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1.251 ! schwarze 18: .Dd $Mdocdate: January 29 2015 $
1.20 kristaps 19: .Dt MDOC 7
1.1 kristaps 20: .Os
21: .Sh NAME
1.57 kristaps 22: .Nm mdoc
1.211 schwarze 23: .Nd semantic markup language for formatting manual pages
1.1 kristaps 24: .Sh DESCRIPTION
25: The
1.57 kristaps 26: .Nm mdoc
1.211 schwarze 27: language supports authoring of manual pages for the
28: .Xr man 1
29: utility by allowing semantic annotations of words, phrases,
30: page sections and complete manual pages.
31: Such annotations are used by formatting tools to achieve a uniform
32: presentation across all manuals written in
33: .Nm ,
34: and to support hyperlinking if supported by the output medium.
35: .Pp
36: This reference document describes the structure of manual pages
37: and the syntax and usage of the
1.200 kristaps 38: .Nm
1.211 schwarze 39: language.
40: The reference implementation of a parsing and formatting tool is
1.144 schwarze 41: .Xr mandoc 1 ;
42: the
1.57 kristaps 43: .Sx COMPATIBILITY
1.200 kristaps 44: section describes compatibility with other implementations.
1.57 kristaps 45: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 46: In an
1.57 kristaps 47: .Nm
1.211 schwarze 48: document, lines beginning with the control character
1.185 kristaps 49: .Sq \&.
1.211 schwarze 50: are called
51: .Dq macro lines .
52: The first word is the macro name.
53: It consists of two or three letters.
54: Most macro names begin with a capital letter.
55: For a list of available macros, see
56: .Sx MACRO OVERVIEW .
57: The words following the macro name are arguments to the macro, optionally
58: including the names of other, callable macros; see
59: .Sx MACRO SYNTAX
60: for details.
61: .Pp
62: Lines not beginning with the control character are called
63: .Dq text lines .
64: They provide free-form text to be printed; the formatting of the text
65: depends on the respective processing context:
1.57 kristaps 66: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.13 kristaps 67: \&.Sh Macro lines change control state.
1.185 kristaps 68: Text lines are interpreted within the current state.
1.57 kristaps 69: .Ed
1.211 schwarze 70: .Pp
71: Many aspects of the basic syntax of the
1.57 kristaps 72: .Nm
1.211 schwarze 73: language are based on the
74: .Xr roff 7
75: language; see the
76: .Em LANGUAGE SYNTAX
77: and
78: .Em MACRO SYNTAX
79: sections in the
80: .Xr roff 7
81: manual for details, in particular regarding
82: comments, escape sequences, whitespace, and quoting.
83: However, using
84: .Xr roff 7
85: requests in
1.200 kristaps 86: .Nm
1.211 schwarze 87: documents is discouraged;
88: .Xr mandoc 1
89: supports some of them merely for backward compatibility.
1.43 kristaps 90: .Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE
1.66 kristaps 91: A well-formed
1.57 kristaps 92: .Nm
1.66 kristaps 93: document consists of a document prologue followed by one or more
94: sections.
95: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 96: The prologue, which consists of the
1.64 kristaps 97: .Sx \&Dd ,
98: .Sx \&Dt ,
1.33 kristaps 99: and
1.66 kristaps 100: .Sx \&Os
1.141 kristaps 101: macros in that order, is required for every document.
1.66 kristaps 102: .Pp
1.82 kristaps 103: The first section (sections are denoted by
1.66 kristaps 104: .Sx \&Sh )
105: must be the NAME section, consisting of at least one
1.64 kristaps 106: .Sx \&Nm
1.50 kristaps 107: followed by
1.66 kristaps 108: .Sx \&Nd .
109: .Pp
1.122 kristaps 110: Following that, convention dictates specifying at least the
111: .Em SYNOPSIS
112: and
113: .Em DESCRIPTION
114: sections, although this varies between manual sections.
1.66 kristaps 115: .Pp
116: The following is a well-formed skeleton
117: .Nm
1.188 kristaps 118: file for a utility
119: .Qq progname :
1.57 kristaps 120: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.43 kristaps 121: \&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$
1.188 kristaps 122: \&.Dt PROGNAME section
1.43 kristaps 123: \&.Os
124: \&.Sh NAME
1.188 kristaps 125: \&.Nm progname
1.194 schwarze 126: \&.Nd one line about what it does
1.203 kristaps 127: \&.\e\(dq .Sh LIBRARY
1.227 schwarze 128: \&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only.
1.203 kristaps 129: \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
1.58 kristaps 130: \&.Sh SYNOPSIS
1.188 kristaps 131: \&.Nm progname
1.58 kristaps 132: \&.Op Fl options
133: \&.Ar
134: \&.Sh DESCRIPTION
135: The
136: \&.Nm
137: utility processes files ...
1.228 schwarze 138: \&.\e\(dq .Sh CONTEXT
139: \&.\e\(dq For section 9 functions only.
1.203 kristaps 140: \&.\e\(dq .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
141: \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
142: \&.\e\(dq .Sh RETURN VALUES
1.227 schwarze 143: \&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
1.203 kristaps 144: \&.\e\(dq .Sh ENVIRONMENT
1.227 schwarze 145: \&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 only.
1.203 kristaps 146: \&.\e\(dq .Sh FILES
147: \&.\e\(dq .Sh EXIT STATUS
1.227 schwarze 148: \&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, and 8 only.
1.203 kristaps 149: \&.\e\(dq .Sh EXAMPLES
150: \&.\e\(dq .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
1.227 schwarze 151: \&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 printf/stderr messages only.
1.203 kristaps 152: \&.\e\(dq .Sh ERRORS
1.227 schwarze 153: \&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 errno settings only.
1.203 kristaps 154: \&.\e\(dq .Sh SEE ALSO
155: \&.\e\(dq .Xr foobar 1
156: \&.\e\(dq .Sh STANDARDS
157: \&.\e\(dq .Sh HISTORY
158: \&.\e\(dq .Sh AUTHORS
159: \&.\e\(dq .Sh CAVEATS
160: \&.\e\(dq .Sh BUGS
161: \&.\e\(dq .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
162: \&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
1.57 kristaps 163: .Ed
164: .Pp
1.144 schwarze 165: The sections in an
1.66 kristaps 166: .Nm
1.100 kristaps 167: document are conventionally ordered as they appear above.
168: Sections should be composed as follows:
1.73 kristaps 169: .Bl -ohang -offset Ds
170: .It Em NAME
1.144 schwarze 171: The name(s) and a one line description of the documented material.
1.100 kristaps 172: The syntax for this as follows:
1.73 kristaps 173: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.144 schwarze 174: \&.Nm name0 ,
175: \&.Nm name1 ,
1.73 kristaps 176: \&.Nm name2
1.144 schwarze 177: \&.Nd a one line description
1.73 kristaps 178: .Ed
179: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 180: Multiple
181: .Sq \&Nm
182: names should be separated by commas.
183: .Pp
1.73 kristaps 184: The
1.66 kristaps 185: .Sx \&Nm
1.73 kristaps 186: macro(s) must precede the
187: .Sx \&Nd
188: macro.
1.80 kristaps 189: .Pp
1.82 kristaps 190: See
1.80 kristaps 191: .Sx \&Nm
192: and
193: .Sx \&Nd .
1.73 kristaps 194: .It Em LIBRARY
195: The name of the library containing the documented material, which is
1.108 kristaps 196: assumed to be a function in a section 2, 3, or 9 manual.
1.100 kristaps 197: The syntax for this is as follows:
1.73 kristaps 198: .Bd -literal -offset indent
199: \&.Lb libarm
200: .Ed
201: .Pp
202: See
1.80 kristaps 203: .Sx \&Lb .
1.73 kristaps 204: .It Em SYNOPSIS
205: Documents the utility invocation syntax, function call syntax, or device
1.82 kristaps 206: configuration.
1.73 kristaps 207: .Pp
208: For the first, utilities (sections 1, 6, and 8), this is
209: generally structured as follows:
210: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.185 kristaps 211: \&.Nm bar
1.73 kristaps 212: \&.Op Fl v
213: \&.Op Fl o Ar file
214: \&.Op Ar
1.185 kristaps 215: \&.Nm foo
1.73 kristaps 216: \&.Op Fl v
217: \&.Op Fl o Ar file
218: \&.Op Ar
219: .Ed
220: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 221: Commands should be ordered alphabetically.
222: .Pp
1.73 kristaps 223: For the second, function calls (sections 2, 3, 9):
224: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.146 kristaps 225: \&.In header.h
1.73 kristaps 226: \&.Vt extern const char *global;
227: \&.Ft "char *"
228: \&.Fn foo "const char *src"
229: \&.Ft "char *"
230: \&.Fn bar "const char *src"
231: .Ed
232: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 233: Ordering of
234: .Sx \&In ,
235: .Sx \&Vt ,
236: .Sx \&Fn ,
237: and
238: .Sx \&Fo
239: macros should follow C header-file conventions.
240: .Pp
1.73 kristaps 241: And for the third, configurations (section 4):
242: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.203 kristaps 243: \&.Cd \(dqit* at isa? port 0x2e\(dq
244: \&.Cd \(dqit* at isa? port 0x4e\(dq
1.73 kristaps 245: .Ed
246: .Pp
1.82 kristaps 247: Manuals not in these sections generally don't need a
1.73 kristaps 248: .Em SYNOPSIS .
1.80 kristaps 249: .Pp
1.122 kristaps 250: Some macros are displayed differently in the
251: .Em SYNOPSIS
252: section, particularly
253: .Sx \&Nm ,
1.80 kristaps 254: .Sx \&Cd ,
1.122 kristaps 255: .Sx \&Fd ,
256: .Sx \&Fn ,
257: .Sx \&Fo ,
258: .Sx \&In ,
259: .Sx \&Vt ,
260: and
261: .Sx \&Ft .
1.138 kristaps 262: All of these macros are output on their own line.
1.144 schwarze 263: If two such dissimilar macros are pairwise invoked (except for
1.122 kristaps 264: .Sx \&Ft
265: before
266: .Sx \&Fo
267: or
1.123 kristaps 268: .Sx \&Fn ) ,
1.122 kristaps 269: they are separated by a vertical space, unless in the case of
270: .Sx \&Fo ,
1.80 kristaps 271: .Sx \&Fn ,
1.122 kristaps 272: and
1.80 kristaps 273: .Sx \&Ft ,
1.122 kristaps 274: which are always separated by vertical space.
1.128 schwarze 275: .Pp
276: When text and macros following an
277: .Sx \&Nm
278: macro starting an input line span multiple output lines,
279: all output lines but the first will be indented to align
280: with the text immediately following the
281: .Sx \&Nm
282: macro, up to the next
283: .Sx \&Nm ,
1.141 kristaps 284: .Sx \&Sh ,
1.128 schwarze 285: or
286: .Sx \&Ss
287: macro or the end of an enclosing block, whichever comes first.
1.73 kristaps 288: .It Em DESCRIPTION
1.185 kristaps 289: This begins with an expansion of the brief, one line description in
290: .Em NAME :
291: .Bd -literal -offset indent
292: The
293: \&.Nm
294: utility does this, that, and the other.
295: .Ed
296: .Pp
297: It usually follows with a breakdown of the options (if documenting a
1.73 kristaps 298: command), such as:
299: .Bd -literal -offset indent
300: The arguments are as follows:
301: \&.Bl \-tag \-width Ds
302: \&.It Fl v
303: Print verbose information.
304: \&.El
305: .Ed
1.80 kristaps 306: .Pp
1.73 kristaps 307: Manuals not documenting a command won't include the above fragment.
1.198 schwarze 308: .Pp
309: Since the
310: .Em DESCRIPTION
311: section usually contains most of the text of a manual, longer manuals
312: often use the
313: .Sx \&Ss
314: macro to form subsections.
315: In very long manuals, the
316: .Em DESCRIPTION
317: may be split into multiple sections, each started by an
318: .Sx \&Sh
319: macro followed by a non-standard section name, and each having
320: several subsections, like in the present
321: .Nm
322: manual.
1.228 schwarze 323: .It Em CONTEXT
324: This section lists the contexts in which functions can be called in section 9.
325: The contexts are autoconf, process, or interrupt.
1.73 kristaps 326: .It Em IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
1.100 kristaps 327: Implementation-specific notes should be kept here.
328: This is useful when implementing standard functions that may have side
329: effects or notable algorithmic implications.
1.73 kristaps 330: .It Em RETURN VALUES
1.144 schwarze 331: This section documents the
332: return values of functions in sections 2, 3, and 9.
1.73 kristaps 333: .Pp
334: See
335: .Sx \&Rv .
336: .It Em ENVIRONMENT
1.141 kristaps 337: Lists the environment variables used by the utility,
338: and explains the syntax and semantics of their values.
339: The
340: .Xr environ 7
341: manual provides examples of typical content and formatting.
1.73 kristaps 342: .Pp
343: See
344: .Sx \&Ev .
345: .It Em FILES
1.100 kristaps 346: Documents files used.
1.141 kristaps 347: It's helpful to document both the file name and a short description of how
1.100 kristaps 348: the file is used (created, modified, etc.).
1.73 kristaps 349: .Pp
350: See
351: .Sx \&Pa .
1.99 kristaps 352: .It Em EXIT STATUS
1.144 schwarze 353: This section documents the
354: command exit status for section 1, 6, and 8 utilities.
1.100 kristaps 355: Historically, this information was described in
1.99 kristaps 356: .Em DIAGNOSTICS ,
357: a practise that is now discouraged.
358: .Pp
359: See
360: .Sx \&Ex .
1.73 kristaps 361: .It Em EXAMPLES
1.100 kristaps 362: Example usages.
363: This often contains snippets of well-formed, well-tested invocations.
1.144 schwarze 364: Make sure that examples work properly!
1.73 kristaps 365: .It Em DIAGNOSTICS
1.227 schwarze 366: Documents error messages.
367: In section 4 and 9 manuals, these are usually messages printed by the
368: kernel to the console and to the kernel log.
369: In section 1, 6, 7, and 8, these are usually messages printed by
370: userland programs to the standard error output.
371: .Pp
1.73 kristaps 372: Historically, this section was used in place of
373: .Em EXIT STATUS
374: for manuals in sections 1, 6, and 8; however, this practise is
375: discouraged.
376: .Pp
377: See
1.80 kristaps 378: .Sx \&Bl
379: .Fl diag .
1.73 kristaps 380: .It Em ERRORS
1.227 schwarze 381: Documents
382: .Xr errno 2
383: settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9.
1.73 kristaps 384: .Pp
385: See
386: .Sx \&Er .
387: .It Em SEE ALSO
1.100 kristaps 388: References other manuals with related topics.
389: This section should exist for most manuals.
390: Cross-references should conventionally be ordered first by section, then
1.238 schwarze 391: alphabetically (ignoring case).
1.73 kristaps 392: .Pp
1.198 schwarze 393: References to other documentation concerning the topic of the manual page,
394: for example authoritative books or journal articles, may also be
395: provided in this section.
396: .Pp
1.73 kristaps 397: See
1.198 schwarze 398: .Sx \&Rs
399: and
1.73 kristaps 400: .Sx \&Xr .
401: .It Em STANDARDS
1.100 kristaps 402: References any standards implemented or used.
403: If not adhering to any standards, the
1.73 kristaps 404: .Em HISTORY
405: section should be used instead.
406: .Pp
407: See
408: .Sx \&St .
409: .It Em HISTORY
1.198 schwarze 410: A brief history of the subject, including where it was first implemented,
411: and when it was ported to or reimplemented for the operating system at hand.
1.73 kristaps 412: .It Em AUTHORS
1.143 schwarze 413: Credits to the person or persons who wrote the code and/or documentation.
