version 1.214, 2012/01/03 10:18:05 |
version 1.217, 2013/04/28 07:54:01 |
Line 820 The most popular is the imaginary macro |
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Line 820 The most popular is the imaginary macro |
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which resolves to |
which resolves to |
.Sy 6n . |
.Sy 6n . |
.It |
.It |
A width using the syntax described in |
A scaling width as described in |
.Sx Scaling Widths . |
.Xr roff 7 . |
.It |
.It |
An arbitrary string, which indents by the length of this string. |
An arbitrary string, which indents by the length of this string. |
.El |
.El |
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.Fl width |
.Fl width |
and |
and |
.Fl offset |
.Fl offset |
arguments accept |
arguments accept scaling widths as described in |
.Sx Scaling Widths |
.Xr roff 7 |
or use the length of the given string. |
or use the length of the given string. |
The |
The |
.Fl offset |
.Fl offset |
Line 956 A columnated list. |
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Line 956 A columnated list. |
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The |
The |
.Fl width |
.Fl width |
argument has no effect; instead, each argument specifies the width |
argument has no effect; instead, each argument specifies the width |
of one column, using either the |
of one column, using either the scaling width syntax described in |
.Sx Scaling Widths |
.Xr roff 7 |
syntax or the string length of the argument. |
or the string length of the argument. |
If the first line of the body of a |
If the first line of the body of a |
.Fl column |
.Fl column |
list is not an |
list is not an |
Line 2083 This macro is obsolete and not implemented in |
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Line 2083 This macro is obsolete and not implemented in |
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.Xr mandoc 1 . |
.Xr mandoc 1 . |
.Pp |
.Pp |
Historical |
Historical |
.Xr mdoc 7 |
.Nm |
packages described it as |
packages described it as |
.Dq "old function type (FORTRAN)" . |
.Dq "old function type (FORTRAN)" . |
.Ss \&Ox |
.Ss \&Ox |
Line 2532 Link to another manual |
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Line 2532 Link to another manual |
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.Pq Qq cross-reference . |
.Pq Qq cross-reference . |
Its syntax is as follows: |
Its syntax is as follows: |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Xr Ar name section |
.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Xr Ar name Op section |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
Cross reference the |
.Ar name |
.Ar name |
and |
and |
.Ar section |
.Ar section |
are the name and section of the linked manual. |
number of another man page; |
If |
omitting the section number is rarely useful. |
.Ar section |
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is followed by non-punctuation, an |
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.Sx \&Ns |
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is inserted into the token stream. |
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This behaviour is for compatibility with |
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GNU troff. |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
Examples: |
Examples: |
.Dl \&.Xr mandoc 1 |
.Dl \&.Xr mandoc 1 |
Line 2569 Its syntax is as follows: |
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Line 2563 Its syntax is as follows: |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
The |
The |
.Ar height |
.Ar height |
argument must be formatted as described in |
argument is a scaling width as described in |
.Sx Scaling Widths . |
.Xr roff 7 . |
If unspecified, |
If unspecified, |
.Sx \&sp |
.Sx \&sp |
asserts a single vertical space. |
asserts a single vertical space. |
Line 2964 Manually switching the font using the |
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Line 2958 Manually switching the font using the |
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.Ql \ef |
.Ql \ef |
font escape sequences is never required. |
font escape sequences is never required. |
.Sh COMPATIBILITY |
.Sh COMPATIBILITY |
This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other other |
This section documents compatibility between mandoc and other |
troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff |
troff implementations, at this time limited to GNU troff |
.Pq Qq groff . |
.Pq Qq groff . |
The term |
The term |