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author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-07-18 21:03:19 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2009-07-18 21:03:19 +0000 |
commit | 5758b41cc3ef7d626fbc607864e23163e540dd46 (patch) | |
tree | 2f84a3961a44574cf4e97f214eb21287fa27549e | |
parent | 766fec4b9f578887f4627d24486b66d9d04f571a (diff) |
sync to 1.8.0: lots of minor changes
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-rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7 | 783 |
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diff --git a/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 b/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 index 7ec2801b83c..637ae01be03 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 +++ b/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.5 2009/07/06 23:54:56 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.6 2009/07/18 21:03:18 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 6 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2009 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .\" SECTION @@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ The .Nm man language was historically used to format .Ux -manuals. This reference document describes the syntax and structure of -this language. +manuals. This reference document describes its syntax, structure, and +usage. .Pp -.Em \&Do not -use +.Bf Em +Do not use .Nm -to write your manuals. Use the +to write your manuals. +.Ef +Use the .Xr mdoc 7 language, instead. .\" PARAGRAPH @@ -53,13 +55,8 @@ Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the -space character -.Sq \ , -and tabs -.Sq \et . -All manuals must have +space character, and the tabs character. All manuals must have .Ux -.Sq \en line termination. .Pp Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a diff --git a/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7 b/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7 index 888db7ccbd4..7d21752a42a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7 +++ b/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.7 2009/07/07 00:10:44 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.8 2009/07/18 21:03:18 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se> .\" @@ -14,30 +14,28 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 7 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2009 $ .Dt MDOC 7 .Os -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh NAME .Nm mdoc .Nd mdoc language reference -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm mdoc language is used to format .Bx .Ux -manuals. In this reference document, we describe the syntax and -structure of the -.Nm -language. Our reference implementation is +manuals. In this reference document, we describe its syntax, structure, +and usage. Our reference implementation is .Xr mandoc 1 . The .Sx COMPATIBILITY section describes compatibility with .Xr groff 1 . -.\" PARAGRAPH +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp An .Nm @@ -46,51 +44,30 @@ character .Sq \. are parsed for macros. Other lines are interpreted within the scope of prior macros: -.Bd -literal -offset XXX +.Bd -literal -offset indent \&.Sh Macro lines change control state. Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Ed -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space -character -.Sq \ , -and, in certain circumstances, the tab character -.Sq \et . -All manuals must have -.Sq \en +character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. All +manuals must have +.Ux line termination. -.Pp -The only time a blank line is acceptable is within -the context of -.Sq \&.Bd \-literal -or -.Sq \&.Bd \-unfilled . -.Pp -Tab characters -.Pq \et -are only acceptable when delimiting -.Sq \&.Bl \-column -and in -.Sq \&.Bd \-literal -or -.Sq \&.Bd \-unfilled -contexts. -.\" SUB-SECTION +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- .Ss Comments -Anything following a -.Sq \e" -delimiter is considered a comment (unless the -.Sq \e -itself has been escaped) and is ignored to the end of line. -Furthermore, a macro line with only a control character -.Sq \. , -optionally followed by whitespace, is ignored. -.\" SUB-SECTION +Text following a +.Sq \e" , +whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of +line. A macro line with only a control character and comment escape, +.Sq \&.\e" , +is also ignored. +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- .Ss Reserved Characters Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved: -.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX -compact +.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact .It \&. .Pq period .It \&, @@ -114,17 +91,18 @@ Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved: .It \&| .Pq vertical bar .El -.\" PARAGRAPH +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp Use of reserved characters is described in -.Sx Closure . -For general non-reserved use, characters must either be escaped with a -non-breaking space +.Sx MACRO SYNTAX . +For general use in macro lines, these characters must either be escaped +with a non-breaking space .Pq Sq \e& -or, if applicable, an appropriate escape-sequence used. -.\" SUB-SECTION +or, if applicable, an appropriate escape sequence used. +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- .Ss Special Characters -Special character sequences begin with the escape character +Special characters may occur in both macro and free-form lines. +Sequences begin with the escape character .Sq \e followed by either an open-parenthesis .Sq \&( @@ -132,387 +110,395 @@ for two-character sequences; an open-bracket .Sq \&[ for n-character sequences (terminated at a close-bracket .Sq \&] ) ; -or a single one-character sequence. +or a single one-character sequence. See +.Xr mandoc_char 1 +for a complete list. Examples include +.Sq \e(em +.Pq em-dash +and +.Sq \ee +.Pq back-slash . +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -Characters may alternatively be escaped by a slash-asterisk, +An alternative escape sequence is +the slash-asterisk, .Sq \e* , -with the same combinations as described above. +but this method is discouraged for compatibility reasons. +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -Terms may also be text-decorated using the +Terms may +also be text-decorated using the .Sq \ef -escape followed by a text-decoration letter: B (bold), I, (italic), or P -and R (Roman, or reset). This form is not recommended. -.