1.141 kristaps 414: Authors should generally be noted by both name and email address.
1.73 kristaps 415: .Pp
416: See
417: .Sx \&An .
418: .It Em CAVEATS
1.141 kristaps 419: Common misuses and misunderstandings should be explained
1.73 kristaps 420: in this section.
421: .It Em BUGS
1.147 kristaps 422: Known bugs, limitations, and work-arounds should be described
1.141 kristaps 423: in this section.
1.73 kristaps 424: .It Em SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
425: Documents any security precautions that operators should consider.
1.66 kristaps 426: .El
1.211 schwarze 427: .Sh MACRO OVERVIEW
428: This overview is sorted such that macros of similar purpose are listed
429: together, to help find the best macro for any given purpose.
430: Deprecated macros are not included in the overview, but can be found below
431: in the alphabetical
432: .Sx MACRO REFERENCE .
433: .Ss Document preamble and NAME section macros
434: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
435: .It Sx \&Dd Ta document date: Cm $\&Mdocdate$ | Ar month day , year
1.244 schwarze 436: .It Sx \&Dt Ta document title: Ar TITLE section Op Ar arch
1.211 schwarze 437: .It Sx \&Os Ta operating system version: Op Ar system Op Ar version
438: .It Sx \&Nm Ta document name (one argument)
439: .It Sx \&Nd Ta document description (one line)
440: .El
441: .Ss Sections and cross references
442: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
443: .It Sx \&Sh Ta section header (one line)
444: .It Sx \&Ss Ta subsection header (one line)
445: .It Sx \&Sx Ta internal cross reference to a section or subsection
446: .It Sx \&Xr Ta cross reference to another manual page: Ar name section
447: .It Sx \&Pp , \&Lp Ta start a text paragraph (no arguments)
448: .El
449: .Ss Displays and lists
450: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
451: .It Sx \&Bd , \&Ed Ta display block:
452: .Fl Ar type
453: .Op Fl offset Ar width
454: .Op Fl compact
455: .It Sx \&D1 Ta indented display (one line)
456: .It Sx \&Dl Ta indented literal display (one line)
1.248 schwarze 457: .It Sx \&Ql Ta in-line literal display: Ql text
1.211 schwarze 458: .It Sx \&Bl , \&El Ta list block:
459: .Fl Ar type
460: .Op Fl width Ar val
461: .Op Fl offset Ar val
462: .Op Fl compact
463: .It Sx \&It Ta list item (syntax depends on Fl Ar type )
1.212 schwarze 464: .It Sx \&Ta Ta table cell separator in Sx \&Bl Fl column No lists
1.211 schwarze 465: .It Sx \&Rs , \&%* , \&Re Ta bibliographic block (references)
1.57 kristaps 466: .El
1.211 schwarze 467: .Ss Spacing control
468: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
469: .It Sx \&Pf Ta prefix, no following horizontal space (one argument)
470: .It Sx \&Ns Ta roman font, no preceding horizontal space (no arguments)
471: .It Sx \&Ap Ta apostrophe without surrounding whitespace (no arguments)
1.234 schwarze 472: .It Sx \&Sm Ta switch horizontal spacing mode: Op Cm on | off
1.211 schwarze 473: .It Sx \&Bk , \&Ek Ta keep block: Fl words
474: .It Sx \&br Ta force output line break in text mode (no arguments)
475: .It Sx \&sp Ta force vertical space: Op Ar height
1.57 kristaps 476: .El
1.211 schwarze 477: .Ss Semantic markup for command line utilities:
478: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
479: .It Sx \&Nm Ta start a SYNOPSIS block with the name of a utility
480: .It Sx \&Fl Ta command line options (flags) (>=0 arguments)
481: .It Sx \&Cm Ta command modifier (>0 arguments)
482: .It Sx \&Ar Ta command arguments (>=0 arguments)
483: .It Sx \&Op , \&Oo , \&Oc Ta optional syntax elements (enclosure)
484: .It Sx \&Ic Ta internal or interactive command (>0 arguments)
485: .It Sx \&Ev Ta environmental variable (>0 arguments)
486: .It Sx \&Pa Ta file system path (>=0 arguments)
1.57 kristaps 487: .El
1.211 schwarze 488: .Ss Semantic markup for function libraries:
489: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
490: .It Sx \&Lb Ta function library (one argument)
491: .It Sx \&In Ta include file (one argument)
1.222 schwarze 492: .It Sx \&Fd Ta other preprocessor directive (>0 arguments)
1.211 schwarze 493: .It Sx \&Ft Ta function type (>0 arguments)
494: .It Sx \&Fo , \&Fc Ta function block: Ar funcname
495: .It Sx \&Fn Ta function name:
496: .Op Ar functype
497: .Ar funcname
498: .Oo
499: .Op Ar argtype
500: .Ar argname
501: .Oc
502: .It Sx \&Fa Ta function argument (>0 arguments)
503: .It Sx \&Vt Ta variable type (>0 arguments)
504: .It Sx \&Va Ta variable name (>0 arguments)
505: .It Sx \&Dv Ta defined variable or preprocessor constant (>0 arguments)
506: .It Sx \&Er Ta error constant (>0 arguments)
507: .It Sx \&Ev Ta environmental variable (>0 arguments)
1.57 kristaps 508: .El
1.211 schwarze 509: .Ss Various semantic markup:
510: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
511: .It Sx \&An Ta author name (>0 arguments)
512: .It Sx \&Lk Ta hyperlink: Ar uri Op Ar name
513: .It Sx \&Mt Ta Do mailto Dc hyperlink: Ar address
514: .It Sx \&Cd Ta kernel configuration declaration (>0 arguments)
515: .It Sx \&Ad Ta memory address (>0 arguments)
516: .It Sx \&Ms Ta mathematical symbol (>0 arguments)
1.190 schwarze 517: .El
1.211 schwarze 518: .Ss Physical markup
519: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
520: .It Sx \&Em Ta italic font or underline (emphasis) (>0 arguments)
521: .It Sx \&Sy Ta boldface font (symbolic) (>0 arguments)
522: .It Sx \&Li Ta typewriter font (literal) (>0 arguments)
523: .It Sx \&No Ta return to roman font (normal) (no arguments)
524: .It Sx \&Bf , \&Ef Ta font block:
525: .Op Fl Ar type | Cm \&Em | \&Li | \&Sy
1.82 kristaps 526: .El
1.211 schwarze 527: .Ss Physical enclosures
528: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
529: .It Sx \&Dq , \&Do , \&Dc Ta enclose in typographic double quotes: Dq text
530: .It Sx \&Qq , \&Qo , \&Qc Ta enclose in typewriter double quotes: Qq text
531: .It Sx \&Sq , \&So , \&Sc Ta enclose in single quotes: Sq text
532: .It Sx \&Pq , \&Po , \&Pc Ta enclose in parentheses: Pq text
533: .It Sx \&Bq , \&Bo , \&Bc Ta enclose in square brackets: Bq text
534: .It Sx \&Brq , \&Bro , \&Brc Ta enclose in curly braces: Brq text
535: .It Sx \&Aq , \&Ao , \&Ac Ta enclose in angle brackets: Aq text
536: .It Sx \&Eo , \&Ec Ta generic enclosure
1.195 schwarze 537: .El
1.211 schwarze 538: .Ss Text production
539: .Bl -column "Brq, Bro, Brc" description
540: .It Sx \&Ex Fl std Ta standard command exit values: Op Ar utility ...
541: .It Sx \&Rv Fl std Ta standard function return values: Op Ar function ...
542: .It Sx \&St Ta reference to a standards document (one argument)
543: .It Sx \&At Ta At
544: .It Sx \&Bx Ta Bx
545: .It Sx \&Bsx Ta Bsx
546: .It Sx \&Nx Ta Nx
547: .It Sx \&Fx Ta Fx
548: .It Sx \&Ox Ta Ox
549: .It Sx \&Dx Ta Dx
1.195 schwarze 550: .El
1.211 schwarze 551: .Sh MACRO REFERENCE
552: This section is a canonical reference of all macros, arranged
553: alphabetically.
554: For the scoping of individual macros, see
555: .Sx MACRO SYNTAX .
556: .Ss \&%A
557: Author name of an
558: .Sx \&Rs
559: block.
560: Multiple authors should each be accorded their own
561: .Sx \%%A
562: line.
563: Author names should be ordered with full or abbreviated forename(s)
564: first, then full surname.
565: .Ss \&%B
566: Book title of an
567: .Sx \&Rs
1.138 kristaps 568: block.
569: This macro may also be used in a non-bibliographic context when
1.63 kristaps 570: referring to book titles.
571: .Ss \&%C
572: Publication city or location of an
573: .Sx \&Rs
574: block.
575: .Ss \&%D
576: Publication date of an
577: .Sx \&Rs
1.138 kristaps 578: block.
1.181 schwarze 579: Recommended formats of arguments are
580: .Ar month day , year
581: or just
582: .Ar year .
1.63 kristaps 583: .Ss \&%I
584: Publisher or issuer name of an
585: .Sx \&Rs
586: block.
587: .Ss \&%J
588: Journal name of an
589: .Sx \&Rs
590: block.
591: .Ss \&%N
592: Issue number (usually for journals) of an
593: .Sx \&Rs
594: block.
595: .Ss \&%O
596: Optional information of an
597: .Sx \&Rs
598: block.
599: .Ss \&%P
600: Book or journal page number of an
601: .Sx \&Rs
602: block.
603: .Ss \&%Q
604: Institutional author (school, government, etc.) of an
605: .Sx \&Rs
1.138 kristaps 606: block.
607: Multiple institutional authors should each be accorded their own
1.64 kristaps 608: .Sx \&%Q
1.63 kristaps 609: line.
610: .Ss \&%R
611: Technical report name of an
612: .Sx \&Rs
613: block.
614: .Ss \&%T
615: Article title of an
616: .Sx \&Rs
1.138 kristaps 617: block.
618: This macro may also be used in a non-bibliographical context when
619: referring to article titles.
1.69 kristaps 620: .Ss \&%U
1.70 kristaps 621: URI of reference document.
1.63 kristaps 622: .Ss \&%V
623: Volume number of an
624: .Sx \&Rs
625: block.
626: .Ss \&Ac
1.141 kristaps 627: Close an
1.63 kristaps 628: .Sx \&Ao
1.138 kristaps 629: block.
630: Does not have any tail arguments.
1.63 kristaps 631: .Ss \&Ad
1.141 kristaps 632: Memory address.
633: Do not use this for postal addresses.
1.63 kristaps 634: .Pp
1.64 kristaps 635: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 636: .Dl \&.Ad [0,$]
637: .Dl \&.Ad 0x00000000
1.63 kristaps 638: .Ss \&An
1.100 kristaps 639: Author name.
1.196 schwarze 640: Can be used both for the authors of the program, function, or driver
641: documented in the manual, or for the authors of the manual itself.
1.141 kristaps 642: Requires either the name of an author or one of the following arguments:
1.140 kristaps 643: .Pp
644: .Bl -tag -width "-nosplitX" -offset indent -compact
1.64 kristaps 645: .It Fl split
1.141 kristaps 646: Start a new output line before each subsequent invocation of
647: .Sx \&An .
1.64 kristaps 648: .It Fl nosplit
649: The opposite of
650: .Fl split .
651: .El
652: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 653: The default is
654: .Fl nosplit .
655: The effect of selecting either of the
656: .Fl split
657: modes ends at the beginning of the
658: .Em AUTHORS
659: section.
1.140 kristaps 660: In the
661: .Em AUTHORS
1.141 kristaps 662: section, the default is
663: .Fl nosplit
664: for the first author listing and
1.64 kristaps 665: .Fl split
1.141 kristaps 666: for all other author listings.
1.64 kristaps 667: .Pp
668: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 669: .Dl \&.An -nosplit
1.219 schwarze 670: .Dl \&.An Kristaps Dzonsons \&Aq \&Mt kristaps@bsd.lv
1.63 kristaps 671: .Ss \&Ao
1.141 kristaps 672: Begin a block enclosed by angle brackets.
1.100 kristaps 673: Does not have any head arguments.
1.63 kristaps 674: .Pp
1.64 kristaps 675: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 676: .Dl \&.Fl -key= \&Ns \&Ao \&Ar val \&Ac
1.63 kristaps 677: .Pp
1.64 kristaps 678: See also
679: .Sx \&Aq .
1.63 kristaps 680: .Ss \&Ap
1.138 kristaps 681: Inserts an apostrophe without any surrounding whitespace.
1.124 kristaps 682: This is generally used as a grammatical device when referring to the verb
1.140 kristaps 683: form of a function.
684: .Pp
685: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 686: .Dl \&.Fn execve \&Ap d
1.63 kristaps 687: .Ss \&Aq
1.141 kristaps 688: Encloses its arguments in angle brackets.
1.64 kristaps 689: .Pp
690: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 691: .Dl \&.Fl -key= \&Ns \&Aq \&Ar val
1.64 kristaps 692: .Pp
693: .Em Remarks :
694: this macro is often abused for rendering URIs, which should instead use
695: .Sx \&Lk
696: or
697: .Sx \&Mt ,
698: or to note pre-processor
699: .Dq Li #include
700: statements, which should use
701: .Sx \&In .
702: .Pp
703: See also
704: .Sx \&Ao .
1.63 kristaps 705: .Ss \&Ar
1.100 kristaps 706: Command arguments.
707: If an argument is not provided, the string
1.141 kristaps 708: .Dq file ...\&
1.66 kristaps 709: is used as a default.
1.64 kristaps 710: .Pp
711: Examples:
1.196 schwarze 712: .Dl ".Fl o Ar file"
713: .Dl ".Ar"
714: .Dl ".Ar arg1 , arg2 ."
715: .Pp
716: The arguments to the
717: .Sx \&Ar
718: macro are names and placeholders for command arguments;
719: for fixed strings to be passed verbatim as arguments, use
720: .Sx \&Fl
721: or
722: .Sx \&Cm .
1.63 kristaps 723: .Ss \&At
1.220 schwarze 724: Formats an
725: .At
726: version.
1.141 kristaps 727: Accepts one optional argument:
1.140 kristaps 728: .Pp
729: .Bl -tag -width "v[1-7] | 32vX" -offset indent -compact
1.64 kristaps 730: .It Cm v[1-7] | 32v
731: A version of
732: .At .
1.192 schwarze 733: .It Cm III
734: .At III .
1.64 kristaps 735: .It Cm V[.[1-4]]?
1.141 kristaps 736: A version of
737: .At V .
1.64 kristaps 738: .El
739: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 740: Note that these arguments do not begin with a hyphen.
1.64 kristaps 741: .Pp
742: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 743: .Dl \&.At
1.192 schwarze 744: .Dl \&.At III
1.173 kristaps 745: .Dl \&.At V.1
1.65 kristaps 746: .Pp
747: See also
1.66 kristaps 748: .Sx \&Bsx ,
1.65 kristaps 749: .Sx \&Bx ,
1.66 kristaps 750: .Sx \&Dx ,
1.65 kristaps 751: .Sx \&Fx ,
752: .Sx \&Nx ,
753: and
1.230 schwarze 754: .Sx \&Ox .
1.63 kristaps 755: .Ss \&Bc
1.141 kristaps 756: Close a
1.64 kristaps 757: .Sx \&Bo
1.138 kristaps 758: block.
759: Does not have any tail arguments.
1.63 kristaps 760: .Ss \&Bd
1.141 kristaps 761: Begin a display block.
