=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.292 retrieving revision 1.296 diff -u -p -r1.292 -r1.296 --- mandoc/mdoc.7 2024/06/17 15:37:37 1.292 +++ mandoc/mdoc.7 2025/01/27 03:17:33 1.296 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.292 2024/06/17 15:37:37 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.296 2025/01/27 03:17:33 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2013-2020 Ingo Schwarze @@ -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: June 17 2024 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 27 2025 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -2297,14 +2297,15 @@ Close single-quoted context opened by Begin a new section. For a list of conventional manual sections, see .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE . -These sections should be used unless it's absolutely necessary that -custom sections be used. +Use the conventional sections where applicable. +For unusually long and complicated manual pages, +adding custom sections is occasionally useful. .Pp -Section names should be unique so that they may be keyed by +Avoid using macros inside the +.Ar TITLE LINE +and keep that line unique within the manual page, +such that it can be pointed to with .Ic \&Sx . -Although this macro is parsed, it should not consist of child node or it -may not be linked with -.Ic \&Sx . .Pp See also .Ic \&Pp , @@ -2353,11 +2354,11 @@ the conventional sections described in .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE rarely have subsections. .Pp -Sub-section names should be unique so that they may be keyed by +Avoid using macros inside the +.Ar Title line +and keep that line unique within the manual page, +such that it can be pointed to with .Ic \&Sx . -Although this macro is parsed, it should not consist of child node or it -may not be linked with -.Ic \&Sx . .Pp See also .Ic \&Pp , @@ -2398,14 +2399,19 @@ The original C standard. .It \-isoC-99 .St -isoC-99 .br -The second major version of the C language standard. +Edition 2 of the C language standard. .Pp .It \-isoC-2011 .St -isoC-2011 .br -The third major version of the C language standard. +Edition 3 of the C language standard. +.Pp +.It \-isoC-2023 +.St -isoC-2023 +.br +Edition 5 of the C language standard. .El -.It POSIX.1 before the Single UNIX Specification +.It POSIX.1 before XPG4.2 .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact .It \-p1003.1-88 @@ -2446,7 +2452,7 @@ Technical Corrigendum. .br Includes POSIX.1-1990, 1b, 1c, and 1i. .El -.It X/Open Portability Guide version 4 and related standards +.It X/Open Portability Guide before XPG4.2 .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact .It \-xpg3 @@ -2473,7 +2479,7 @@ Updates to POSIX.2. .br Based on POSIX.1 and POSIX.2, published in 1992. .El -.It Single UNIX Specification version 1 and related standards +.It X/Open Portability Guide Issue 4 Version 2 and related standards .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact .It \-susv1 @@ -2498,13 +2504,14 @@ Networking APIs, including sockets. .br Published in 1995. .El -.It Single UNIX Specification version 2 and related standards +.It X/Open Portability Guide Issue 5 and related standards .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact .It \-susv2 .St -susv2 +.br This Standard was published in 1997 -and is also called X/Open Portability Guide version 5. +and is also called X/Open Portability Guide Issue 5. It was used as the basis for UNIX 98 certification. The following refer to parts of it. .Pp @@ -2522,7 +2529,7 @@ The following refer to parts of it. .It \-xns5.2 .St -xns5.2 .El -.It Single UNIX Specification version 3 +.It POSIX Issue 6 .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1-2001" -compact .It \-p1003.1-2001 @@ -2531,7 +2538,7 @@ The following refer to parts of it. .St -susv3 .br This standard is based on C99, SUSv2, POSIX.1-1996, 1d, and 1j. -It is also called X/Open Portability Guide version 6. +It is also called X/Open Portability Guide Issue 6. It is used as the basis for UNIX 03 certification. .Pp .It \-p1003.1-2004 @@ -2539,7 +2546,7 @@ It is used as the basis for UNIX 03 certification. .br The second and last Technical Corrigendum. .El -.It POSIX issues 7 and 8 +.It POSIX Issues 7 and 8 .Pp .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact .It \-p1003.1-2008 @@ -3016,7 +3023,7 @@ then the macro accepts an arbitrary number of argument .It Ic \&Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n .It Ic \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n .It Ic \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It Ic \&In Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 +.It Ic \&In Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1 .It Ic \&Lb Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 .It Ic \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 .It Ic \&Lk Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0