\" SUB-SECTION +escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I, (italic), or P and R +(Roman, or reset). This form is not recommended. +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- .Ss Whitespace -Unless in literal mode or specifically escaped, consecutive blocks of -whitespace are pruned from input. These are later re-added, if -applicable, by a front-end utility such as +In general, consecutive blocks of whitespace are pruned from input. +These are later re-added, when applicable, by .Xr mandoc 1 . -.\" SECTION -.Sh STRUCTURE +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ +.Pp +Blank lines are permitted within +.Sq \&Bd \-literal +or +.Sq \&Bd \-unfilled +contexts. Tab characters are only acceptable when delimiting +.Sq \&Bl \-column +and in +.Sq \&Bd \-literal +or +.Sq \&Bd \-unfilled +contexts. +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- +.Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE Each .Nm -document must begin with the document prologue, containing, in order, -.Sq \&.Dd , -.Sq \&.Dt , +document must begin with a document prologue, containing, in order, +.Sq \&Dd , +.Sq \&Dt , and -.Sq \&.Os . +.Sq \&Os +(using this manual as an example): +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$ +\&.Dt mdoc 7 +\&.Os +\&.Sh NAME +\&.Nm mdoc +\&.Nd mdoc language reference +.Ed +.Pp Following these, the document body must begin with the NAME section containing at least one -.Sq \&.Nm -followed by a -.Sq \&.Nd -macro. -.Pp -At least one free-form or macro line must follow this prologue. -.\" -.Ss Classification -Macros are classified by their scope rules. Some macros are allowed to -deviate from their classifications to preserve backward-compatibility -with old macro combinations still found in the manual corpus. These are -specifically noted on a per-macro basis. -.\" SUB-SECTION -.Ss Scope -.Bl -inset -.\" LIST-ITEM -.It Em Block -macros enclose other block macros, in-line macros or text, and -may span multiple lines. -.Bl -inset -offset XXXX -.\" LIST-ITEM -.It Em Full-block -macros always span multiple lines. They consist of zero or -more -.Qq heads , -subsequent macros or text on the same line following invocation; an -optional -.Qq body , -which spans subsequent lines of text or macros; and an optional -.Qq tail , -macros or text on the same line following closure. -.\" LIST-ITEM -.It Em Partial-block -macros may span multiple lines. They consists of a optional -.Qq head , -text immediately following invocation; always a -.Qq body , -text or macros following the head on the same and subsequent lines; and -optionally a -.Qq tail , -text immediately following closure. -.\" LIST-ITEM -.It Em In-line -macros may only enclose text and span at most a single line. -.El -.El -.\" SUB-SECTION -.Ss Closure -Closure of a macro's scope depends first on its classification, then -on whether it's parsable. In this table, -.Sq BFE -refers to block full-explicit and so on. -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset XXXX -compact -.It BPE , BFE -corresponding explicit closure macro -.It BFI -end-of-file or a corresponding implicit closure macro -.It BPI -end-of-line (body may be closed by >0 space-separated -.Sx Reserved Characters , -although block scope will still be open) -.It INL -end-of-line -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH +.Sq \&Nm +followed by +.Sq \&Nd . +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -If a macro (block or in-line) is parsable, it may also be closed out by -one of the following scenarios (unless specifically noted otherwise): -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -.Bl -dash -offset XXXX -compact -.It -a sequence of >0 space-separated -.Sx Reserved Characters , -.It -another macro, -.It -end-of-line, or -.It -completion of a set number of arguments. -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -If >0 space-separated -.Sx Reserved Characters -are followed by non-reserved characters, the behaviour differs per -macro. In general, scope of the macro is closed and re-opened: -subsequent tokens are interpreted as if the scope had just been opened. -In other circumstances, scope is simply closed out. -.\" SECTION -.Sh SYNTAX -Macros are two or three characters in length. The syntax of macro -invocation depends on its classification. -.Qq \-arg -refers to the macro arguments (which may contain zero or more values). -In these illustrations, -.Sq \&.Yo -opens the scope of a macro, and if specified, -.Sq \&.Yc -closes it out (closure may be implicit at end-of-line or end-of-file). -.\" PARAGRAPH +Subsequent SYNOPSIS and DESCRIPTION sections are strongly encouraged, +but non-compulsory. +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- +.\" .Ss Classification +.\" Macros are classified by their scope rules: block full-explicit (BFE), +.\" block partial-explicit (BPE), block full-implicit (BFI), block +.\" partial-implicit (BPI), and in-line. +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- +.\" .Ss Scope +.\" .Bl -inset +.\" .\" LIST-ITEM +.\" .It Em Block +.\" macros enclose other block macros, in-line macros or text, and +.\" may span multiple lines. +.\" .Bl -inset -offset indent +.\" .\" LIST-ITEM +.\" .It Em Full-block +.\" macros always span multiple lines. They consist of zero or +.\" more +.\" .Qq heads , +.\" subsequent macros or text on the same line following invocation; an +.\" optional +.\" .Qq body , +.\" which spans subsequent lines of text or macros; and an optional +.\" .Qq tail , +.\" macros or text on the same line following closure. +.\" .\" LIST-ITEM +.\" .It Em Partial-block +.\" macros may span multiple lines. They consists of a optional +.\" .Qq head , +.\" text immediately following invocation; always a +.\" .Qq body , +.\" text or macros following the head on the same and subsequent lines; and +.\" optionally a +.\" .Qq tail , +.\" text immediately following closure. +.\" .\" LIST-ITEM +.\" .It Em In-line +.\" macros may only enclose text and span at most a single line. +.\" .El +.\" .El +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- +.\" .Ss Closure +.\" Closure of a macro's scope depends first on its classification, then +.\" on whether it's parsable. In this table, +.\" .Sq BFE +.\" refers to block full-explicit and so on. +.\" .\" PARAGRAPH------------ +.\" .Pp +.\" .Bl -tag -width 12n -offset indent -compact +.\" .It BPE , BFE +.\" corresponding explicit closure macro +.\" .It BFI +.\" end-of-file or a corresponding implicit closure macro +.\" .It BPI +.\" end-of-line (body may be closed by >0 space-separated +.\" .Sx Reserved Characters , +.\" although block scope will still be open) +.\" .It INL +.\" end-of-line +.\" .El +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ +.\" .Pp +.\" If a macro (block or in-line) is parsable, it may also be closed out by +.\" one of the following scenarios (unless specifically noted otherwise): +.\" .\" PARAGRAPH------------ +.\" .Pp +.\" .Bl -dash -offset indent -compact +.\" .It +.