1.131 kristaps 762: Its syntax is as follows:
763: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
764: .Pf \. Sx \&Bd
1.141 kristaps 765: .Fl Ns Ar type
1.131 kristaps 766: .Op Fl offset Ar width
767: .Op Fl compact
768: .Ed
769: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 770: Display blocks are used to select a different indentation and
771: justification than the one used by the surrounding text.
1.185 kristaps 772: They may contain both macro lines and text lines.
1.141 kristaps 773: By default, a display block is preceded by a vertical space.
1.64 kristaps 774: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 775: The
776: .Ar type
777: must be one of the following:
778: .Bl -tag -width 13n -offset indent
779: .It Fl centered
1.249 schwarze 780: Produce one output line from each input line, and center-justify each line.
1.141 kristaps 781: Using this display type is not recommended; many
782: .Nm
783: implementations render it poorly.
784: .It Fl filled
1.198 schwarze 785: Change the positions of line breaks to fill each line, and left- and
786: right-justify the resulting block.
1.141 kristaps 787: .It Fl literal
1.198 schwarze 788: Produce one output line from each input line,
789: and do not justify the block at all.
1.169 kristaps 790: Preserve white space as it appears in the input.
1.198 schwarze 791: Always use a constant-width font.
792: Use this for displaying source code.
1.64 kristaps 793: .It Fl ragged
1.198 schwarze 794: Change the positions of line breaks to fill each line, and left-justify
795: the resulting block.
1.64 kristaps 796: .It Fl unfilled
1.198 schwarze 797: The same as
798: .Fl literal ,
799: but using the same font as for normal text, which is a variable width font
800: if supported by the output device.
1.64 kristaps 801: .El
802: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 803: The
804: .Ar type
805: must be provided first.
806: Additional arguments may follow:
807: .Bl -tag -width 13n -offset indent
808: .It Fl offset Ar width
809: Indent the display by the
810: .Ar width ,
811: which may be one of the following:
1.64 kristaps 812: .Bl -item
813: .It
1.141 kristaps 814: One of the pre-defined strings
815: .Cm indent ,
1.198 schwarze 816: the width of a standard indentation (six constant width characters);
1.141 kristaps 817: .Cm indent-two ,
1.64 kristaps 818: twice
1.141 kristaps 819: .Cm indent ;
820: .Cm left ,
1.131 kristaps 821: which has no effect;
1.141 kristaps 822: .Cm right ,
823: which justifies to the right margin; or
824: .Cm center ,
1.249 schwarze 825: which aligns around an imagined center axis.
1.64 kristaps 826: .It
1.141 kristaps 827: A macro invocation, which selects a predefined width
828: associated with that macro.
1.100 kristaps 829: The most popular is the imaginary macro
1.67 kristaps 830: .Ar \&Ds ,
1.64 kristaps 831: which resolves to
1.141 kristaps 832: .Sy 6n .
1.64 kristaps 833: .It
1.215 schwarze 834: A scaling width as described in
835: .Xr roff 7 .
1.64 kristaps 836: .It
1.141 kristaps 837: An arbitrary string, which indents by the length of this string.
1.64 kristaps 838: .El
839: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 840: When the argument is missing,
841: .Fl offset
842: is ignored.
1.64 kristaps 843: .It Fl compact
1.141 kristaps 844: Do not assert vertical space before the display.
1.64 kristaps 845: .El
846: .Pp
847: Examples:
848: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.141 kristaps 849: \&.Bd \-literal \-offset indent \-compact
1.65 kristaps 850: Hello world.
1.64 kristaps 851: \&.Ed
852: .Ed
1.66 kristaps 853: .Pp
854: See also
855: .Sx \&D1
856: and
857: .Sx \&Dl .
1.63 kristaps 858: .Ss \&Bf
1.129 kristaps 859: Change the font mode for a scoped block of text.
860: Its syntax is as follows:
861: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
862: .Pf \. Sx \&Bf
863: .Oo
864: .Fl emphasis | literal | symbolic |
865: .Cm \&Em | \&Li | \&Sy
866: .Oc
867: .Ed
868: .Pp
869: The
870: .Fl emphasis
871: and
872: .Cm \&Em
873: argument are equivalent, as are
874: .Fl symbolic
875: and
1.144 schwarze 876: .Cm \&Sy ,
1.129 kristaps 877: and
878: .Fl literal
879: and
880: .Cm \&Li .
881: Without an argument, this macro does nothing.
882: The font mode continues until broken by a new font mode in a nested
883: scope or
884: .Sx \&Ef
885: is encountered.
886: .Pp
887: See also
888: .Sx \&Li ,
889: .Sx \&Ef ,
1.141 kristaps 890: .Sx \&Em ,
1.129 kristaps 891: and
892: .Sx \&Sy .
1.63 kristaps 893: .Ss \&Bk
1.186 schwarze 894: For each macro, keep its output together on the same output line,
895: until the end of the macro or the end of the input line is reached,
896: whichever comes first.
1.185 kristaps 897: Line breaks in text lines are unaffected.
1.141 kristaps 898: The syntax is as follows:
1.131 kristaps 899: .Pp
900: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Bk Fl words
901: .Pp
1.133 kristaps 902: The
903: .Fl words
1.141 kristaps 904: argument is required; additional arguments are ignored.
1.127 schwarze 905: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 906: The following example will not break within each
1.133 kristaps 907: .Sx \&Op
908: macro line:
1.127 schwarze 909: .Bd -literal -offset indent
910: \&.Bk \-words
1.133 kristaps 911: \&.Op Fl f Ar flags
912: \&.Op Fl o Ar output
1.127 schwarze 913: \&.Ek
914: .Ed
1.129 kristaps 915: .Pp
1.133 kristaps 916: Be careful in using over-long lines within a keep block!
917: Doing so will clobber the right margin.
1.63 kristaps 918: .Ss \&Bl
1.141 kristaps 919: Begin a list.
1.171 schwarze 920: Lists consist of items specified using the
1.141 kristaps 921: .Sx \&It
922: macro, containing a head or a body or both.
923: The list syntax is as follows:
1.131 kristaps 924: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
925: .Pf \. Sx \&Bl
1.141 kristaps 926: .Fl Ns Ar type
1.131 kristaps 927: .Op Fl width Ar val
928: .Op Fl offset Ar val
929: .Op Fl compact
930: .Op HEAD ...
931: .Ed
932: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 933: The list
934: .Ar type
935: is mandatory and must be specified first.
936: The
937: .Fl width
938: and
939: .Fl offset
1.240 schwarze 940: arguments accept macro names as described for
941: .Sx \&Bd
942: .Fl offset ,
943: scaling widths as described in
944: .Xr roff 7 ,
1.141 kristaps 945: or use the length of the given string.
946: The
947: .Fl offset
948: is a global indentation for the whole list, affecting both item heads
949: and bodies.
950: For those list types supporting it, the
951: .Fl width
952: argument requests an additional indentation of item bodies,
953: to be added to the
954: .Fl offset .
955: Unless the
956: .Fl compact
957: argument is specified, list entries are separated by vertical space.
958: .Pp
1.103 kristaps 959: A list must specify one of the following list types:
960: .Bl -tag -width 12n -offset indent
961: .It Fl bullet
1.141 kristaps 962: No item heads can be specified, but a bullet will be printed at the head
963: of each item.
964: Item bodies start on the same output line as the bullet
965: and are indented according to the
1.104 kristaps 966: .Fl width
1.141 kristaps 967: argument.
1.103 kristaps 968: .It Fl column
969: A columnated list.
1.104 kristaps 970: The
971: .Fl width
1.141 kristaps 972: argument has no effect; instead, each argument specifies the width
1.215 schwarze 973: of one column, using either the scaling width syntax described in
974: .Xr roff 7
975: or the string length of the argument.
1.141 kristaps 976: If the first line of the body of a
1.114 kristaps 977: .Fl column
978: list is not an
979: .Sx \&It
1.141 kristaps 980: macro line,
981: .Sx \&It
982: contexts spanning one input line each are implied until an
1.114 kristaps 983: .Sx \&It
1.141 kristaps 984: macro line is encountered, at which point items start being interpreted as
1.114 kristaps 985: described in the
986: .Sx \&It
987: documentation.
1.103 kristaps 988: .It Fl dash
1.141 kristaps 989: Like
990: .Fl bullet ,
991: except that dashes are used in place of bullets.
1.103 kristaps 992: .It Fl diag
993: Like
994: .Fl inset ,
1.141 kristaps 995: except that item heads are not parsed for macro invocations.
1.198 schwarze 996: Most often used in the
997: .Em DIAGNOSTICS
998: section with error constants in the item heads.
1.103 kristaps 999: .It Fl enum
1.141 kristaps 1000: A numbered list.
1.198 schwarze 1001: No item heads can be specified.
1.141 kristaps 1002: Formatted like
1003: .Fl bullet ,
1004: except that cardinal numbers are used in place of bullets,
1005: starting at 1.
1.103 kristaps 1006: .It Fl hang
1007: Like
1008: .Fl tag ,
1.141 kristaps 1009: except that the first lines of item bodies are not indented, but follow
1010: the item heads like in
1011: .Fl inset
1012: lists.
1.103 kristaps 1013: .It Fl hyphen
1014: Synonym for
1015: .Fl dash .
1016: .It Fl inset
1.141 kristaps 1017: Item bodies follow items heads on the same line, using normal inter-word
1018: spacing.
1019: Bodies are not indented, and the
1.104 kristaps 1020: .Fl width
1021: argument is ignored.
1.103 kristaps 1022: .It Fl item
1.141 kristaps 1023: No item heads can be specified, and none are printed.
1024: Bodies are not indented, and the
1.104 kristaps 1025: .Fl width
1026: argument is ignored.
1.103 kristaps 1027: .It Fl ohang
1.141 kristaps 1028: Item bodies start on the line following item heads and are not indented.
1.104 kristaps 1029: The
1030: .Fl width
1031: argument is ignored.
1.103 kristaps 1032: .It Fl tag
1.141 kristaps 1033: Item bodies are indented according to the
1.103 kristaps 1034: .Fl width
1035: argument.
1.141 kristaps 1036: When an item head fits inside the indentation, the item body follows
1037: this head on the same output line.
1038: Otherwise, the body starts on the output line following the head.
1.103 kristaps 1039: .El
1.114 kristaps 1040: .Pp
1.198 schwarze 1041: Lists may be nested within lists and displays.
1042: Nesting of
1043: .Fl column
1044: and
1045: .Fl enum
1046: lists may not be portable.
1047: .Pp
1.114 kristaps 1048: See also
1.141 kristaps 1049: .Sx \&El
1050: and
1.114 kristaps 1051: .Sx \&It .
1.63 kristaps 1052: .Ss \&Bo
1.141 kristaps 1053: Begin a block enclosed by square brackets.
1.100 kristaps 1054: Does not have any head arguments.
1.65 kristaps 1055: .Pp
1056: Examples:
1.140 kristaps 1057: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1.65 kristaps 1058: \&.Bo 1 ,
1.91 kristaps 1059: \&.Dv BUFSIZ \&Bc
1.65 kristaps 1060: .Ed
1061: .Pp
1062: See also
1063: .Sx \&Bq .
1.63 kristaps 1064: .Ss \&Bq
1.82 kristaps 1065: Encloses its arguments in square brackets.
1.65 kristaps 1066: .Pp
1067: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1068: .Dl \&.Bq 1 , \&Dv BUFSIZ
1.65 kristaps 1069: .Pp
1070: .Em Remarks :
1071: this macro is sometimes abused to emulate optional arguments for
1072: commands; the correct macros to use for this purpose are
1073: .Sx \&Op ,
1074: .Sx \&Oo ,
1075: and
1076: .Sx \&Oc .
1077: .Pp
1078: See also
1079: .Sx \&Bo .
1.63 kristaps 1080: .Ss \&Brc
1.141 kristaps 1081: Close a
1.65 kristaps 1082: .Sx \&Bro
1.138 kristaps 1083: block.
1084: Does not have any tail arguments.
1.63 kristaps 1085: .Ss \&Bro
1.141 kristaps 1086: Begin a block enclosed by curly braces.
1.100 kristaps 1087: Does not have any head arguments.
1.65 kristaps 1088: .Pp
1089: Examples:
1.140 kristaps 1090: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1.65 kristaps 1091: \&.Bro 1 , ... ,
1.91 kristaps 1092: \&.Va n \&Brc
1.65 kristaps 1093: .Ed
1094: .Pp
1095: See also
1096: .Sx \&Brq .
1.63 kristaps 1097: .Ss \&Brq
1.65 kristaps 1098: Encloses its arguments in curly braces.
1099: .Pp
1100: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1101: .Dl \&.Brq 1 , ... , \&Va n
1.65 kristaps 1102: .Pp
1103: See also
1104: .Sx \&Bro .
1.63 kristaps 1105: .Ss \&Bsx
1.220 schwarze 1106: Format the
1107: .Bsx
1108: version provided as an argument, or a default value if
1.65 kristaps 1109: no argument is provided.
1110: .Pp
1111: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1112: .Dl \&.Bsx 1.0
1113: .Dl \&.Bsx
1.65 kristaps 1114: .Pp
1115: See also
1116: .Sx \&At ,
1117: .Sx \&Bx ,
1.66 kristaps 1118: .Sx \&Dx ,
1.65 kristaps 1119: .Sx \&Fx ,
1120: .Sx \&Nx ,
1121: and
1.230 schwarze 1122: .Sx \&Ox .
1.63 kristaps 1123: .Ss \&Bt
1.230 schwarze 1124: Supported only for compatibility, do not use this in new manuals.
1.66 kristaps 1125: Prints
1.198 schwarze 1126: .Dq is currently in beta test.
1.63 kristaps 1127: .Ss \&Bx
1.220 schwarze 1128: Format the
1129: .Bx
1130: version provided as an argument, or a default value if no
1.65 kristaps 1131: argument is provided.
1132: .Pp
1133: Examples:
1.198 schwarze 1134: .Dl \&.Bx 4.3 Tahoe
1.173 kristaps 1135: .Dl \&.Bx 4.4
1136: .Dl \&.Bx
1.65 kristaps 1137: .Pp
1138: See also
1139: .Sx \&At ,
1140: .Sx \&Bsx ,
1.66 kristaps 1141: .Sx \&Dx ,
1.65 kristaps 1142: .Sx \&Fx ,
1143: .Sx \&Nx ,
1144: and
1.230 schwarze 1145: .Sx \&Ox .
1.63 kristaps 1146: .Ss \&Cd
1.141 kristaps 1147: Kernel configuration declaration.
1.100 kristaps 1148: This denotes strings accepted by
1.66 kristaps 1149: .Xr config 8 .
1.196 schwarze 1150: It is most often used in section 4 manual pages.
1.66 kristaps 1151: .Pp
1152: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1153: .Dl \&.Cd device le0 at scode?
1.66 kristaps 1154: .Pp
1155: .Em Remarks :
1156: this macro is commonly abused by using quoted literals to retain
1.138 kristaps 1157: whitespace and align consecutive
1.66 kristaps 1158: .Sx \&Cd
1.100 kristaps 1159: declarations.
1160: This practise is discouraged.
1.63 kristaps 1161: .Ss \&Cm
1.100 kristaps 1162: Command modifiers.
1.196 schwarze 1163: Typically used for fixed strings passed as arguments, unless
1164: .Sx \&Fl
1165: is more appropriate.
1166: Also useful when specifying configuration options or keys.
1.66 kristaps 1167: .Pp
1168: Examples:
1.196 schwarze 1169: .Dl ".Nm mt Fl f Ar device Cm rewind"
1170: .Dl ".Nm ps Fl o Cm pid , Ns Cm command"
1171: .Dl ".Nm dd Cm if= Ns Ar file1 Cm of= Ns Ar file2"
1172: .Dl ".Cm IdentityFile Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa"
1173: .Dl ".Cm LogLevel Dv DEBUG"
1.63 kristaps 1174: .Ss \&D1
1.100 kristaps 1175: One-line indented display.
1176: This is formatted by the default rules and is useful for simple indented
1177: statements.
1178: It is followed by a newline.
1.66 kristaps 1179: .Pp
1180: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1181: .Dl \&.D1 \&Fl abcdefgh
1.66 kristaps 1182: .Pp
1183: See also
1184: .Sx \&Bd
1185: and
1186: .Sx \&Dl .
1.63 kristaps 1187: .Ss \&Db
1.242 schwarze 1188: This macro is obsolete.
1189: No replacement is needed.
1190: It is ignored by
1191: .Xr mandoc 1
1192: and groff including its arguments.
1193: It was formerly used to toggle a debugging mode.
1.63 kristaps 1194: .Ss \&Dc
1.141 kristaps 1195: Close a
1.66 kristaps 1196: .Sx \&Do
1.138 kristaps 1197: block.
1198: Does not have any tail arguments.
1.63 kristaps 1199: .Ss \&Dd
1.233 schwarze 1200: Document date for display in the page footer.
1.100 kristaps 1201: This is the mandatory first macro of any
1.66 kristaps 1202: .Nm
1.100 kristaps 1203: manual.
1.120 kristaps 1204: Its syntax is as follows:
1.66 kristaps 1205: .Pp
1.181 schwarze 1206: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Dd Ar month day , year
1.66 kristaps 1207: .Pp
1.82 kristaps 1208: The
1.181 schwarze 1209: .Ar month
1210: is the full English month name, the
1211: .Ar day
1212: is an optionally zero-padded numeral, and the
1213: .Ar year
1214: is the full four-digit year.
1215: .Pp
1216: Other arguments are not portable; the
1217: .Xr mandoc 1
1218: utility handles them as follows:
1219: .Bl -dash -offset 3n -compact
1220: .It
1221: To have the date automatically filled in by the
1222: .Ox
1223: version of
1.72 kristaps 1224: .Xr cvs 1 ,
1.181 schwarze 1225: the special string
1226: .Dq $\&Mdocdate$
1227: can be given as an argument.
1228: .It
1.233 schwarze 1229: The traditional, purely numeric
1230: .Xr man 7
1231: format
1232: .Ar year Ns \(en Ns Ar month Ns \(en Ns Ar day
1233: is accepted, too.
1.181 schwarze 1234: .It
1235: If a date string cannot be parsed, it is used verbatim.
1236: .It
1237: If no date string is given, the current date is used.
1238: .El
1.66 kristaps 1239: .Pp
1240: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1241: .Dl \&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$
1242: .Dl \&.Dd $\&Mdocdate: July 21 2007$
1243: .Dl \&.Dd July 21, 2007
1.66 kristaps 1244: .Pp
1245: See also
1246: .Sx \&Dt
1247: and
1248: .Sx \&Os .
1.63 kristaps 1249: .Ss \&Dl
1.237 schwarze 1250: One-line indented display.
1.100 kristaps 1251: This is formatted as literal text and is useful for commands and
1252: invocations.
1253: It is followed by a newline.
1.66 kristaps 1254: .Pp
1255: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1256: .Dl \&.Dl % mandoc mdoc.7 \e(ba less
1.66 kristaps 1257: .Pp
1258: See also
1.248 schwarze 1259: .Sx \&Ql ,
1.66 kristaps 1260: .Sx \&Bd
1.248 schwarze 1261: .Fl literal ,
1.66 kristaps 1262: and
1263: .Sx \&D1 .
1.63 kristaps 1264: .Ss \&Do
1.141 kristaps 1265: Begin a block enclosed by double quotes.
1.138 kristaps 1266: Does not have any head arguments.
1.66 kristaps 1267: .Pp
1268: Examples:
1.140 kristaps 1269: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1270: \&.Do
1271: April is the cruellest month
1272: \&.Dc
1273: \e(em T.S. Eliot
1274: .Ed
1.66 kristaps 1275: .Pp
1276: See also
1277: .Sx \&Dq .
1.63 kristaps 1278: .Ss \&Dq
1.138 kristaps 1279: Encloses its arguments in
1280: .Dq typographic
1281: double-quotes.
1.66 kristaps 1282: .Pp
1283: Examples:
1.91 kristaps 1284: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1.66 kristaps 1285: \&.Dq April is the cruellest month
1286: \e(em T.S. Eliot
1287: .Ed
1288: .Pp
1289: See also
1.139 kristaps 1290: .Sx \&Qq ,
1291: .Sx \&Sq ,
1.138 kristaps 1292: and
1.66 kristaps 1293: .Sx \&Do .
1.139 kristaps 1294: .Ss \&Dt
1.233 schwarze 1295: Document title for display in the page header.
1.100 kristaps 1296: This is the mandatory second macro of any
1.66 kristaps 1297: .Nm
1.100 kristaps 1298: file.
1.120 kristaps 1299: Its syntax is as follows:
1300: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
1301: .Pf \. Sx \&Dt
1.233 schwarze 1302: .Ar TITLE
1.141 kristaps 1303: .Ar section
1.244 schwarze 1304: .Op Ar arch
1.120 kristaps 1305: .Ed
1.66 kristaps 1306: .Pp
1307: Its arguments are as follows:
1.233 schwarze 1308: .Bl -tag -width section -offset 2n
1309: .It Ar TITLE
1.111 kristaps 1310: The document's title (name), defaulting to
1.233 schwarze 1311: .Dq UNTITLED
1.111 kristaps 1312: if unspecified.
1.233 schwarze 1313: To achieve a uniform appearance of page header lines,
1314: it should by convention be all caps.
1.141 kristaps 1315: .It Ar section
1.100 kristaps 1316: The manual section.
1317: This may be one of
1.225 schwarze 1318: .Cm 1
1.246 schwarze 1319: .Pq General Commands ,
1.225 schwarze 1320: .Cm 2
1.246 schwarze 1321: .Pq System Calls ,
1.225 schwarze 1322: .Cm 3
1.246 schwarze 1323: .Pq Library Functions ,
1.225 schwarze 1324: .Cm 3p
1.246 schwarze 1325: .Pq Perl Library ,
1.225 schwarze 1326: .Cm 4
1.246 schwarze 1327: .Pq Device Drivers ,
1.225 schwarze 1328: .Cm 5
1.246 schwarze 1329: .Pq File Formats ,
1.225 schwarze 1330: .Cm 6
1.246 schwarze 1331: .Pq Games ,
1.225 schwarze 1332: .Cm 7
1.246 schwarze 1333: .Pq Miscellaneous Information ,
1.225 schwarze 1334: .Cm 8
1.246 schwarze 1335: .Pq System Manager's Manual ,
1336: or
1.225 schwarze 1337: .Cm 9
1.246 schwarze 1338: .Pq Kernel Developer's Manual .
1.111 kristaps 1339: It should correspond to the manual's filename suffix and defaults to
1.233 schwarze 1340: the empty string if unspecified.
1.141 kristaps 1341: .It Ar arch
1.213 schwarze 1342: This specifies the machine architecture a manual page applies to,
1343: where relevant, for example
1344: .Cm alpha ,
1345: .Cm amd64 ,
1346: .Cm i386 ,
1.66 kristaps 1347: or
1.213 schwarze 1348: .Cm sparc64 .
1.243 schwarze 1349: The list of valid architectures varies by operating system.
1.66 kristaps 1350: .El
1351: .Pp
1352: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1353: .Dl \&.Dt FOO 1
1354: .Dl \&.Dt FOO 9 i386
1.66 kristaps 1355: .Pp
1356: See also
1357: .Sx \&Dd
1358: and
1359: .Sx \&Os .
1.63 kristaps 1360: .Ss \&Dv
1.189 kristaps 1361: Defined variables such as preprocessor constants, constant symbols,
1362: enumeration values, and so on.
1.66 kristaps 1363: .Pp
1364: Examples:
1.189 kristaps 1365: .Dl \&.Dv NULL
1.173 kristaps 1366: .Dl \&.Dv BUFSIZ
1367: .Dl \&.Dv STDOUT_FILENO
1.66 kristaps 1368: .Pp
1369: See also
1.189 kristaps 1370: .Sx \&Er
1371: and
1372: .Sx \&Ev
1.222 schwarze 1373: for special-purpose constants,
1.189 kristaps 1374: .Sx \&Va
1.222 schwarze 1375: for variable symbols, and
1376: .Sx \&Fd
1377: for listing preprocessor variable definitions in the
1378: .Em SYNOPSIS .
1.63 kristaps 1379: .Ss \&Dx
1.220 schwarze 1380: Format the
1381: .Dx
1382: version provided as an argument, or a default
1.66 kristaps 1383: value if no argument is provided.
1384: .Pp
1385: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1386: .Dl \&.Dx 2.4.1
1387: .Dl \&.Dx
1.66 kristaps 1388: .Pp
1389: See also
1390: .Sx \&At ,
1391: .Sx \&Bsx ,
1392: .Sx \&Bx ,
1393: .Sx \&Fx ,
1394: .Sx \&Nx ,
1395: and
1.230 schwarze 1396: .Sx \&Ox .
1.63 kristaps 1397: .Ss \&Ec
1.131 kristaps 1398: Close a scope started by
1399: .Sx \&Eo .
1400: Its syntax is as follows:
1401: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 1402: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ec Op Ar TERM
1.131 kristaps 1403: .Pp
1404: The
1.141 kristaps 1405: .Ar TERM
1.131 kristaps 1406: argument is used as the enclosure tail, for example, specifying \e(rq
1407: will emulate
1408: .Sx \&Dc .
1.63 kristaps 1409: .Ss \&Ed
1.131 kristaps 1410: End a display context started by
1411: .Sx \&Bd .
1.63 kristaps 1412: .Ss \&Ef
1.141 kristaps 1413: End a font mode context started by
1.129 kristaps 1414: .Sx \&Bf .
1.63 kristaps 1415: .Ss \&Ek
1.141 kristaps 1416: End a keep context started by
1.127 schwarze 1417: .Sx \&Bk .
1.63 kristaps 1418: .Ss \&El
1.141 kristaps 1419: End a list context started by
1.117 kristaps 1420: .Sx \&Bl .
1421: .Pp
1422: See also
1423: .Sx \&Bl
1424: and
1425: .Sx \&It .
1.63 kristaps 1426: .Ss \&Em
1.235 schwarze 1427: Request an italic font.
1428: If the output device does not provide that, underline.
1429: .Pp
1430: This is most often used for stress emphasis (not to be confused with
1431: importance, see
1432: .Sx \&Sy ) .
1433: In the rare cases where none of the semantic markup macros fit,
1434: it can also be used for technical terms and placeholders, except
1435: that for syntax elements,
1436: .Sx \&Sy
1437: and
1438: .Sx \&Ar
1439: are preferred, respectively.
1.66 kristaps 1440: .Pp
1441: Examples:
1.235 schwarze 1442: .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
1443: Selected lines are those
1444: \&.Em not
1445: matching any of the specified patterns.
1446: Some of the functions use a
1447: \&.Em hold space
1448: to save the pattern space for subsequent retrieval.
1449: .Ed
1.138 kristaps 1450: .Pp
1451: See also
1452: .Sx \&Bf ,
1.198 schwarze 1453: .Sx \&Li ,
1454: .Sx \&No ,
1.138 kristaps 1455: and
1.198 schwarze 1456: .Sx \&Sy .
1.63 kristaps 1457: .Ss \&En
1.231 schwarze 1458: This macro is obsolete.
1459: Use
1460: .Sx \&Eo
1461: or any of the other enclosure macros.
1462: .Pp
1463: It encloses its argument in the delimiters specified by the last
1464: .Sx \&Es
1465: macro.
1.63 kristaps 1466: .Ss \&Eo
1.131 kristaps 1467: An arbitrary enclosure.
1468: Its syntax is as follows:
1469: .Pp
1.141 kristaps 1470: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Eo Op Ar TERM
1.131 kristaps 1471: .Pp
1472: The
1.141 kristaps 1473: .Ar TERM
1.131 kristaps 1474: argument is used as the enclosure head, for example, specifying \e(lq
1475: will emulate
1476: .Sx \&Do .
1.63 kristaps 1477: .Ss \&Er
1.189 kristaps 1478: Error constants for definitions of the
1479: .Va errno
1480: libc global variable.
1.196 schwarze 1481: This is most often used in section 2 and 3 manual pages.
1.66 kristaps 1482: .Pp
1483: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1484: .Dl \&.Er EPERM
1485: .Dl \&.Er ENOENT
1.66 kristaps 1486: .Pp
1487: See also
1.189 kristaps 1488: .Sx \&Dv
1489: for general constants.
1.63 kristaps 1490: .Ss \&Es
1.231 schwarze 1491: This macro is obsolete.
1492: Use
1493: .Sx \&Eo
1494: or any of the other enclosure macros.
1495: .Pp
1496: It takes two arguments, defining the delimiters to be used by subsequent
1497: .Sx \&En
1498: macros.
1.63 kristaps 1499: .Ss \&Ev
1.66 kristaps 1500: Environmental variables such as those specified in
1501: .Xr environ 7 .
1502: .Pp
1503: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1504: .Dl \&.Ev DISPLAY
1505: .Dl \&.Ev PATH
1.189 kristaps 1506: .Pp
1507: See also
1508: .Sx \&Dv
1509: for general constants.
1.63 kristaps 1510: .Ss \&Ex
1.191 kristaps 1511: Insert a standard sentence regarding command exit values of 0 on success
1512: and >0 on failure.
1.196 schwarze 1513: This is most often used in section 1, 6, and 8 manual pages.
1.141 kristaps 1514: Its syntax is as follows:
1515: .Pp
1.193 schwarze 1516: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ex Fl std Op Ar utility ...
1.141 kristaps 1517: .Pp
1.191 kristaps 1518: If
1.66 kristaps 1519: .Ar utility
1.141 kristaps 1520: is not specified, the document's name set by
1.66 kristaps 1521: .Sx \&Nm
1.141 kristaps 1522: is used.
1.191 kristaps 1523: Multiple
1524: .Ar utility
1525: arguments are treated as separate utilities.
1.139 kristaps 1526: .Pp
1527: See also
1528: .Sx \&Rv .
1.63 kristaps 1529: .Ss \&Fa
1.239 schwarze 1530: Function argument or parameter.
1.120 kristaps 1531: Its syntax is as follows:
1532: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
1533: .Pf \. Sx \&Fa
1.232 schwarze 1534: .Qo
1535: .Op Ar argtype
1536: .Op Ar argname
1537: .Qc Ar \&...
1.120 kristaps 1538: .Ed
1539: .Pp
1.232 schwarze 1540: Each argument may be a name and a type (recommended for the
1541: .Em SYNOPSIS
1542: section), a name alone (for function invocations),
1543: or a type alone (for function prototypes).
1544: If both a type and a name are given or if the type consists of multiple
1545: words, all words belonging to the same function argument have to be
1546: given in a single argument to the
1547: .Sx \&Fa
1548: macro.
1549: .Pp
1550: This macro is also used to specify the field name of a structure.
1551: .Pp
1.117 kristaps 1552: Most often, the
1553: .Sx \&Fa
1554: macro is used in the
1555: .Em SYNOPSIS
1.120 kristaps 1556: within
1557: .Sx \&Fo
1.232 schwarze 1558: blocks when documenting multi-line function prototypes.
1.117 kristaps 1559: If invoked with multiple arguments, the arguments are separated by a
1560: comma.
1561: Furthermore, if the following macro is another
1562: .Sx \&Fa ,
1563: the last argument will also have a trailing comma.
