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block. |
Does not have any tail arguments. |
Does not have any tail arguments. |
.It Ic \&Dd Cm $\&Mdocdate$ | Ar month day , year |
.It Ic \&Dd Cm $\&Mdocdate$ | Ar month day , year |
Document date for display in the page footer. |
Document date for display in the page footer, |
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by convention the date of the last change. |
This is the mandatory first macro of any |
This is the mandatory first macro of any |
.Nm |
.Nm |
manual. |
manual. |
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Format a hyperlink. |
Format a hyperlink. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Examples: |
Examples: |
.Dl \&.Lk http://bsd.lv \(dqThe BSD.lv Project\(dq |
.Dl \&.Lk https://bsd.lv \(dqThe BSD.lv Project\(dq |
.Dl \&.Lk http://bsd.lv |
.Dl \&.Lk https://bsd.lv |
.Pp |
.Pp |
See also |
See also |
.Ic \&Mt . |
.Ic \&Mt . |
Line 3084 The following problematic behaviour is found in groff: |
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Line 3085 The following problematic behaviour is found in groff: |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
.Bl -dash -compact |
.Bl -dash -compact |
.It |
.It |
.Ic \&Dd |
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with non-standard arguments behaves very strangely. |
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When there are three arguments, they are printed verbatim. |
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Any other number of arguments is replaced by the current date, |
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but without any arguments the string |
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.Dq Epoch |
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is printed. |
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.It |
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.Ic \&Lk |
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only accepts a single link-name argument; the remainder is misformatted. |
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.It |
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.Ic \&Pa |
.Ic \&Pa |
does not format its arguments when used in the FILES section under |
does not format its arguments when used in the FILES section under |
certain list types. |
certain list types. |
Line 3102 certain list types. |
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Line 3092 certain list types. |
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.Ic \&Ta |
.Ic \&Ta |
can only be called by other macros, but not at the beginning of a line. |
can only be called by other macros, but not at the beginning of a line. |
.It |
.It |
.Ic \&%C |
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is not implemented (up to and including groff-1.22.2). |
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.It |
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.Sq \ef |
.Sq \ef |
.Pq font face |
.Pq font face |
and |
and |
Line 3154 but produces large indentations. |
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Line 3141 but produces large indentations. |
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.Xr tbl 7 |
.Xr tbl 7 |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The web page |
The web page |
.Lk http://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/ "extended documentation for the mdoc language" |
.Lk https://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/ "extended documentation for the mdoc language" |
provides a few tutorial-style pages for beginners, an extensive style |
provides a few tutorial-style pages for beginners, an extensive style |
guide for advanced authors, and an alphabetic index helping to choose |
guide for advanced authors, and an alphabetic index helping to choose |
the best macros for various kinds of content. |
the best macros for various kinds of content. |
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.Pp |
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The manual page |
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.Lk https://man.voidlinux.org/groff_mdoc "groff_mdoc(7)" |
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contained in the |
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.Dq groff |
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package documents exactly the same language in a somewhat different style. |
.Sh HISTORY |
.Sh HISTORY |
The |
The |
.Nm |
.Nm |