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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-12-20 11:36:34 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-12-20 11:36:34 +0000 |
commit | b5ba359031b31d68f469401aa4459f3b6004c80b (patch) | |
tree | 83de6a0b1c5db966af40447dd9e4bcd21926cc44 /share/man | |
parent | b5583090facd1ec1fd17f02d40daf6c07acfb175 (diff) |
some typos and wording improvements from Tom Cosgrove;
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 index 14e7cfbc7fa..eec8d73cde3 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.47 2003/10/04 14:50:45 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.48 2003/12/20 11:36:33 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.5 1996/04/03 20:17:34 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Most macros in accept nine arguments and, in limited cases, arguments may be continued or extended on the -next line (See +next line (see .Sx Extended Arguments ) . A few macros handle quoted arguments (see .Sx Passing Space Characters in an Argument @@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ containing blank spaces is to use the hard or unpaddable space character .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 +This method may be used with any macro, but has the side effect of interfering with the adjustment of text over the length of a line. .Em Troff @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ without arguments. The .Ql \&.Ev macro is parsed and is callable. -.Ss Errno (Section two only) +.Ss Errno (section two only) The .Ql \&.Er errno macro specifies the error return value @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ The .Ql \&.Xr macro expects the first argument to be a manual page name, and the second argument, if it exists, -to be either a section page number or punctuation. +to be either a section number or punctuation. Any remaining arguments are assumed to be punctuation. .Pp @@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ There are six types of displays: a quickie, one-line indented display .Ql \&.D1 ; a quickie one-line literal display .Ql \&.Dl ; -and a block-ragged, block-unfilled, block-filled, and block-literal +and block-ragged, block-unfilled, block-filled, and block-literal displays, which use the .Ql \&.Bd begin-display @@ -2985,7 +2985,7 @@ is the name of the defined string or as where .Em x is the name of the string. -The interpreting sequence may be used any where in the text. +The interpreting sequence may be used anywhere in the text. .Bl -column "String " "Nroff " "Troff " -offset indent .It Sy "String Nroff Troff" .It Li "<=" Ta \&<\&= Ta \*(<= @@ -3073,7 +3073,7 @@ In general, any time huge portions of text do not appear where expected in the output, or small strings such as list tags disappear, chances are there is a misunderstanding about an argument type in the argument list. -Your mother never intended for you to remember this evil stuff - so here +Your mother never intended for you to remember this evil stuff \- so here is a way to find out whether or not your arguments are valid: The .Ql \&.Db (debug) |