1564: .Pp
1565: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1566: .Dl \&.Fa \(dqconst char *p\(dq
1567: .Dl \&.Fa \(dqint a\(dq \(dqint b\(dq \(dqint c\(dq
1.232 schwarze 1568: .Dl \&.Fa \(dqchar *\(dq size_t
1.120 kristaps 1569: .Pp
1570: See also
1571: .Sx \&Fo .
1.63 kristaps 1572: .Ss \&Fc
1.141 kristaps 1573: End a function context started by
1.131 kristaps 1574: .Sx \&Fo .
1.63 kristaps 1575: .Ss \&Fd
1.222 schwarze 1576: Preprocessor directive, in particular for listing it in the
1577: .Em SYNOPSIS .
1578: Historically, it was also used to document include files.
1579: The latter usage has been deprecated in favour of
1.117 kristaps 1580: .Sx \&In .
1.222 schwarze 1581: .Pp
1582: Its syntax is as follows:
1583: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
1584: .Pf \. Sx \&Fd
1585: .Li # Ns Ar directive
1586: .Op Ar argument ...
1587: .Ed
1588: .Pp
1589: Examples:
1590: .Dl \&.Fd #define sa_handler __sigaction_u.__sa_handler
1591: .Dl \&.Fd #define SIO_MAXNFDS
1592: .Dl \&.Fd #ifdef FS_DEBUG
1593: .Dl \&.Ft void
1594: .Dl \&.Fn dbg_open \(dqconst char *\(dq
1595: .Dl \&.Fd #endif
1.117 kristaps 1596: .Pp
1597: See also
1.222 schwarze 1598: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE ,
1599: .Sx \&In ,
1.122 kristaps 1600: and
1.222 schwarze 1601: .Sx \&Dv .
1.63 kristaps 1602: .Ss \&Fl
1.196 schwarze 1603: Command-line flag or option.
1.100 kristaps 1604: Used when listing arguments to command-line utilities.
1605: Prints a fixed-width hyphen
1.79 kristaps 1606: .Sq \-
1.100 kristaps 1607: directly followed by each argument.
1608: If no arguments are provided, a hyphen is printed followed by a space.
1609: If the argument is a macro, a hyphen is prefixed to the subsequent macro
1610: output.
1.79 kristaps 1611: .Pp
1612: Examples:
1.199 schwarze 1613: .Dl ".Fl R Op Fl H | L | P"
1614: .Dl ".Op Fl 1AaCcdFfgHhikLlmnopqRrSsTtux"
1615: .Dl ".Fl type Cm d Fl name Pa CVS"
1616: .Dl ".Fl Ar signal_number"
1617: .Dl ".Fl o Fl"
1.79 kristaps 1618: .Pp
1619: See also
1620: .Sx \&Cm .
1.63 kristaps 1621: .Ss \&Fn
1.119 kristaps 1622: A function name.
1.120 kristaps 1623: Its syntax is as follows:
1.119 kristaps 1624: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
1625: .Pf \. Ns Sx \&Fn
1.185 kristaps 1626: .Op Ar functype
1627: .Ar funcname
1628: .Op Oo Ar argtype Oc Ar argname
1.119 kristaps 1629: .Ed
1.120 kristaps 1630: .Pp
1.122 kristaps 1631: Function arguments are surrounded in parenthesis and
1.119 kristaps 1632: are delimited by commas.
1633: If no arguments are specified, blank parenthesis are output.
1.196 schwarze 1634: In the
1635: .Em SYNOPSIS
1636: section, this macro starts a new output line,
1637: and a blank line is automatically inserted between function definitions.
1.119 kristaps 1638: .Pp
1639: Examples:
1.203 kristaps 1640: .Dl \&.Fn \(dqint funcname\(dq \(dqint arg0\(dq \(dqint arg1\(dq
1641: .Dl \&.Fn funcname \(dqint arg0\(dq
1.173 kristaps 1642: .Dl \&.Fn funcname arg0
1.196 schwarze 1643: .Pp
1.120 kristaps 1644: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1645: \&.Ft functype
1646: \&.Fn funcname
1647: .Ed
1.119 kristaps 1648: .Pp
1.163 schwarze 1649: When referring to a function documented in another manual page, use
1.162 schwarze 1650: .Sx \&Xr
1.163 schwarze 1651: instead.
1.119 kristaps 1652: See also
1.196 schwarze 1653: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE ,
1654: .Sx \&Fo ,
1.119 kristaps 1655: and
1656: .Sx \&Ft .
1.63 kristaps 1657: .Ss \&Fo
1.120 kristaps 1658: Begin a function block.
1659: This is a multi-line version of
1660: .Sx \&Fn .
1661: Its syntax is as follows:
1662: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1663: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Fo Ar funcname
1.120 kristaps 1664: .Pp
1665: Invocations usually occur in the following context:
1666: .Bd -ragged -offset indent
1.185 kristaps 1667: .Pf \. Sx \&Ft Ar functype
1.120 kristaps 1668: .br
1.185 kristaps 1669: .Pf \. Sx \&Fo Ar funcname
1.120 kristaps 1670: .br
1.232 schwarze 1671: .Pf \. Sx \&Fa Qq Ar argtype Ar argname
1.120 kristaps 1672: .br
1.183 kristaps 1673: \&.\.\.
1.120 kristaps 1674: .br
1675: .Pf \. Sx \&Fc
1676: .Ed
1677: .Pp
1678: A
1679: .Sx \&Fo
1680: scope is closed by
1.196 schwarze 1681: .Sx \&Fc .
1.120 kristaps 1682: .Pp
1683: See also
1.122 kristaps 1684: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE ,
1.120 kristaps 1685: .Sx \&Fa ,
1686: .Sx \&Fc ,
1687: and
1.139 kristaps 1688: .Sx \&Ft .
1.190 schwarze 1689: .Ss \&Fr
1.231 schwarze 1690: This macro is obsolete.
1691: No replacement markup is needed.
1.198 schwarze 1692: .Pp
1.231 schwarze 1693: It was used to show numerical function return values in an italic font.
1.63 kristaps 1694: .Ss \&Ft
1.120 kristaps 1695: A function type.
1696: Its syntax is as follows:
1697: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1698: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ft Ar functype
1.120 kristaps 1699: .Pp
1.196 schwarze 1700: In the
1701: .Em SYNOPSIS
1702: section, a new output line is started after this macro.
1703: .Pp
1.120 kristaps 1704: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1705: .Dl \&.Ft int
1.120 kristaps 1706: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1707: \&.Ft functype
1708: \&.Fn funcname
1709: .Ed
1710: .Pp
1711: See also
1.122 kristaps 1712: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE ,
1713: .Sx \&Fn ,
1.120 kristaps 1714: and
1.122 kristaps 1715: .Sx \&Fo .
1.63 kristaps 1716: .Ss \&Fx
1.144 schwarze 1717: Format the
1718: .Fx
1719: version provided as an argument, or a default value
1.65 kristaps 1720: if no argument is provided.
1721: .Pp
1722: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1723: .Dl \&.Fx 7.1
1724: .Dl \&.Fx
1.65 kristaps 1725: .Pp
1726: See also
1727: .Sx \&At ,
1.66 kristaps 1728: .Sx \&Bsx ,
1.65 kristaps 1729: .Sx \&Bx ,
1.66 kristaps 1730: .Sx \&Dx ,
1.65 kristaps 1731: .Sx \&Nx ,
1732: and
1.230 schwarze 1733: .Sx \&Ox .
1.63 kristaps 1734: .Ss \&Hf
1.198 schwarze 1735: This macro is not implemented in
1736: .Xr mandoc 1 .
1737: .Pp
1738: It was used to include the contents of a (header) file literally.
1739: The syntax was:
1740: .Pp
1741: .Dl Pf . Sx \&Hf Ar filename
1.63 kristaps 1742: .Ss \&Ic
1.132 kristaps 1743: Designate an internal or interactive command.
1744: This is similar to
1745: .Sx \&Cm
1746: but used for instructions rather than values.
1747: .Pp
1748: Examples:
1.196 schwarze 1749: .Dl \&.Ic :wq
1.173 kristaps 1750: .Dl \&.Ic hash
1751: .Dl \&.Ic alias
1.132 kristaps 1752: .Pp
1753: Note that using
1.144 schwarze 1754: .Sx \&Bd Fl literal
1.132 kristaps 1755: or
1756: .Sx \&D1
1757: is preferred for displaying code; the
1758: .Sx \&Ic
1759: macro is used when referring to specific instructions.
1.63 kristaps 1760: .Ss \&In
1.251 ! schwarze 1761: The name of an include file.
! 1762: This macro is most often used in section 2, 3, and 9 manual pages.
! 1763: .Pp
1.196 schwarze 1764: When invoked as the first macro on an input line in the
1.118 kristaps 1765: .Em SYNOPSIS
1.196 schwarze 1766: section, the argument is displayed in angle brackets
1767: and preceded by
1.251 ! schwarze 1768: .Qq #include ,
1.196 schwarze 1769: and a blank line is inserted in front if there is a preceding
1770: function declaration.
1.251 ! schwarze 1771: In other sections, it only encloses its argument in angle brackets
! 1772: and causes no line break.
1.118 kristaps 1773: .Pp
1.122 kristaps 1774: Examples:
1.196 schwarze 1775: .Dl \&.In sys/types.h
1.122 kristaps 1776: .Pp
1777: See also
1778: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE .
1.63 kristaps 1779: .Ss \&It
1.120 kristaps 1780: A list item.
1781: The syntax of this macro depends on the list type.
1.114 kristaps 1782: .Pp
1783: Lists
1784: of type
1785: .Fl hang ,
1786: .Fl ohang ,
1787: .Fl inset ,
1788: and
1789: .Fl diag
1.120 kristaps 1790: have the following syntax:
1.114 kristaps 1791: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1792: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Ar args
1.114 kristaps 1793: .Pp
1794: Lists of type
1795: .Fl bullet ,
1796: .Fl dash ,
1797: .Fl enum ,
1798: .Fl hyphen
1799: and
1800: .Fl item
1.120 kristaps 1801: have the following syntax:
1.114 kristaps 1802: .Pp
1.120 kristaps 1803: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&It
1.114 kristaps 1804: .Pp
1805: with subsequent lines interpreted within the scope of the
1806: .Sx \&It
1807: until either a closing
1808: .Sx \&El
1809: or another
1810: .Sx \&It .
1811: .Pp
1812: The
1813: .Fl tag
1.120 kristaps 1814: list has the following syntax:
1.114 kristaps 1815: .Pp
1.120 kristaps 1816: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Op Cm args
1.114 kristaps 1817: .Pp
1.120 kristaps 1818: Subsequent lines are interpreted as with
1.114 kristaps 1819: .Fl bullet
1820: and family.
1821: The line arguments correspond to the list's left-hand side; body
1822: arguments correspond to the list's contents.
1823: .Pp
1824: The
1825: .Fl column
1826: list is the most complicated.
1.120 kristaps 1827: Its syntax is as follows:
1.114 kristaps 1828: .Pp
1.190 schwarze 1829: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Ar cell Op <TAB> Ar cell ...
1830: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&It Ar cell Op Sx \&Ta Ar cell ...
1.114 kristaps 1831: .Pp
1.190 schwarze 1832: The arguments consist of one or more lines of text and macros
1833: representing a complete table line.
1834: Cells within the line are delimited by tabs or by the special
1835: .Sx \&Ta
1836: block macro.
1837: The tab cell delimiter may only be used within the
1.114 kristaps 1838: .Sx \&It
1.190 schwarze 1839: line itself; on following lines, only the
1840: .Sx \&Ta
1841: macro can be used to delimit cells, and
1842: .Sx \&Ta
1.208 kristaps 1843: is only recognised as a macro when called by other macros,
1.190 schwarze 1844: not as the first macro on a line.
1845: .Pp
1846: Note that quoted strings may span tab-delimited cells on an
1.114 kristaps 1847: .Sx \&It
1.190 schwarze 1848: line.
1849: For example,
1.114 kristaps 1850: .Pp
1.173 kristaps 1851: .Dl .It \(dqcol1 ; <TAB> col2 ;\(dq \&;
1.114 kristaps 1852: .Pp
1853: will preserve the semicolon whitespace except for the last.
1854: .Pp
1855: See also
1856: .Sx \&Bl .
1.63 kristaps 1857: .Ss \&Lb
1.109 kristaps 1858: Specify a library.
1.120 kristaps 1859: The syntax is as follows:
1.109 kristaps 1860: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1861: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Lb Ar library
1.109 kristaps 1862: .Pp
1863: The
1.185 kristaps 1864: .Ar library
1.109 kristaps 1865: parameter may be a system library, such as
1.193 schwarze 1866: .Cm libz
1.109 kristaps 1867: or
1.193 schwarze 1868: .Cm libpam ,
1.109 kristaps 1869: in which case a small library description is printed next to the linker
1870: invocation; or a custom library, in which case the library name is
1871: printed in quotes.
1872: This is most commonly used in the
1873: .Em SYNOPSIS
1874: section as described in
1875: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE .
1876: .Pp
1877: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1878: .Dl \&.Lb libz
1.221 schwarze 1879: .Dl \&.Lb libmandoc
1.63 kristaps 1880: .Ss \&Li
1.198 schwarze 1881: Denotes text that should be in a
1882: .Li literal
1883: font mode.
1.131 kristaps 1884: Note that this is a presentation term and should not be used for
1885: stylistically decorating technical terms.
1.138 kristaps 1886: .Pp
1.198 schwarze 1887: On terminal output devices, this is often indistinguishable from
1888: normal text.
1889: .Pp
1.138 kristaps 1890: See also
1891: .Sx \&Bf ,
1.198 schwarze 1892: .Sx \&Em ,
1893: .Sx \&No ,
1.138 kristaps 1894: and
1.198 schwarze 1895: .Sx \&Sy .
1.63 kristaps 1896: .Ss \&Lk
1.100 kristaps 1897: Format a hyperlink.
1.120 kristaps 1898: Its syntax is as follows:
1.70 kristaps 1899: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1900: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Lk Ar uri Op Ar name
1.70 kristaps 1901: .Pp
1902: Examples:
1.203 kristaps 1903: .Dl \&.Lk http://bsd.lv \(dqThe BSD.lv Project\(dq
1.173 kristaps 1904: .Dl \&.Lk http://bsd.lv
1.70 kristaps 1905: .Pp
1906: See also
1907: .Sx \&Mt .
1.63 kristaps 1908: .Ss \&Lp
1.132 kristaps 1909: Synonym for
1910: .Sx \&Pp .
1.63 kristaps 1911: .Ss \&Ms
1.138 kristaps 1912: Display a mathematical symbol.
1.140 kristaps 1913: Its syntax is as follows:
1914: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1915: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ms Ar symbol
1.138 kristaps 1916: .Pp
1917: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1918: .Dl \&.Ms sigma
1919: .Dl \&.Ms aleph
1.63 kristaps 1920: .Ss \&Mt
1.116 kristaps 1921: Format a
1.138 kristaps 1922: .Dq mailto:
1.116 kristaps 1923: hyperlink.
1.120 kristaps 1924: Its syntax is as follows:
1.116 kristaps 1925: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 1926: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Mt Ar address
1.116 kristaps 1927: .Pp
1928: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 1929: .Dl \&.Mt discuss@manpages.bsd.lv
1.219 schwarze 1930: .Dl \&.An Kristaps Dzonsons \&Aq \&Mt kristaps@bsd.lv
1.63 kristaps 1931: .Ss \&Nd
1.144 schwarze 1932: A one line description of the manual's content.
