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--- mandoc/mdoc.7	2014/11/28 18:36:35	1.244
+++ mandoc/mdoc.7	2015/01/20 19:39:34	1.249
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.244 2014/11/28 18:36:35 schwarze Exp $
+.\"	$Id: mdoc.7,v 1.249 2015/01/20 19:39:34 schwarze Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: November 28 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 20 2015 $
 .Dt MDOC 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ in the alphabetical
 .Op Fl compact
 .It Sx \&D1 Ta indented display (one line)
 .It Sx \&Dl Ta indented literal display (one line)
+.It Sx \&Ql Ta in-line literal display: Ql text
 .It Sx \&Bl , \&El Ta list block:
 .Fl Ar type
 .Op Fl width Ar val
@@ -528,7 +529,6 @@ in the alphabetical
 .It Sx \&Dq , \&Do , \&Dc Ta enclose in typographic double quotes: Dq text
 .It Sx \&Qq , \&Qo , \&Qc Ta enclose in typewriter double quotes: Qq text
 .It Sx \&Sq , \&So , \&Sc Ta enclose in single quotes: Sq text
-.It Sx \&Ql Ta single-quoted literal text: Ql text
 .It Sx \&Pq , \&Po , \&Pc Ta enclose in parentheses: Pq text
 .It Sx \&Bq , \&Bo , \&Bc Ta enclose in square brackets: Bq text
 .It Sx \&Brq , \&Bro , \&Brc Ta enclose in curly braces: Brq text
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ The
 must be one of the following:
 .Bl -tag -width 13n -offset indent
 .It Fl centered
-Produce one output line from each input line, and centre-justify each line.
+Produce one output line from each input line, and center-justify each line.
 Using this display type is not recommended; many
 .Nm
 implementations render it poorly.
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ which has no effect;
 .Cm right ,
 which justifies to the right margin; or
 .Cm center ,
-which aligns around an imagined centre axis.
+which aligns around an imagined center axis.
 .It
 A macro invocation, which selects a predefined width
 associated with that macro.
@@ -1256,7 +1256,9 @@ Examples:
 .Dl \&.Dl % mandoc mdoc.7 \e(ba less
 .Pp
 See also
+.Sx \&Ql ,
 .Sx \&Bd
+.Fl literal ,
 and
 .Sx \&D1 .
 .Ss \&Do
@@ -1314,38 +1316,26 @@ it should by convention be all caps.
 The manual section.
 This may be one of
 .Cm 1
-.Pq utilities ,
+.Pq General Commands ,
 .Cm 2
-.Pq system calls ,
+.Pq System Calls ,
 .Cm 3
-.Pq libraries ,
+.Pq Library Functions ,
 .Cm 3p
-.Pq Perl libraries ,
+.Pq Perl Library ,
 .Cm 4
-.Pq devices ,
+.Pq Device Drivers ,
 .Cm 5
-.Pq file formats ,
+.Pq File Formats ,
 .Cm 6
-.Pq games ,
+.Pq Games ,
 .Cm 7
-.Pq miscellaneous ,
+.Pq Miscellaneous Information ,
 .Cm 8
-.Pq system utilities ,
-.Cm 9
-.Pq kernel functions ,
-.Cm X11
-.Pq X Window System ,
-.Cm X11R6
-.Pq X Window System ,
-.Cm unass
-.Pq unassociated ,
-.Cm local
-.Pq local system ,
-.Cm draft
-.Pq draft manual ,
+.Pq System Manager's Manual ,
 or
-.Cm paper
-.Pq paper .
+.Cm 9
+.Pq Kernel Developer's Manual .
 It should correspond to the manual's filename suffix and defaults to
 the empty string if unspecified.
 .It Ar arch
@@ -2100,8 +2090,16 @@ Its syntax is as follows:
 The optional
 .Ar system
 parameter specifies the relevant operating system or environment.
-Left unspecified, it defaults to the local operating system version.
-This is the suggested form.
+It is suggested to leave it unspecified, in which case
+.Xr mandoc 1
+uses its
+.Fl Ios
+argument, or, if that isn't specified either,
+.Fa sysname
+and
+.Fa release
+as returned by
+.Xr uname 3 .
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Dl \&.Os
@@ -2205,11 +2203,21 @@ See also
 Close quoted context opened by
 .Sx \&Qo .
 .Ss \&Ql
-Format a single-quoted literal.
+In-line literal display.
+This can for example be used for complete command invocations and
+for multi-word code fragments when more specific markup is not
+appropriate and an indented display is not desired.
+While
+.Xr mandoc 1
+always encloses the arguments in single quotes, other formatters
+usually omit the quotes on non-terminal output devices when the
+arguments have three or more characters.
+.Pp
 See also
-.Sx \&Qq
+.Sx \&Dl
 and
-.Sx \&Sq .
+.Sx \&Bd
+.Fl literal .
 .Ss \&Qo
 Multi-line version of
 .Sx \&Qq .
@@ -2396,8 +2404,6 @@ The original C standard.
 .Pp
 .It \-isoC-99
 .St -isoC-99
-.It \-ansiC-99
-.St -ansiC-99
 .br
 The second major version of the C language standard.
 .Pp
@@ -2497,9 +2503,6 @@ The following three refer to parts of it.
 .br
 Networking APIs, including sockets.
 .Pp
-.It \-xpg4.3
-.St -xpg4.3
-.Pp
 .It \-svid4
 .St -svid4 ,
 .br
@@ -2529,14 +2532,9 @@ The following refer to parts of it.
 .It \-xns5.2
 .St -xns5.2
 .El
-.It Single UNIX Specification version 3 and related standards
+.It Single UNIX Specification version 3
 .Pp
-.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000X" -compact
-.It \-p1003.1d-99
-.St -p1003.1d-99
-.br
-Additional real-time extensions.
-.Pp
+.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1-2001" -compact
 .It \-p1003.1-2001
 .St -p1003.1-2001
 .It \-susv3
@@ -3283,7 +3281,7 @@ The following features are unimplemented in mandoc:
 .Fl offset Cm center
 and
 .Fl offset Cm right .
-Groff does not implement centred and flush-right rendering either,
+Groff does not implement centered and flush-right rendering either,
 but produces large indentations.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO