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version 1.188, 2011/05/26 09:26:16

version 1.191, 2011/07/18 10:23:02

Line 760 in a

.Em SYNOPSIS

section line, else it is

.Sx In-line .

.Ss Special block macro

The

.Sx \&Ta

macro can only be used below

.Sx \&It

.Sx \&Bl Fl column

lists.

It delimits blocks representing table cells;

these blocks have bodies, but no heads.

.Pp

.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset indent

.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope

.It Sx \&Ta Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Ta , Sx \&It

.El

.Ss In-line

Closed by

.Sx Reserved Terms ,

Line 1691 See also

Line 1706 See also

and

.Sx \&Os .

.Ss \&Dv

Defined variables such as preprocessor constants.

Defined variables such as preprocessor constants, constant symbols,

enumeration values, and so on.

.Pp

Examples:

.Dl \&.Dv NULL

.Dl \&.Dv BUFSIZ

.Dl \&.Dv STDOUT_FILENO

.Pp

See also

.Sx \&Er .

.Sx \&Er

and

.Sx \&Ev

for special-purpose constants and

.Sx \&Va

for variable symbols.

.Ss \&Dx

Format the DragonFly BSD version provided as an argument, or a default

value if no argument is provided.

Line 1774 argument is used as the enclosure head, for example, s

Line 1796 argument is used as the enclosure head, for example, s

will emulate

.Sx \&Do .

.Ss \&Er

Display error constants.

Error constants for definitions of the

.Va errno

libc global variable.

.Pp

Examples:

.Dl \&.Er EPERM

.Dl \&.Er ENOENT

.Pp

See also

.Sx \&Dv .

.Sx \&Dv

for general constants.

.Ss \&Es

This macro is obsolete and not implemented.

.Ss \&Ev

Line 1791 Environmental variables such as those specified in

Line 1816 Environmental variables such as those specified in

Examples:

.Dl \&.Ev DISPLAY

.Dl \&.Ev PATH

.Pp

See also

.Sx \&Dv

for general constants.

.Ss \&Ex

Insert a standard sentence regarding exit values.

Insert a standard sentence regarding command exit values of 0 on success

and >0 on failure.

Its syntax is as follows:

.Pp

.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ex Fl std Op Ar utility

.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ex Fl std Op Ar utility...

.Pp

When

.Ar utility

is not specified, the document's name set by

.Sx \&Nm

is used.

Multiple

.Ar utility

arguments are treated as separate utilities.

.Pp

See also

.Sx \&Rv .

Line 1928 See also

Line 1961 See also

.Sx \&Fc ,

and

.Sx \&Ft .

.Ss \&Fr

This macro is obsolete and not implemented.

.Ss \&Ft

A function type.

Its syntax is as follows:

Line 2050 The

Line 2085 The

list is the most complicated.

Its syntax is as follows:

.Pp

.D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Op Cm args

.D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Ar cell Op <TAB> Ar cell ...

.D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Ar cell Op Sx \&Ta Ar cell ...

.Pp

The

The arguments consist of one or more lines of text and macros

.Cm args

representing a complete table line.

are phrases, a mix of macros and text corresponding to a line column,

Cells within the line are delimited by tabs or by the special

delimited by tabs or the special

.Sx \&Ta

.Sq \&Ta

block macro.

pseudo-macro.

The tab cell delimiter may only be used within the

Lines subsequent the

.Sx \&It

are interpreted within the scope of the last phrase.

line itself; on following lines, only the

Calling the pseudo-macro

.Sx \&Ta

.Sq \&Ta

macro can be used to delimit cells, and

will open a new phrase scope (this must occur on a macro line to be

.Sx \&Ta

interpreted as a macro).

is only recognized as a macro when called by other macros,

Note that the tab phrase delimiter may only be used within the

not as the first macro on a line.

.Pp

Note that quoted strings may span tab-delimited cells on an

.Sx \&It

line itself.

line.

Subsequent this, only the

For example,

.Sq \&Ta

pseudo-macro may be used to delimit phrases.

Furthermore, note that quoted sections propagate over tab-delimited

phrases on an

.Sx \&It ,

for example,

.Pp

.Dl .It \(dqcol1 ; <TAB> col2 ;\(dq \&;

.Pp

Line 2435 block is used within a SEE ALSO section, a vertical sp

Line 2466 block is used within a SEE ALSO section, a vertical sp

before the rendered output, else the block continues on the current

line.

.Ss \&Rv

Inserts text regarding a function call's return value.

Insert a standard sentence regarding a system call's return value of 0

This macro must consist of the

on success and \-1 on error, with the

.Fl std

.Va errno

argument followed by an optional

libc global variable set on error.

.Ar function .

Its syntax is as follows:

.Pp

.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Rv Fl std Op Ar function...

.Pp

.Ar function

is not provided, the document's name as stipulated by the first

is not specified, the document's name set by

.Sx \&Nm

is provided.

is used.

Multiple

.Ar function

arguments are treated as separate functions.

.Pp

See also

.Sx \&Ex .

Line 2629 See also

Line 2666 See also

.Sx \&Li ,

and

.Sx \&Em .

.Ss \&Ta

Table cell separator in

.Sx \&Bl Fl column

lists; can only be used below

.Sx \&It .

.Ss \&Tn

Format a tradename.

.Pp

Line 2778 Newer groff and mandoc print

Line 2820 Newer groff and mandoc print

.Qq AT&T UNIX

and the arguments.

.It

.Sx \&Bd Fl column

.Sx \&Bl Fl column

does not recognize trailing punctuation characters when they immediately

precede tabulator characters, but treats them as normal text and

outputs a space before them.

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