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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-24 04:22:54 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-24 04:22:54 +0000 |
commit | bca87a0ec7f41a267a08b58c00db2b17aedca10a (patch) | |
tree | 48682909b5cbe48f9cce747c47af3ae7199419a2 /share/man/man7 | |
parent | ccd8b5a4d63a0cc7254380b5326f7050ef470dae (diff) |
More fixes and improvements; from FreeBSD this time.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man7')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 | 115 |
1 files changed, 81 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 index 282c1425837..e9792dd2a66 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.24 2000/03/24 03:38:22 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.25 2000/03/24 04:22:53 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.5 1996/04/03 20:17:34 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 @@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ outlined as follows: .It "A manual page template" . .El .It -.Tn "INTRODUCTION OF TITLE MACROS" . +.Tn "TITLE MACROS" .It -.Tn "INTRODUCTION OF MANUAL AND GENERAL TEXT DOMAINS" . +.Tn "INTRODUCTION OF MANUAL AND GENERAL TEXT DOMAINS" .Bl -tag -width flag -compact -offset indent .It "What's in a name..." . .It "General Syntax" . @@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ outlined as follows: .It "Names" . .It "Options" . .It "Pathnames" . +.It "Standards" . .It "Variables" . .It "Cross References" . .El @@ -161,9 +162,7 @@ outlined as follows: .Bl -tag -width flag -compact -offset indent .It "AT&T Macro" . .It "BSD Macro" . -.It "OpenBSD Macro" . -.It "FreeBSD Macro" . -.It "NetBSD Macro" . +.It "OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD Macros" . .It "UNIX Macro" . .It "Emphasis Macro" . .It "Enclosure/Quoting Macros" @@ -383,7 +382,7 @@ Title of article in a book or journal. .Pp One way of passing a string containing blank spaces is to use the hard or unpaddable space character -.Ql \e\ , +.Ql \e\ , that is, a blank space preceded by the escape character .Ql \e . This method may be used with any macro but has the side effect @@ -446,10 +445,11 @@ to preserve the backslash. .Sh THE ANATOMY OF A MAN PAGE The body of a man page is easily constructed from a basic -template found in the file: +template found in the file +.Pa /usr/share/misc/mdoc.template . .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.\e" /usr/share/misc/mdoc.template: -\&.\e" The following six lines are required. +\&.\e" The following six lines are required for all man pages. \&.Dd Month day, year \&.Dt DOCUMENT_TITLE [section number] [volume] \&.Os OPERATING_SYSTEM [version/release] @@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ subject of the man page and must be in .Tn CAPITALS due to troff limitations. -The section number may be 1,\ ...,\ 8, +The section number may be 1,\ ...,\ 9, and if it is specified, the volume title may be omitted. A volume title may be arbitrary or one of the following: @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ Note, if the macro is not present, the bottom left corner of the page will be ugly. .El -.Sh MANUAL DOMAIN +.Sh INTRODUCTION OF MANUAL AND GENERAL TEXT DOMAINS .Ss What's in a name... The manual domain macro names are derived from the day to day informal language used to describe commands, subroutines and related @@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ have nesting limitations. All content macros are capable of recognizing and properly handling punctuation, provided each punctuation character is separated by a leading space. -If an request is given: +If a request is given: .Pp .Dl \&.Li sptr, ptr), .Pp @@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ escape them with Typical syntax is shown in the first content macro displayed below, .Ql \&.Ad . +.Sh MANUAL DOMAIN .Ss Address Macro The address macro identifies an address construct of the form addr1[,addr2[,addr3]]. @@ -821,13 +822,13 @@ of the form addr1[,addr2[,addr3]]. .El .Pp It is an error to call -.Li \&.Ad +.Ql \&.Ad without arguments. -.Li \&.Ad +.Ql \&.Ad is callable by other macros and is parsed. .Ss Argument Macro The -.Li \&.Ar +.Ql \&.Ar argument macro may be used whenever a command line argument is referenced. .Pp @@ -848,12 +849,12 @@ a command line argument is referenced. .El .Pp If -.Li \&.Ar +.Ql \&.Ar is called without arguments .Ql Ar is assumed. The -.Li \&.Ar +.Ql \&.Ar macro is parsed and is callable. .Ss Configuration Declaration (section four only) The @@ -1266,7 +1267,7 @@ macro is parsed and is callable. The .Ql \&.Op macro -places option brackets around the any remaining arguments on the command +places option brackets around any remaining arguments on the command line, and places any trailing punctuation outside the brackets. The macros @@ -1337,6 +1338,56 @@ macro formats path or file names. The .Ql \&.Pa macro is parsed and is callable. +.Ss Standards +The +.Ql \&.St +macro replaces standard abbreviature with its formal name. +.Pp +.Dl Usage: .St abbreviature +.Pp +Available pairs for +.Dq Abbreviature/Formal Name +are: +.Bl -tag -width "-p1003.2-92XX." -compact -offset indent +.It Li "-ansiC" +.St -ansiC +.It Li "-ansiC-89" +.St -ansiC-89 +.It Li "-ieee754" +.St -ieee754 +.It Li "-iso8802-3" +.St -iso8802-3 +.It Li "-iso9899" +.St -iso9899 +.It Li "-iso9945-1" +.St -iso9945-1 +.It Li "-isoC" +.St -isoC +.It Li "-p1003.1" +.St -p1003.1 +.It Li "-p1003.1-88" +.St -p1003.1-88 +.It Li "-p1003.1-90" +.St -p1003.1-90 +.It Li "-p1003.1b" +.St -p1003.1b +.It Li "-p1003.1b-93" +.St -p1003.1b-93 +.It Li "-p1003.1g" +.St -p1003.1g +.It Li "-p1003.2" +.St -p1003.2 +.It Li "-p1003.2-92" +.St -p1003.2-92 +.It Li "-susv2" +.St -susv2 +.It Li "-xpg3" +.St -xpg3 +.It Li "-xpg4" +.St -xpg4 +.It Li "-xpg4.2" +.St -xpg4.2 +.El .Ss Variables Generic variable reference: .Pp @@ -1367,7 +1418,7 @@ to be either a section page number or punctuation. Any remaining arguments are assumed to be punctuation. .Pp -.Dl Usage: .Xr man_page [1,...,8] \*(Pu +.Dl Usage: .Xr man_page [1,...,9] \*(Pu .Bl -tag -width ".Xr mdoc 7 ) ) ," -compact -offset 14n .It Li \&.Xr mdoc .Xr mdoc @@ -1418,7 +1469,7 @@ It accepts at most two arguments. The .Ql \&.Bx macro is parsed and is callable. -.Ss OpenBSD Macro +.Ss OpenBSD/FreeBSD/NetBSD Macros .Dl Usage: .Ox [Version/release] ... \*(Pu .Bl -tag -width ".Ox 2.7 ) ," -compact -offset 14n .It Li ".Ox" @@ -1427,10 +1478,6 @@ macro is parsed and is callable. .Ox 2.7 . .El .Pp -The -.Ql \&.Ox -macro is parsed and is callable. -.Ss FreeBSD Macro .Dl Usage: .Fx [Version/release] ... \*(Pu .Bl -tag -width ".Fx 4.0 ) ," -compact -offset 14n .It Li ".Fx" @@ -1439,10 +1486,6 @@ macro is parsed and is callable. .Fx 4.0 . .El .Pp -The -.Ql \&.Fx -macro is parsed and is callable. -.Ss NetBSD Macro .Dl Usage: .Nx [Version/release] ... \*(Pu .Bl -tag -width ".Nx 1.5 ) ," -compact -offset 14n .It Li ".Nx" @@ -1452,8 +1495,11 @@ macro is parsed and is callable. .El .Pp The +.Ql \&.Ox , +.Ql \&.Fx , +and .Ql \&.Nx -macro is parsed and is callable. +macros are parsed and callable. .Ss UNIX Macro .Dl Usage: .Ux ... \*(Pu .Bl -tag -width ".Ux 4.3 ) ," -compact -offset 14n @@ -1629,7 +1675,7 @@ example of macro usage at its worst. .Ss No\-Op or Normal Text Macro The macro -.Li \&.No +.Ql \&.No is a hack for words in a macro command line which should .Em not @@ -1748,9 +1794,9 @@ macro is parsed and is callable by other macros. .Ss Extended Arguments The -.Li \&.Xo +.Ql \&.Xo and -.Li \&.Xc +.Ql \&.Xc macros allow one to extend an argument list on a macro boundary. Argument lists cannot @@ -1918,7 +1964,8 @@ name macro .Ql \&.Nm is required for sections 1, 5, 6, 7, 8. Section 4 manuals require a -.Ql \&.Nm , \&.Fd +.Ql \&.Nm , +.Ql \&.Fd , or a .Ql \&.Cd configuration device usage macro. @@ -2063,7 +2110,7 @@ User specified sections may be added, for example, this section was set with: .Bd -literal -offset 14n -\&.Sh PAGE LAYOUT MACROS +\&.Sh PAGE STRUCTURE DOMAIN .Ed .Ss Paragraphs and Line Spacing. .Bl -tag -width 6n |