\" a sequence of >0 space-separated +.\" .Sx Reserved Characters , +.\" .It +.\" another macro, +.\" .It +.\" end-of-line, or +.\" .It +.\" completion of a set number of arguments. +.\" .El +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ +.\" .Pp +.\" If >0 space-separated +.\" .Sx Reserved Characters +.\" are followed by non-reserved characters, the behaviour differs per +.\" macro. In general, scope of the macro is closed and re-opened: +.\" subsequent tokens are interpreted as if the scope had just been opened. +.\" In other circumstances, scope is simply closed out. +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- +.Sh MACRO SYNTAX +Every line beginning with the control character +.Sq \. +is processed for macros, two- or three-character semantic annotations. +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -Block full-explicit (may contain head, body, tail). -.Bd -literal -offset XXXX -\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB -\(lBbody...\(rB -\&.Yc \(lBtail...\(rB -.Ed -.\" PARAGRAPH +The syntax of macro depends on its classification. In this section, +.Sq \-arg +refers to macro arguments, which may be followed by zero or more +.Sq parm +parameters; +.Sq \&Yo +opens the scope of a macro; and if specified, +.Sq \&Yc +closes it out. +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -Block full-implicit (may contain zero or more heads, body, no tail). -.Bd -literal -offset XXXX -\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead... \(lBTa head...\(rB\(rB +The +.Em Callable +column indicates that the macro may be called subsequent to the initial +line-macro. The +.Qq Parsable +column indicates whether the macro may be followed by further +(ostensibly callable) macros. The +.Em Scope +column, if applicable, describes closure rules. +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- +.Ss Block full-explicit +Multi-line scope closed by an explicit closing macro. All macros +contains bodies; only +.Pq Sq \&Bf +contains a head. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \&.Yc .Ed -.\" PARAGRAPH +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -Block partial-explicit (may contain head, multi-line body, tail). -.Bd -literal -offset XXXX -\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB -\(lBbody...\(rB -\&.Yc \(lBtail...\(rB - -\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB \ -\(lBbody...\(rB \&Yc \(lBtail...\(rB -.Ed -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Block partial-implicit (no head, body, no tail). Note that the body -section may be followed by zero or more -.Sx Reserved Words . -These are in the block scope, but not in the body scope. -.Bd -literal -offset XXXX -\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBreserved...\(rB -.Ed -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -In-lines have \(>=0 scoped arguments. -.Bd -literal -offset XXX -\&.Yy \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBargs...\(rB - -\&.Yy \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB arg0 arg1 argN -.Ed -.\" SECTION -.Sh MACROS -This section contains a complete list of all -.Nm -macros, arranged by classification. A -.Qq callable -macro is invoked subsequent to the initial macro-line macro. A -.Qq parsable -macro may be followed by further (ostensibly callable) macros. -.\" SUB-SECTION +.Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXX" +.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope +.It \&Bd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ed +.It \&Ed Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bd +.It \&Bl Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&El +.It \&El Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bl +.It \&Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ef +.It \&Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bf +.It \&Bk Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ek +.It \&Ek Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bk +.El +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- .Ss Block full-implicit -The head of these macros follows invocation; the body is the content of -subsequent lines prior to closure. None of these macros have tails; -some +Multi-line scope closed by end-of-file or implicitly by another macro. +All macros have bodies; some .Po -.Sq \&.It \-bullet , +.Sq \&It \-bullet , .Sq \-hyphen , .Sq \-dash , .Sq \-enum , .Sq \-item .Pc -don't have heads. +don't have heads, while +.Sq \&It \-column +may have multiple heads. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead... \(lBTa head...\(rB\(rB +\(lBbody...\(rB +.Ed +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -.Bl -column -compact -offset XXXX "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "Closing" -.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Closing -.It \&.Sh Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta \&.Sh -.It \&.Ss Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta \&.Sh, \&.Ss -.It \&.It Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta \&.It, \&.El +.Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXXXXXXXXX" +.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope +.It \&Nd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Sh +.It \&Sh Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Sh +.It \&Ss Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Sh, \&Ss +.It \&It Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by \&It, \&El .El -.\" SUB-SECTION -.Ss Block full-explicit -None of these macros are callable or parsed. The last column indicates -the explicit scope rules. All contains bodies, some may contain heads -.Pq So \&Bf Sc . +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- +.Ss Block partial-explicit +Like block full-explicit, but also with single-line scope. Each +has at least a body and, in limited circumstances, a head +.Pq So \&Fo Sc , So \&Eo Sc +and/or tail +.Pq So \&Ec Sc . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB +\(lBbody...\(rB +\&.Yc \(lBtail...\(rB + +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB \ +\(lBbody...\(rB \&Yc \(lBtail...\(rB +.Ed +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -.Bl -column -compact -offset XXXX "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXX" +.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset indent .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope -.It \&.Bd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&.Ed -.It \&.Ed Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&.Bd -.It \&.Bl Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&.El -.It \&.El Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&.Bl -.It \&.Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&.Ef -.It \&.Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&.Bf -.It \&.Bk Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&.Ek -.It \&.Ek Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&.Bk +.It \&Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Ac +.It \&Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Ao +.It \&Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Bo +.It \&Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Bc +.It \&Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Po +.It \&Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Pc +.It \&Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Dc +.It \&Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Do +.It \&Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Xc +.It \&Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Xo +.It \&Bro Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Brc +.It \&Brc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Bro +.It \&Oc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Oo +.It \&Oo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Oc +.It \&So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Sc +.It \&Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&So +.It \&Fc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Fo +.It \&Fo Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Fc +.It \&Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Eo +.It \&Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Ec +.It \&Qc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Oo +.It \&Qo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Oc +.It \&Re Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Rs +.It \&Rs Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Re .El -.\" SUB-SECTION +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- .Ss Block partial-implicit -All of these are callable and parsed for further macros. Their scopes -close at the invocation's end-of-line. -.Pp -.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" -compact -offset XXXX -.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable -.It \&.Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Op Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.Brq Ta Yes Ta Yes -.It \&.D1 Ta \&No Ta \&Yes -.It \&.Dl Ta \&No Ta Yes -.It \&.Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes -.El -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -The -.Sq \&.Op -may be broken by -.Sq \&.Oc -as in the following example: -.Bd -literal -offset XXXX -\&.Oo -\&.Op Fl a Oc +Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by +.Sx Reserved Characters +or end of line. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB .Ed +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -In the above example, the scope of -.Sq \&.Op -is technically broken by -.Sq \&.Oc , -however, due to the overwhelming existence of this sequence, it's -allowed. -.\" SUB-SECTION -.Ss Block partial-explicit -Each of these contains at least a body and, in limited circumstances, a -head -.Pq So \&.Fo Sc , So \&.Eo Sc -and/or tail -.Pq So \&.Ec Sc . -.Pp -.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset XXXX -.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope -.It \&.Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Ac -.It \&.Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Ao -.It \&.Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Bo -.It \&.Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Bc -.It \&.Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Po -.It \&.Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Pc -.It \&.Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Dc -.It \&.Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Do -.It \&.Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Xc -.It \&.Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Xo -.It \&.Bro Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Brc -.It \&.Brc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Bro -.It \&.Oc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Oo -.It \&.Oo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Oc -.It \&.So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Sc -.It \&.Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.So -.It \&.Fc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Fo -.It \&.Fo Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&.Fc -.It \&.Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Eo -.It \&.Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Ec -.It \&.Qc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&.Oo -.It \&.Qo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&.Oc -.It \&.Re Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&.Rs -.It \&.Rs Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&.Re +.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" -compact -offset indent +.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable +.It \&Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Op Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&Brq Ta Yes Ta Yes +.It \&D1 Ta \&No Ta \&Yes +.It \&Dl Ta \&No Ta Yes +.It \&Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes .El -.\" SUB-SECTION -.Ss In-line -In-line macros have only text children. If a number (or inequality) of +.\" SUB-SECTION---------------------- +.Ss In-line +Closed by +.Sx Reserved Characters , +end of line, fixed argument lengths, and/or subsequent macros. In-line +macros have only text children. If a number (or inequality) of arguments is .Pq n , then the macro accepts an arbitrary number of arguments. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBargs...\(rB \(lbres...\(rb + +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBargs...\(rB Yc... + +\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB arg0 arg1 argN +.Ed +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp -.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "Arguments" -compact -offset XXXX +.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "Arguments" -compact -offset indent .It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Arguments -.It \&.Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.Dt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Os Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Pp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Cd Ta Yes Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Ev Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Ex Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.Fa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Fd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.Fl Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Fn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Ft Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.In Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Nd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Ot Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.St Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1 -.It \&.Va Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Vt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Xr Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0, <3 -.It \&.