1.132 kristaps 1933: This may only be invoked in the
1934: .Em SYNOPSIS
1935: section subsequent the
1936: .Sx \&Nm
1937: macro.
1938: .Pp
1939: Examples:
1.198 schwarze 1940: .Dl Pf . Sx \&Nd mdoc language reference
1941: .Dl Pf . Sx \&Nd format and display UNIX manuals
1.132 kristaps 1942: .Pp
1943: The
1944: .Sx \&Nd
1945: macro technically accepts child macros and terminates with a subsequent
1946: .Sx \&Sh
1947: invocation.
1948: Do not assume this behaviour: some
1949: .Xr whatis 1
1950: database generators are not smart enough to parse more than the line
1951: arguments and will display macros verbatim.
1952: .Pp
1953: See also
1954: .Sx \&Nm .
1.63 kristaps 1955: .Ss \&Nm
1.128 schwarze 1956: The name of the manual page, or \(em in particular in section 1, 6,
1957: and 8 pages \(em of an additional command or feature documented in
1958: the manual page.
1959: When first invoked, the
1960: .Sx \&Nm
1961: macro expects a single argument, the name of the manual page.
1962: Usually, the first invocation happens in the
1963: .Em NAME
1964: section of the page.
1965: The specified name will be remembered and used whenever the macro is
1966: called again without arguments later in the page.
1967: The
1968: .Sx \&Nm
1969: macro uses
1970: .Sx Block full-implicit
1971: semantics when invoked as the first macro on an input line in the
1972: .Em SYNOPSIS
1973: section; otherwise, it uses ordinary
1974: .Sx In-line
1975: semantics.
1976: .Pp
1977: Examples:
1978: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1979: \&.Sh SYNOPSIS
1980: \&.Nm cat
1981: \&.Op Fl benstuv
1982: \&.Op Ar
1983: .Ed
1984: .Pp
1985: In the
1986: .Em SYNOPSIS
1987: of section 2, 3 and 9 manual pages, use the
1988: .Sx \&Fn
1989: macro rather than
1990: .Sx \&Nm
1991: to mark up the name of the manual page.
1.63 kristaps 1992: .Ss \&No
1.198 schwarze 1993: Normal text.
1994: Closes the scope of any preceding in-line macro.
1995: When used after physical formatting macros like
1996: .Sx \&Em
1997: or
1998: .Sx \&Sy ,
1999: switches back to the standard font face and weight.
2000: Can also be used to embed plain text strings in macro lines
2001: using semantic annotation macros.
1.132 kristaps 2002: .Pp
2003: Examples:
1.198 schwarze 2004: .Dl ".Em italic , Sy bold , No and roman"
2005: .Pp
2006: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
2007: \&.Sm off
2008: \&.Cm :C No / Ar pattern No / Ar replacement No /
2009: \&.Sm on
2010: .Ed
2011: .Pp
2012: See also
2013: .Sx \&Em ,
2014: .Sx \&Li ,
2015: and
2016: .Sx \&Sy .
1.63 kristaps 2017: .Ss \&Ns
1.198 schwarze 2018: Suppress a space between the output of the preceding macro
2019: and the following text or macro.
2020: Following invocation, input is interpreted as normal text
2021: just like after an
2022: .Sx \&No
2023: macro.
1.178 kristaps 2024: .Pp
2025: This has no effect when invoked at the start of a macro line.
1.138 kristaps 2026: .Pp
2027: Examples:
1.198 schwarze 2028: .Dl ".Ar name Ns = Ns Ar value"
2029: .Dl ".Cm :M Ns Ar pattern"
2030: .Dl ".Fl o Ns Ar output"
1.138 kristaps 2031: .Pp
2032: See also
2033: .Sx \&No
2034: and
2035: .Sx \&Sm .
1.63 kristaps 2036: .Ss \&Nx
1.144 schwarze 2037: Format the
2038: .Nx
2039: version provided as an argument, or a default value if
1.65 kristaps 2040: no argument is provided.
2041: .Pp
2042: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 2043: .Dl \&.Nx 5.01
2044: .Dl \&.Nx
1.65 kristaps 2045: .Pp
2046: See also
2047: .Sx \&At ,
1.66 kristaps 2048: .Sx \&Bsx ,
1.65 kristaps 2049: .Sx \&Bx ,
1.66 kristaps 2050: .Sx \&Dx ,
1.65 kristaps 2051: .Sx \&Fx ,
2052: and
1.230 schwarze 2053: .Sx \&Ox .
1.63 kristaps 2054: .Ss \&Oc
1.141 kristaps 2055: Close multi-line
1.132 kristaps 2056: .Sx \&Oo
2057: context.
1.63 kristaps 2058: .Ss \&Oo
1.132 kristaps 2059: Multi-line version of
2060: .Sx \&Op .
2061: .Pp
2062: Examples:
1.138 kristaps 2063: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1.132 kristaps 2064: \&.Oo
2065: \&.Op Fl flag Ns Ar value
2066: \&.Oc
2067: .Ed
1.63 kristaps 2068: .Ss \&Op
1.196 schwarze 2069: Optional part of a command line.
1.132 kristaps 2070: Prints the argument(s) in brackets.
1.196 schwarze 2071: This is most often used in the
2072: .Em SYNOPSIS
2073: section of section 1 and 8 manual pages.
1.132 kristaps 2074: .Pp
2075: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 2076: .Dl \&.Op \&Fl a \&Ar b
2077: .Dl \&.Op \&Ar a | b
1.132 kristaps 2078: .Pp
2079: See also
2080: .Sx \&Oo .
1.63 kristaps 2081: .Ss \&Os
1.233 schwarze 2082: Operating system version for display in the page footer.
1.100 kristaps 2083: This is the mandatory third macro of
1.66 kristaps 2084: any
2085: .Nm
1.120 kristaps 2086: file.
2087: Its syntax is as follows:
1.66 kristaps 2088: .Pp
1.185 kristaps 2089: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Os Op Ar system Op Ar version
1.66 kristaps 2090: .Pp
2091: The optional
1.185 kristaps 2092: .Ar system
1.100 kristaps 2093: parameter specifies the relevant operating system or environment.
1.246 schwarze 2094: It is suggested to leave it unspecified, in which case
2095: .Xr mandoc 1
2096: uses its
2097: .Fl Ios
2098: argument, or, if that isn't specified either,
2099: .Fa sysname
2100: and
2101: .Fa release
2102: as returned by
2103: .Xr uname 3 .
1.66 kristaps 2104: .Pp
2105: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 2106: .Dl \&.Os
2107: .Dl \&.Os KTH/CSC/TCS
2108: .Dl \&.Os BSD 4.3
1.66 kristaps 2109: .Pp
2110: See also
2111: .Sx \&Dd
2112: and
2113: .Sx \&Dt .
1.63 kristaps 2114: .Ss \&Ot
1.231 schwarze 2115: This macro is obsolete.
2116: Use
2117: .Sx \&Ft
2118: instead; with
2119: .Xr mandoc 1 ,
2120: both have the same effect.
1.66 kristaps 2121: .Pp
1.198 schwarze 2122: Historical
1.217 schwarze 2123: .Nm
1.198 schwarze 2124: packages described it as
2125: .Dq "old function type (FORTRAN)" .
1.63 kristaps 2126: .Ss \&Ox
1.144 schwarze 2127: Format the
2128: .Ox
2129: version provided as an argument, or a default value
1.65 kristaps 2130: if no argument is provided.
2131: .Pp
2132: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 2133: .Dl \&.Ox 4.5
2134: .Dl \&.Ox
1.65 kristaps 2135: .Pp
2136: See also
2137: .Sx \&At ,
2138: .Sx \&Bsx ,
2139: .Sx \&Bx ,
1.66 kristaps 2140: .Sx \&Dx ,
1.65 kristaps 2141: .Sx \&Fx ,
2142: and
1.230 schwarze 2143: .Sx \&Nx .
1.63 kristaps 2144: .Ss \&Pa
1.196 schwarze 2145: An absolute or relative file system path, or a file or directory name.
2146: If an argument is not provided, the character
2147: .Sq \(ti
1.165 kristaps 2148: is used as a default.
1.132 kristaps 2149: .Pp
2150: Examples:
1.173 kristaps 2151: .Dl \&.Pa /usr/bin/mandoc
2152: .Dl \&.Pa /usr/share/man/man7/mdoc.7
1.132 kristaps 2153: .Pp
2154: See also
2155: .Sx \&Lk .
1.63 kristaps 2156: .Ss \&Pc
1.132 kristaps 2157: Close parenthesised context opened by
2158: .Sx \&Po .
1.63 kristaps 2159: .Ss \&Pf
1.198 schwarze 2160: Removes the space between its argument
1.138 kristaps 2161: .Pq Dq prefix
1.198 schwarze 2162: and the following macro.
1.132 kristaps 2163: Its syntax is as follows:
2164: .Pp
1.198 schwarze 2165: .D1 .Pf Ar prefix macro arguments ...
2166: .Pp
2167: This is equivalent to:
1.132 kristaps 2168: .Pp
1.198 schwarze 2169: .D1 .No Ar prefix No \&Ns Ar macro arguments ...
1.132 kristaps 2170: .Pp
2171: Examples:
1.198 schwarze 2172: .Dl ".Pf $ Ar variable_name"
2173: .Dl ".Pf 0x Ar hex_digits"
2174: .Pp
2175: See also
2176: .Sx \&Ns
2177: and
2178: .Sx \&Sm .
1.63 kristaps 2179: .Ss \&Po
1.132 kristaps 2180: Multi-line version of
2181: .Sx \&Pq .
1.63 kristaps 2182: .Ss \&Pp
1.132 kristaps 2183: Break a paragraph.
2184: This will assert vertical space between prior and subsequent macros
2185: and/or text.
1.198 schwarze 2186: .Pp
2187: Paragraph breaks are not needed before or after
2188: .Sx \&Sh
2189: or
2190: .Sx \&Ss
2191: macros or before displays
2192: .Pq Sx \&Bd
2193: or lists
2194: .Pq Sx \&Bl
2195: unless the
2196: .Fl compact
2197: flag is given.
1.63 kristaps 2198: .Ss \&Pq
1.132 kristaps 2199: Parenthesised enclosure.
2200: .Pp
2201: See also
2202: .Sx \&Po .
1.63 kristaps 2203: .Ss \&Qc
1.138 kristaps 2204: Close quoted context opened by
2205: .Sx \&Qo .
1.63 kristaps 2206: .Ss \&Ql
1.248 schwarze 2207: In-line literal display.
2208: This can for example be used for complete command invocations and
2209: for multi-word code fragments when more specific markup is not
2210: appropriate and an indented display is not desired.
2211: While
1.247 schwarze 2212: .Xr mandoc 1
1.248 schwarze 2213: always encloses the arguments in single quotes, other formatters
2214: usually omit the quotes on non-terminal output devices when the
2215: arguments have three or more characters.
2216: .Pp
1.138 kristaps 2217: See also
1.248 schwarze 2218: .Sx \&Dl
1.138 kristaps 2219: and
1.248 schwarze 2220: .Sx \&Bd
2221: .Fl literal .
1.63 kristaps 2222: .Ss \&Qo
1.138 kristaps 2223: Multi-line version of
2224: .Sx \&Qq .
1.63 kristaps 2225: .Ss \&Qq
1.138 kristaps 2226: Encloses its arguments in
1.198 schwarze 2227: .Qq typewriter
1.138 kristaps 2228: double-quotes.
2229: Consider using
2230: .Sx \&Dq .
2231: .Pp
2232: See also
2233: .Sx \&Dq ,
2234: .Sx \&Sq ,
2235: and
2236: .Sx \&Qo .
1.63 kristaps 2237: .Ss \&Re
1.141 kristaps 2238: Close an
1.63 kristaps 2239: .Sx \&Rs
1.100 kristaps 2240: block.
2241: Does not have any tail arguments.
1.63 kristaps 2242: .Ss \&Rs
1.141 kristaps 2243: Begin a bibliographic
1.63 kristaps 2244: .Pq Dq reference
1.100 kristaps 2245: block.
2246: Does not have any head arguments.
2247: The block macro may only contain
1.63 kristaps 2248: .Sx \&%A ,
2249: .Sx \&%B ,
2250: .Sx \&%C ,
2251: .Sx \&%D ,
2252: .Sx \&%I ,
2253: .Sx \&%J ,
2254: .Sx \&%N ,
2255: .Sx \&%O ,
2256: .Sx \&%P ,
2257: .Sx \&%Q ,
2258: .Sx \&%R ,
2259: .Sx \&%T ,
1.120 kristaps 2260: .Sx \&%U ,
1.63 kristaps 2261: and
2262: .Sx \&%V
2263: child macros (at least one must be specified).
2264: .Pp
1.64 kristaps 2265: Examples:
1.91 kristaps 2266: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
1.63 kristaps 2267: \&.Rs
2268: \&.%A J. E. Hopcroft
2269: \&.%A J. D. Ullman
2270: \&.%B Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation
2271: \&.%I Addison-Wesley
2272: \&.%C Reading, Massachusettes
2273: \&.%D 1979
2274: \&.Re
2275: .Ed
2276: .Pp
2277: If an
2278: .Sx \&Rs
2279: block is used within a SEE ALSO section, a vertical space is asserted
2280: before the rendered output, else the block continues on the current
2281: line.
2282: .Ss \&Rv
1.193 schwarze 2283: Insert a standard sentence regarding a function call's return value of 0
1.191 kristaps 2284: on success and \-1 on error, with the
2285: .Va errno
2286: libc global variable set on error.
2287: Its syntax is as follows:
2288: .Pp
1.193 schwarze 2289: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Rv Fl std Op Ar function ...
1.191 kristaps 2290: .Pp
1.139 kristaps 2291: If
2292: .Ar function
1.191 kristaps 2293: is not specified, the document's name set by
1.139 kristaps 2294: .Sx \&Nm
1.191 kristaps 2295: is used.
2296: Multiple
2297: .Ar function
2298: arguments are treated as separate functions.
1.139 kristaps 2299: .Pp
2300: See also
2301: .Sx \&Ex .
1.63 kristaps 2302: .Ss \&Sc
1.138 kristaps 2303: Close single-quoted context opened by
2304: .Sx \&So .
1.63 kristaps 2305: .Ss \&Sh
1.138 kristaps 2306: Begin a new section.
2307: For a list of conventional manual sections, see
2308: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE .
2309: These sections should be used unless it's absolutely necessary that
2310: custom sections be used.
2311: .Pp
2312: Section names should be unique so that they may be keyed by
2313: .Sx \&Sx .
1.197 kristaps 2314: Although this macro is parsed, it should not consist of child node or it
2315: may not be linked with
2316: .Sx \&Sx .
1.138 kristaps 2317: .Pp
2318: See also
2319: .Sx \&Pp ,
2320: .Sx \&Ss ,
2321: and
2322: .Sx \&Sx .
1.63 kristaps 2323: .Ss \&Sm
1.134 schwarze 2324: Switches the spacing mode for output generated from macros.
2325: Its syntax is as follows:
2326: .Pp
1.234 schwarze 2327: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Sm Op Cm on | off
1.134 schwarze 2328: .Pp
2329: By default, spacing is
1.193 schwarze 2330: .Cm on .
1.134 schwarze 2331: When switched
1.193 schwarze 2332: .Cm off ,
1.134 schwarze 2333: no white space is inserted between macro arguments and between the
1.185 kristaps 2334: output generated from adjacent macros, but text lines
1.134 schwarze 2335: still get normal spacing between words and sentences.
1.234 schwarze 2336: .Pp
2337: When called without an argument, the
2338: .Sx \&Sm
2339: macro toggles the spacing mode.
2340: Using this is not recommended because it makes the code harder to read.
