequent

The first argument, i.e. the name, is printed, but without a section number.

parentheses.

In the case of

.Ic \&Xr ,

the parentheses are also omitted.

.It Sy "missing -std argument, adding it"

.Pq mdoc

Line 2152 request is neither a single ASCII character

Line 2154 request is neither a single ASCII character

nor a single character escape sequence.

All arguments are ignored and printing of a margin character is disabled.

.It Sy "missing manual name, using \(dq\(dq"

.Pq mdoc

.Pq mdoc , man

The first call to

.Ic \&Nm ,

or any call in the NAME section, lacks the required argument.

or any call in the NAME section, lacks the required argument, or

.Ic \&MR

is called without any argument.

.It Sy "uname(3) system call failed, using UNKNOWN"

.Pq mdoc

The

Line 2283 or a request of the

Line 2287 or a request of the

family with more than two arguments

.It

.Ic \&Dt

.Ic \&MR

with more than three arguments

.It

.Ic \&TH

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