%A Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%B Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%C Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%D Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%I Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%J Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%N Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%O Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%P Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%R Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%T Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.%V Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 -.It \&.At Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1 -.It \&.Bsx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 -.It \&.Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Ms Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.No Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0 -.It \&.Ns Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0 -.It \&.Nx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Ox Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Pf Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1 -.It \&.Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 -.It \&.Sx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Sy Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Tn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Dx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Bt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Fr Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n -.It \&.Ud Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.Lb Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 -.It \&.Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0 -.It \&.Lp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.Lk Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n -.It \&.Mt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 -.It \&.Es Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 -.It \&.En Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&Dt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n +.It \&Os Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n +.It \&Pp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Cd Ta Yes Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Ev Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Ex Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&Fa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Fd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&Fl Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Fn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Ft Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&In Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n +.It \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Ot Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n +.It \&Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&St Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1 +.It \&Va Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Vt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Xr Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0, <3 +.It \&%A Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%B Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%C Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%D Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%I Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%J Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%N Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%O Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%P Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%R Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%T Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&%V Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0 +.It \&At Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1 +.It \&Bsx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 +.It \&Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Ms Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&No Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0 +.It \&Ns Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0 +.It \&Nx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Ox Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Pf Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1 +.It \&Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 +.It \&Sx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Sy Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Tn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Dx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Bt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n +.It \&Fr Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n +.It \&Ud Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&Lb Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1 +.It \&Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0 +.It \&Lp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&Lk Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n +.It \&Mt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0 +.It \&Es Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 +.It \&En Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0 .El -.Pp -The -.Sq \&.Ot , -.Sq \&.Fr , -.Sq \&.Es -and -.Sq \&.En , -macros are obsolete. -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh COMPATIBILITY This section documents compatibility with other roff implementations, at this time limited to @@ -523,6 +509,7 @@ refers to those versions before the .Pa doc.tmac file re-write .Pq somewhere between 1.15 and 1.19 . +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp .Bl -dash -compact .\" LIST-ITEM @@ -580,20 +567,26 @@ If an special-character control character is escaped .Sq \e\e , it will obviously not render the subsequent sequence. Even newer versions of groff seem to dither on this. +.\" LIST-ITEM +.It +In groff, the +.Sq \&.Fo +macro only produces the first parameter. This is no longer the case. .El -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mandoc 1 , .Xr mandoc_char 7 -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se . -.\" SECTION +.\" SECTION--------------------------------------------- .Sh CAVEATS There are many ambiguous parts of mdoc. +.\" PARAGRAPH------------ .Pp .Bl -dash -compact .\" LIST-ITEM |