1.63 kristaps 2341: .Ss \&So
1.138 kristaps 2342: Multi-line version of
2343: .Sx \&Sq .
1.63 kristaps 2344: .Ss \&Sq
1.138 kristaps 2345: Encloses its arguments in
1.198 schwarze 2346: .Sq typewriter
1.138 kristaps 2347: single-quotes.
2348: .Pp
2349: See also
2350: .Sx \&Dq ,
2351: .Sx \&Qq ,
2352: and
2353: .Sx \&So .
1.63 kristaps 2354: .Ss \&Ss
1.198 schwarze 2355: Begin a new subsection.
1.138 kristaps 2356: Unlike with
2357: .Sx \&Sh ,
1.198 schwarze 2358: there is no convention for the naming of subsections.
2359: Except
2360: .Em DESCRIPTION ,
2361: the conventional sections described in
2362: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE
2363: rarely have subsections.
1.138 kristaps 2364: .Pp
2365: Sub-section names should be unique so that they may be keyed by
1.197 kristaps 2366: .Sx \&Sx .
2367: Although this macro is parsed, it should not consist of child node or it
2368: may not be linked with
1.138 kristaps 2369: .Sx \&Sx .
2370: .Pp
2371: See also
2372: .Sx \&Pp ,
2373: .Sx \&Sh ,
2374: and
2375: .Sx \&Sx .
1.63 kristaps 2376: .Ss \&St
1.139 kristaps 2377: Replace an abbreviation for a standard with the full form.
1.226 schwarze 2378: The following standards are recognised.
2379: Where multiple lines are given without a blank line in between,
2380: they all refer to the same standard, and using the first form
2381: is recommended.
2382: .Bl -tag -width 1n
2383: .It C language standards
1.139 kristaps 2384: .Pp
1.226 schwarze 2385: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
2386: .It \-ansiC
2387: .St -ansiC
2388: .It \-ansiC-89
2389: .St -ansiC-89
1.139 kristaps 2390: .It \-isoC
2391: .St -isoC
2392: .It \-isoC-90
2393: .St -isoC-90
1.226 schwarze 2394: .br
2395: The original C standard.
2396: .Pp
1.139 kristaps 2397: .It \-isoC-amd1
2398: .St -isoC-amd1
1.226 schwarze 2399: .Pp
1.139 kristaps 2400: .It \-isoC-tcor1
2401: .St -isoC-tcor1
1.226 schwarze 2402: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2403: .It \-isoC-tcor2
2404: .St -isoC-tcor2
1.226 schwarze 2405: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2406: .It \-isoC-99
2407: .St -isoC-99
1.226 schwarze 2408: .br
2409: The second major version of the C language standard.
2410: .Pp
1.214 kristaps 2411: .It \-isoC-2011
2412: .St -isoC-2011
1.226 schwarze 2413: .br
2414: The third major version of the C language standard.
2415: .El
2416: .It POSIX.1 before the Single UNIX Specification
2417: .Pp
2418: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
2419: .It \-p1003.1-88
2420: .St -p1003.1-88
2421: .It \-p1003.1
2422: .St -p1003.1
2423: .br
2424: The original POSIX standard, based on ANSI C.
2425: .Pp
2426: .It \-p1003.1-90
2427: .St -p1003.1-90
1.211 schwarze 2428: .It \-iso9945-1-90
2429: .St -iso9945-1-90
1.226 schwarze 2430: .br
2431: The first update of POSIX.1.
2432: .Pp
2433: .It \-p1003.1b-93
2434: .St -p1003.1b-93
2435: .It \-p1003.1b
2436: .St -p1003.1b
2437: .br
2438: Real-time extensions.
2439: .Pp
2440: .It \-p1003.1c-95
2441: .St -p1003.1c-95
2442: .br
2443: POSIX thread interfaces.
2444: .Pp
2445: .It \-p1003.1i-95
2446: .St -p1003.1i-95
2447: .br
2448: Technical Corrigendum.
2449: .Pp
2450: .It \-p1003.1-96
2451: .St -p1003.1-96
1.211 schwarze 2452: .It \-iso9945-1-96
2453: .St -iso9945-1-96
1.226 schwarze 2454: .br
2455: Includes POSIX.1-1990, 1b, 1c, and 1i.
2456: .El
2457: .It X/Open Portability Guide version 4 and related standards
2458: .Pp
2459: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
2460: .It \-xpg3
2461: .St -xpg3
2462: .br
2463: An XPG4 precursor, published in 1989.
2464: .Pp
2465: .It \-p1003.2
2466: .St -p1003.2
2467: .It \-p1003.2-92
2468: .St -p1003.2-92
1.211 schwarze 2469: .It \-iso9945-2-93
2470: .St -iso9945-2-93
1.226 schwarze 2471: .br
2472: An XCU4 precursor.
2473: .Pp
2474: .It \-p1003.2a-92
2475: .St -p1003.2a-92
2476: .br
2477: Updates to POSIX.2.
2478: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2479: .It \-xpg4
2480: .St -xpg4
1.226 schwarze 2481: .br
2482: Based on POSIX.1 and POSIX.2, published in 1992.
2483: .El
2484: .It Single UNIX Specification version 1 and related standards
2485: .Pp
2486: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
1.236 schwarze 2487: .It \-susv1
2488: .St -susv1
1.211 schwarze 2489: .It \-xpg4.2
2490: .St -xpg4.2
1.226 schwarze 2491: .br
1.236 schwarze 2492: This standard was published in 1994.
1.226 schwarze 2493: It was used as the basis for UNIX 95 certification.
2494: The following three refer to parts of it.
2495: .Pp
2496: .It \-xsh4.2
2497: .St -xsh4.2
2498: .Pp
2499: .It \-xcurses4.2
2500: .St -xcurses4.2
2501: .Pp
2502: .It \-p1003.1g-2000
2503: .St -p1003.1g-2000
2504: .br
2505: Networking APIs, including sockets.
2506: .Pp
2507: .It \-svid4
2508: .St -svid4 ,
2509: .br
2510: Published in 1995.
2511: .El
2512: .It Single UNIX Specification version 2 and related standards
2513: .Pp
2514: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
2515: .It \-susv2
2516: .St -susv2
2517: This Standard was published in 1997
2518: and is also called X/Open Portability Guide version 5.
2519: It was used as the basis for UNIX 98 certification.
2520: The following refer to parts of it.
2521: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2522: .It \-xbd5
2523: .St -xbd5
1.226 schwarze 2524: .Pp
2525: .It \-xsh5
2526: .St -xsh5
2527: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2528: .It \-xcu5
2529: .St -xcu5
1.226 schwarze 2530: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2531: .It \-xns5
2532: .St -xns5
2533: .It \-xns5.2
2534: .St -xns5.2
1.226 schwarze 2535: .El
1.245 schwarze 2536: .It Single UNIX Specification version 3
1.226 schwarze 2537: .Pp
1.245 schwarze 2538: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1-2001" -compact
1.226 schwarze 2539: .It \-p1003.1-2001
2540: .St -p1003.1-2001
1.211 schwarze 2541: .It \-susv3
2542: .St -susv3
1.226 schwarze 2543: .br
2544: This standard is based on C99, SUSv2, POSIX.1-1996, 1d, and 1j.
2545: It is also called X/Open Portability Guide version 6.
2546: It is used as the basis for UNIX 03 certification.
2547: .Pp
2548: .It \-p1003.1-2004
2549: .St -p1003.1-2004
2550: .br
2551: The second and last Technical Corrigendum.
2552: .El
2553: .It Single UNIX Specification version 4
2554: .Pp
2555: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
2556: .It \-p1003.1-2008
2557: .St -p1003.1-2008
1.236 schwarze 2558: .It \-susv4
2559: .St -susv4
1.226 schwarze 2560: .br
1.236 schwarze 2561: This standard is also called
1.226 schwarze 2562: X/Open Portability Guide version 7.
2563: .Pp
2564: .It \-p1003.1-2013
2565: .St -p1003.1-2013
2566: .br
2567: This is the first Technical Corrigendum.
2568: .El
2569: .It Other standards
2570: .Pp
2571: .Bl -tag -width "-p1003.1g-2000" -compact
2572: .It \-ieee754
2573: .St -ieee754
2574: .br
2575: Floating-point arithmetic.
2576: .Pp
2577: .It \-iso8601
2578: .St -iso8601
2579: .br
2580: Representation of dates and times, published in 1988.
2581: .Pp
2582: .It \-iso8802-3
2583: .St -iso8802-3
2584: .br
2585: Ethernet local area networks.
2586: .Pp
2587: .It \-ieee1275-94
2588: .St -ieee1275-94
2589: .El
1.211 schwarze 2590: .El
2591: .Ss \&Sx
2592: Reference a section or subsection in the same manual page.
2593: The referenced section or subsection name must be identical to the
2594: enclosed argument, including whitespace.
2595: .Pp
2596: Examples:
2597: .Dl \&.Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE
2598: .Pp
2599: See also
2600: .Sx \&Sh
2601: and
2602: .Sx \&Ss .
2603: .Ss \&Sy
1.235 schwarze 2604: Request a boldface font.
2605: .Pp
2606: This is most often used to indicate importance or seriousness (not to be
2607: confused with stress emphasis, see
2608: .Sx \&Em ) .
2609: When none of the semantic macros fit, it is also adequate for syntax
2610: elements that have to be given or that appear verbatim.
2611: .Pp
2612: Examples:
2613: .Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
2614: \&.Sy Warning :
2615: If
2616: \&.Sy s
2617: appears in the owner permissions, set-user-ID mode is set.
2618: This utility replaces the former
2619: \&.Sy dumpdir
2620: program.
2621: .Ed
1.211 schwarze 2622: .Pp
2623: See also
2624: .Sx \&Bf ,
2625: .Sx \&Em ,
2626: .Sx \&Li ,
2627: and
2628: .Sx \&No .
2629: .Ss \&Ta
2630: Table cell separator in
2631: .Sx \&Bl Fl column
2632: lists; can only be used below
2633: .Sx \&It .
2634: .Ss \&Tn
1.230 schwarze 2635: Supported only for compatibility, do not use this in new manuals.
2636: Even though the macro name
2637: .Pq Dq tradename
2638: suggests a semantic function, historic usage is inconsistent, mostly
2639: using it as a presentation-level macro to request a small caps font.
1.211 schwarze 2640: .Ss \&Ud
1.230 schwarze 2641: Supported only for compatibility, do not use this in new manuals.
1.211 schwarze 2642: Prints out
2643: .Dq currently under development.
2644: .Ss \&Ux
1.230 schwarze 2645: Supported only for compatibility, do not use this in new manuals.
2646: Prints out
2647: .Dq Ux .
1.211 schwarze 2648: .Ss \&Va
2649: A variable name.
2650: .Pp
2651: Examples:
2652: .Dl \&.Va foo
2653: .Dl \&.Va const char *bar ;
1.239 schwarze 2654: .Pp
2655: For function arguments and parameters, use
2656: .Sx \&Fa
2657: instead.
2658: For declarations of global variables in the
2659: .Em SYNOPSIS
2660: section, use
2661: .Sx \&Vt .
1.211 schwarze 2662: .Ss \&Vt
2663: A variable type.
1.239 schwarze 2664: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 2665: This is also used for indicating global variables in the
2666: .Em SYNOPSIS
2667: section, in which case a variable name is also specified.
2668: Note that it accepts
2669: .Sx Block partial-implicit
2670: syntax when invoked as the first macro on an input line in the
2671: .Em SYNOPSIS
2672: section, else it accepts ordinary
2673: .Sx In-line
2674: syntax.
2675: In the former case, this macro starts a new output line,
2676: and a blank line is inserted in front if there is a preceding
2677: function definition or include directive.
2678: .Pp
2679: Examples:
2680: .Dl \&.Vt unsigned char
2681: .Dl \&.Vt extern const char * const sys_signame[] \&;
2682: .Pp
1.239 schwarze 2683: For parameters in function prototypes, use
2684: .Sx \&Fa
2685: instead, for function return types
2686: .Sx \&Ft ,
2687: and for variable names outside the
2688: .Em SYNOPSIS
2689: section
2690: .Sx \&Va ,
2691: even when including a type with the name.
1.211 schwarze 2692: See also
1.239 schwarze 2693: .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE .
1.211 schwarze 2694: .Ss \&Xc
2695: Close a scope opened by
2696: .Sx \&Xo .
2697: .Ss \&Xo
2698: Extend the header of an
2699: .Sx \&It
2700: macro or the body of a partial-implicit block macro
2701: beyond the end of the input line.
2702: This macro originally existed to work around the 9-argument limit
2703: of historic
2704: .Xr roff 7 .
2705: .Ss \&Xr
2706: Link to another manual
2707: .Pq Qq cross-reference .
2708: Its syntax is as follows:
2709: .Pp
1.216 schwarze 2710: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&Xr Ar name Op section
1.211 schwarze 2711: .Pp
1.216 schwarze 2712: Cross reference the
1.211 schwarze 2713: .Ar name
2714: and
2715: .Ar section
1.216 schwarze 2716: number of another man page;
2717: omitting the section number is rarely useful.
1.211 schwarze 2718: .Pp
2719: Examples:
2720: .Dl \&.Xr mandoc 1
2721: .Dl \&.Xr mandoc 1 \&;
2722: .Dl \&.Xr mandoc 1 \&Ns s behaviour
2723: .Ss \&br
2724: Emits a line-break.
2725: This macro should not be used; it is implemented for compatibility with
2726: historical manuals.
2727: .Pp
2728: Consider using
2729: .Sx \&Pp
2730: in the event of natural paragraph breaks.
2731: .Ss \&sp
2732: Emits vertical space.
2733: This macro should not be used; it is implemented for compatibility with
2734: historical manuals.
2735: Its syntax is as follows:
2736: .Pp
2737: .D1 Pf \. Sx \&sp Op Ar height
2738: .Pp
2739: The
2740: .Ar height
1.215 schwarze 2741: argument is a scaling width as described in
2742: .Xr roff 7 .
1.211 schwarze 2743: If unspecified,
2744: .Sx \&sp
2745: asserts a single vertical space.
2746: .Sh MACRO SYNTAX
2747: The syntax of a macro depends on its classification.
2748: In this section,
2749: .Sq \-arg
2750: refers to macro arguments, which may be followed by zero or more
2751: .Sq parm
2752: parameters;
2753: .Sq \&Yo
2754: opens the scope of a macro; and if specified,
2755: .Sq \&Yc
2756: closes it out.
2757: .Pp
2758: The
2759: .Em Callable
2760: column indicates that the macro may also be called by passing its name
2761: as an argument to another macro.
2762: For example,
2763: .Sq \&.Op \&Fl O \&Ar file
2764: produces
2765: .Sq Op Fl O Ar file .
2766: To prevent a macro call and render the macro name literally,
2767: escape it by prepending a zero-width space,
2768: .Sq \e& .
2769: For example,
2770: .Sq \&Op \e&Fl O
2771: produces
2772: .Sq Op \&Fl O .
2773: If a macro is not callable but its name appears as an argument
2774: to another macro, it is interpreted as opaque text.
2775: For example,
2776: .Sq \&.Fl \&Sh
2777: produces
2778: .Sq Fl \&Sh .
2779: .Pp
2780: The
2781: .Em Parsed
2782: column indicates whether the macro may call other macros by receiving
2783: their names as arguments.
2784: If a macro is not parsed but the name of another macro appears
2785: as an argument, it is interpreted as opaque text.
2786: .Pp
2787: The
2788: .Em Scope
2789: column, if applicable, describes closure rules.
2790: .Ss Block full-explicit
2791: Multi-line scope closed by an explicit closing macro.
2792: All macros contains bodies; only
2793: .Sx \&Bf
2794: and
2795: .Pq optionally
2796: .Sx \&Bl
2797: contain a head.
2798: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2799: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB
2800: \(lBbody...\(rB
2801: \&.Yc
2802: .Ed
2803: .Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXX" -offset indent
2804: .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
2805: .It Sx \&Bd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Ed
2806: .It Sx \&Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Ef
2807: .It Sx \&Bk Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Ek
2808: .It Sx \&Bl Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&El
2809: .It Sx \&Ed Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by Sx \&Bd
2810: .It Sx \&Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by Sx \&Bf
2811: .It Sx \&Ek Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by Sx \&Bk
2812: .It Sx \&El Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by Sx \&Bl
2813: .El
2814: .Ss Block full-implicit
2815: Multi-line scope closed by end-of-file or implicitly by another macro.
2816: All macros have bodies; some
2817: .Po
2818: .Sx \&It Fl bullet ,
2819: .Fl hyphen ,
2820: .Fl dash ,
2821: .Fl enum ,
2822: .Fl item
2823: .Pc
2824: don't have heads; only one
2825: .Po
2826: .Sx \&It
2827: in
2828: .Sx \&Bl Fl column
2829: .Pc
2830: has multiple heads.
2831: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2832: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead... \(lBTa head...\(rB\(rB
2833: \(lBbody...\(rB
2834: .Ed
2835: .Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
2836: .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
2837: .It Sx \&It Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&It , Sx \&El
2838: .It Sx \&Nd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Sh
2839: .It Sx \&Nm Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Nm , Sx \&Sh , Sx \&Ss
2840: .It Sx \&Sh Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Sh
2841: .It Sx \&Ss Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Sh , Sx \&Ss
2842: .El
2843: .Pp
2844: Note that the
2845: .Sx \&Nm
2846: macro is a
2847: .Sx Block full-implicit
2848: macro only when invoked as the first macro
2849: in a
2850: .Em SYNOPSIS
2851: section line, else it is
2852: .Sx In-line .
2853: .Ss Block partial-explicit
2854: Like block full-explicit, but also with single-line scope.
2855: Each has at least a body and, in limited circumstances, a head
2856: .Po
2857: .Sx \&Fo ,
2858: .Sx \&Eo
2859: .Pc
2860: and/or tail
2861: .Pq Sx \&Ec .
2862: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2863: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB
2864: \(lBbody...\(rB
2865: \&.Yc \(lBtail...\(rB
2866:
2867: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB \
2868: \(lBbody...\(rB \&Yc \(lBtail...\(rB
2869: .Ed
2870: .Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -offset indent
2871: .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
2872: .It Sx \&Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Ao
2873: .It Sx \&Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Ac
2874: .It Sx \&Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Bo
2875: .It Sx \&Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Bc
2876: .It Sx \&Brc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Bro
2877: .It Sx \&Bro Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Brc
2878: .It Sx \&Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Do
2879: .It Sx \&Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Dc
2880: .It Sx \&Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Eo
2881: .It Sx \&Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Ec
2882: .It Sx \&Fc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Fo
2883: .It Sx \&Fo Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Fc
2884: .It Sx \&Oc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Oo
2885: .It Sx \&Oo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Oc
2886: .It Sx \&Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Po
2887: .It Sx \&Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Pc
2888: .It Sx \&Qc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Oo
2889: .It Sx \&Qo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Oc
2890: .It Sx \&Re Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by Sx \&Rs
2891: .It Sx \&Rs Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by Sx \&Re
2892: .It Sx \&Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&So
2893: .It Sx \&So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Sc
2894: .It Sx \&Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by Sx \&Xo
2895: .It Sx \&Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Xc
2896: .El
2897: .Ss Block partial-implicit
2898: Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by the
2899: end of the line.
2900: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2901: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB
2902: .Ed
2903: .Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" -offset indent
2904: .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed
2905: .It Sx \&Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes
2906: .It Sx \&Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes
2907: .It Sx \&Brq Ta Yes Ta Yes
2908: .It Sx \&D1 Ta \&No Ta \&Yes
2909: .It Sx \&Dl Ta \&No Ta Yes
2910: .It Sx \&Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes
1.231 schwarze 2911: .It Sx \&En Ta Yes Ta Yes
1.211 schwarze 2912: .It Sx \&Op Ta Yes Ta Yes
2913: .It Sx \&Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes
2914: .It Sx \&Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes
2915: .It Sx \&Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes
2916: .It Sx \&Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes
2917: .It Sx \&Vt Ta Yes Ta Yes
2918: .El
2919: .Pp
2920: Note that the
2921: .Sx \&Vt
2922: macro is a
2923: .Sx Block partial-implicit
2924: only when invoked as the first macro
2925: in a
2926: .Em SYNOPSIS
2927: section line, else it is
2928: .Sx In-line .
2929: .Ss Special block macro
2930: The
2931: .Sx \&Ta
2932: macro can only be used below
2933: .Sx \&It
2934: in
2935: .Sx \&Bl Fl column
2936: lists.
2937: It delimits blocks representing table cells;
2938: these blocks have bodies, but no heads.
2939: .Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "closed by XXXX" -offset indent
2940: .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Scope
2941: .It Sx \&Ta Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by Sx \&Ta , Sx \&It
2942: .El
2943: .Ss In-line
2944: Closed by the end of the line, fixed argument lengths,
2945: and/or subsequent macros.
2946: In-line macros have only text children.
2947: If a number (or inequality) of arguments is
2948: .Pq n ,
2949: then the macro accepts an arbitrary number of arguments.
2950: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2951: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBargs...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB
2952:
2953: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBargs...\(rB Yc...
2954:
2955: \&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB arg0 arg1 argN
2956: .Ed
2957: .Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsedX" "Arguments" -offset indent
2958: .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsed Ta Em Arguments
2959: .It Sx \&%A Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2960: .It Sx \&%B Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2961: .It Sx \&%C Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2962: .It Sx \&%D Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2963: .It Sx \&%I Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2964: .It Sx \&%J Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2965: .It Sx \&%N Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2966: .It Sx \&%O Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2967: .It Sx \&%P Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2968: .It Sx \&%Q Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2969: .It Sx \&%R Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2970: .It Sx \&%T Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2971: .It Sx \&%U Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2972: .It Sx \&%V Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2973: .It Sx \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2974: .It Sx \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2975: .It Sx \&Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0
2976: .It Sx \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
2977: .It Sx \&At Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1
2978: .It Sx \&Bsx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
2979: .It Sx \&Bt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
2980: .It Sx \&Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
2981: .It Sx \&Cd Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2982: .It Sx \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2983: .It Sx \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
2984: .It Sx \&Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
2985: .It Sx \&Dt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
2986: .It Sx \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2987: .It Sx \&Dx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
2988: .It Sx \&Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2989: .It Sx \&Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
1.231 schwarze 2990: .It Sx \&Es Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 2
1.211 schwarze 2991: .It Sx \&Ev Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2992: .It Sx \&Ex Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
2993: .It Sx \&Fa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2994: .It Sx \&Fd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
2995: .It Sx \&Fl Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
2996: .It Sx \&Fn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
1.231 schwarze 2997: .It Sx \&Fr Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
1.211 schwarze 2998: .It Sx \&Ft Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
2999: .It Sx \&Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3000: .It Sx \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
3001: .It Sx \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3002: .It Sx \&In Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
3003: .It Sx \&Lb Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
3004: .It Sx \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3005: .It Sx \&Lk Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3006: .It Sx \&Lp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
3007: .It Sx \&Ms Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3008: .It Sx \&Mt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3009: .It Sx \&Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3010: .It Sx \&No Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0
3011: .It Sx \&Ns Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0
3012: .It Sx \&Nx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3013: .It Sx \&Os Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
1.231 schwarze 3014: .It Sx \&Ot Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
1.211 schwarze 3015: .It Sx \&Ox Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3016: .It Sx \&Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3017: .It Sx \&Pf Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1
3018: .It Sx \&Pp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
3019: .It Sx \&Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
1.234 schwarze 3020: .It Sx \&Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta <2
1.211 schwarze 3021: .It Sx \&St Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1
3022: .It Sx \&Sx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3023: .It Sx \&Sy Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3024: .It Sx \&Tn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3025: .It Sx \&Ud Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
3026: .It Sx \&Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3027: .It Sx \&Va Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
3028: .It Sx \&Vt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3029: .It Sx \&Xr Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
3030: .It Sx \&br Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
3031: .It Sx \&sp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
1.139 kristaps 3032: .El
1.211 schwarze 3033: .Ss Delimiters
3034: When a macro argument consists of one single input character
3035: considered as a delimiter, the argument gets special handling.
3036: This does not apply when delimiters appear in arguments containing
3037: more than one character.
3038: Consequently, to prevent special handling and just handle it
3039: like any other argument, a delimiter can be escaped by prepending
3040: a zero-width space
3041: .Pq Sq \e& .
3042: In text lines, delimiters never need escaping, but may be used
3043: as normal punctuation.
1.138 kristaps 3044: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3045: For many macros, when the leading arguments are opening delimiters,
3046: these delimiters are put before the macro scope,
3047: and when the trailing arguments are closing delimiters,
3048: these delimiters are put after the macro scope.
3049: For example,
1.172 kristaps 3050: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3051: .D1 Pf \. \&Aq "( [ word ] ) ."
1.138 kristaps 3052: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3053: renders as:
1.138 kristaps 3054: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3055: .D1 Aq ( [ word ] ) .
1.198 schwarze 3056: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3057: Opening delimiters are:
1.65 kristaps 3058: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3059: .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
3060: .It \&(
3061: left parenthesis
3062: .It \&[
3063: left bracket
3064: .El
1.65 kristaps 3065: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3066: Closing delimiters are:
1.132 kristaps 3067: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3068: .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
3069: .It \&.
3070: period
3071: .It \&,
3072: comma
3073: .It \&:
3074: colon
3075: .It \&;
3076: semicolon
3077: .It \&)
3078: right parenthesis
3079: .It \&]
3080: right bracket
3081: .It \&?
3082: question mark
3083: .It \&!
3084: exclamation mark
3085: .El
1.83 kristaps 3086: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3087: Note that even a period preceded by a backslash
3088: .Pq Sq \e.\&
3089: gets this special handling; use
3090: .Sq \e&.
3091: to prevent that.
1.83 kristaps 3092: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3093: Many in-line macros interrupt their scope when they encounter
3094: delimiters, and resume their scope when more arguments follow that
3095: are not delimiters.
3096: For example,
1.83 kristaps 3097: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3098: .D1 Pf \. \&Fl "a ( b | c \e*(Ba d ) e"
1.84 kristaps 3099: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3100: renders as:
1.84 kristaps 3101: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3102: .D1 Fl a ( b | c \*(Ba d ) e
1.84 kristaps 3103: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3104: This applies to both opening and closing delimiters,
3105: and also to the middle delimiter:
1.140 kristaps 3106: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3107: .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
3108: .It \&|
3109: vertical bar
3110: .El
1.140 kristaps 3111: .Pp
1.211 schwarze 3112: As a special case, the predefined string \e*(Ba is handled and rendered
3113: in the same way as a plain
3114: .Sq \&|
3115: character.
3116: Using this predefined string is not recommended in new manuals.
3117: .Ss Font handling
3118: In
3119: .Nm
3120: documents, usage of semantic markup is recommended in order to have
3121: proper fonts automatically selected; only when no fitting semantic markup
3122: is available, consider falling back to
3123: .Sx Physical markup
3124: macros.
3125: Whenever any
3126: .Nm
3127: macro switches the
3128: .Xr roff 7
3129: font mode, it will automatically restore the previous font when exiting
3130: its scope.
3131: Manually switching the font using the
3132: .Xr roff 7
3133: .Ql \ef
3134: font escape sequences is never required.
1.4 kristaps 3135: .Sh COMPATIBILITY
1.229 schwarze 3136: This section provides an incomplete list of compatibility issues
1.250 schwarze 3137: between mandoc and GNU troff
1.93 kristaps 3138: .Pq Qq groff .
3139: .Pp
1.150 kristaps 3140: The following problematic behaviour is found in groff:
3141: .Pp
1.57 kristaps 3142: .Bl -dash -compact
1.168 kristaps 3143: .It
1.150 kristaps 3144: .Sx \&Dd
1.181 schwarze 3145: with non-standard arguments behaves very strangely.
3146: When there are three arguments, they are printed verbatim.
3147: Any other number of arguments is replaced by the current date,
3148: but without any arguments the string
3149: .Dq Epoch
3150: is printed.
1.125 kristaps 3151: .It
1.150 kristaps 3152: .Sx \&Lk
3153: only accepts a single link-name argument; the remainder is misformatted.
1.81 kristaps 3154: .It
1.80 kristaps 3155: .Sx \&Pa
1.150 kristaps 3156: does not format its arguments when used in the FILES section under
1.100 kristaps 3157: certain list types.
1.80 kristaps 3158: .It
1.150 kristaps 3159: .Sx \&Ta
3160: can only be called by other macros, but not at the beginning of a line.
3161: .It
3162: .Sx \&%C
1.229 schwarze 3163: is not implemented (up to and including groff-1.22.2).
1.166 schwarze 3164: .It
1.77 kristaps 3165: .Sq \ef
1.150 kristaps 3166: .Pq font face
3167: and
1.229 schwarze 3168: .Sq \eF
1.150 kristaps 3169: .Pq font family face
1.93 kristaps 3170: .Sx Text Decoration
1.150 kristaps 3171: escapes behave irregularly when specified within line-macro scopes.
1.77 kristaps 3172: .It
1.150 kristaps 3173: Negative scaling units return to prior lines.
3174: Instead, mandoc truncates them to zero.
3175: .El
3176: .Pp
3177: The following features are unimplemented in mandoc:
3178: .Pp
3179: .Bl -dash -compact
1.61 kristaps 3180: .It
1.150 kristaps 3181: .Sx \&Bd
1.250 schwarze 3182: .Fl file Ar file
3183: is unsupported for security reasons.
3184: .It
3185: .Sx \&Bd
3186: .Fl filled
3187: does not adjust the right margin, but is an alias for
3188: .Sx \&Bd
3189: .Fl ragged .
3190: .It
3191: .Sx \&Bd
3192: .Fl literal
3193: does not use a literal font, but is an alias for
3194: .Sx \&Bd
3195: .Fl unfilled .
1.57 kristaps 3196: .It
1.78 kristaps 3197: .Sx \&Bd
1.225 schwarze 3198: .Fl offset Cm center
1.64 kristaps 3199: and
1.250 schwarze 3200: .Fl offset Cm right
3201: don't work.
1.249 schwarze 3202: Groff does not implement centered and flush-right rendering either,
1.150 kristaps 3203: but produces large indentations.
1.57 kristaps 3204: .El
1.2 kristaps 3205: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.159 schwarze 3206: .Xr man 1 ,
1.57 kristaps 3207: .Xr mandoc 1 ,
1.180 kristaps 3208: .Xr eqn 7 ,
1.174 kristaps 3209: .Xr man 7 ,
1.198 schwarze 3210: .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
1.174 kristaps 3211: .Xr roff 7 ,
3212: .Xr tbl 7
1.151 kristaps 3213: .Sh HISTORY
3214: The
3215: .Nm
3216: language first appeared as a troff macro package in
3217: .Bx 4.4 .
3218: It was later significantly updated by Werner Lemberg and Ruslan Ermilov
1.155 kristaps 3219: in groff-1.17.
1.151 kristaps 3220: The standalone implementation that is part of the
3221: .Xr mandoc 1
3222: utility written by Kristaps Dzonsons appeared in
3223: .Ox 4.6 .
1.2 kristaps 3224: .Sh AUTHORS
3225: The
1.57 kristaps 3226: .Nm
1.50 kristaps 3227: reference was written by
1.219 schwarze 3228: .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
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