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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-05-29 08:46:23 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2003-05-29 08:46:23 +0000 |
commit | 4da74f74dd5be6b35f22c14569ada2c7a8dcbad3 (patch) | |
tree | d95a4262374a237c3eabbd5cdb4e275297a1893c /share | |
parent | 3029fa71f4bce0d5607e03ff3d679491b99999ce (diff) |
sync docs to agree on section header (.Sh) order for man pages. This also
matches order used by NetBSD, though we don't use all their sections.
Order is:
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ENVIRONMENT
FILES
EXAMPLES
DIAGNOSTICS
ERRORS
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS
HISTORY
AUTHORS
CAVEATS
BUGS
ok krw@ millert@
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/mdoc.7 | 24 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 | 40 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/misc/mdoc.template | 19 |
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 b/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 index 0a0d7741214..4917511ea2b 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/mdoc.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.25 2003/04/13 11:06:21 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.7,v 1.26 2003/05/29 08:46:22 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -102,33 +102,31 @@ All macros must be given an argument. .It Ar DESCRIPTION General description, including any options, operands, or other parameters. -.It Ar EXAMPLES -Examples and suggestions. .It Ar RETURN VALUES Sections two and three function calls. -.It Ar ERRORS -Sections two and three error and signal handling. -.It Ar DIAGNOSTICS -Section four device interface diagnostics. .It Ar ENVIRONMENT Describe environment variables. .It Ar FILES Files associated with the subject, with short descriptions. +.It Ar EXAMPLES +Examples and suggestions. +.It Ar DIAGNOSTICS +Section four device interface diagnostics. +.It Ar ERRORS +Sections two and three error and signal handling. .It Ar SEE ALSO Cross references and citations. -.It Ar COMPATIBILITY -Compatibility issues, i.e., deprecated options or parameters. .It Ar STANDARDS Conformance to standards if applicable. -.It Ar AUTHORS -Credit to the person or persons who wrote the code and/or documentation. .It Ar HISTORY A brief history of the subject, including where support first appeared. -.It Ar BUGS -Gotchas and caveats. +.It Ar AUTHORS +Credit to the person or persons who wrote the code and/or documentation. .It Ar CAVEATS Explanations of common misuses, i.e., security considerations for certain library functions. +.It Ar BUGS +Gotchas and caveats. .It Ar other Customized headers may be added at the author's discretion. .El diff --git a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 index 7cf9e09a247..06f2eb5d18e 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.40 2003/04/13 11:06:21 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.41 2003/05/29 08:46:22 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: mdoc.samples.7,v 1.5 1996/04/03 20:17:34 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 @@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ template found in the file \&.\e" .Sh STANDARDS \&.\e" .Sh HISTORY \&.\e" .Sh AUTHORS +\&.\e" .Sh CAVEATS \&.\e" .Sh BUGS .Ed .Pp @@ -2060,19 +2061,14 @@ to maintain consistency. They are listed in the order in which they would be used. .Bl -tag -width SYNOPSIS +.It Li \&.Sh RETURN VALUES +Sections 2 and 3 function return values. .It Li \&.Sh ENVIRONMENT The .Sx ENVIRONMENT section should reveal any related environment variables and clues to their behavior and/or usage. -.It Li \&.Sh EXAMPLES -There are several ways to create examples. -See -the -.Sx EXAMPLES -section below -for details. .It Li \&.Sh FILES Files which are used or created by the man page subject should be listed via the @@ -2080,6 +2076,21 @@ should be listed via the macro in the .Sx FILES section. +.It Li \&.Sh EXAMPLES +There are several ways to create examples. +See +the +.Sx EXAMPLES +section below +for details. +.It Li \&.Sh DIAGNOSTICS +Diagnostics from a command should be placed in this section. +.It Li \&.Sh ERRORS +Specific error handling, especially from library functions +(man page sections 2 and 3) should go here. +The +.Ql \&.Er +macro is used to specify an errno. .It Li \&.Sh SEE ALSO References to other material on the man page topic and cross references to other relevant man pages should @@ -2121,14 +2132,9 @@ Any command which does not adhere to any specific standards should be outlined historically in this section. .It Li \&.Sh AUTHORS Credits, if need be, should be placed here. -.It Li \&.Sh DIAGNOSTICS -Diagnostics from a command should be placed in this section. -.It Li \&.Sh ERRORS -Specific error handling, especially from library functions -(man page sections 2 and 3) should go here. -The -.Ql \&.Er -macro is used to specify an errno. +.It Li \&.Sh CAVEATS +Explanations of common misuses, e.g. security considerations +for certain library functions. .It Li \&.Sh BUGS Blatant problems with the topic go here... .El @@ -2948,8 +2954,8 @@ manual macro package template for writing a man page .El .Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr man 1 , .Xr groff 1 , +.Xr man 1 , .Xr nroff 1 , .Xr troff 1 , .Xr mdoc 7 diff --git a/share/misc/mdoc.template b/share/misc/mdoc.template index b4fd352c126..918f7faa9eb 100644 --- a/share/misc/mdoc.template +++ b/share/misc/mdoc.template @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.template,v 1.6 2001/02/03 08:22:44 niklas Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mdoc.template,v 1.7 2003/05/29 08:46:22 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" The following requests are required for all man pages. .Dd Month DD, YYYY @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm program -.Nd one line about what it does +.Nd one line about what it does .Sh SYNOPSIS .\" For a program: program [-abc] file ... .Nm program @@ -17,21 +17,20 @@ The .Nm utility processes files ... .\" The following requests should be uncommented and used where appropriate. -.\" .Sh EXAMPLES .\" This next request is for sections 2 and 3 function return values only. .\" .Sh RETURN VALUES -.\" The next request is for sections 2 and 3 error and signal handling only. -.\" .Sh ERRORS -.\" This next request is for section 4 only. -.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS .\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only. .\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT .\" .Sh FILES +.\" .Sh EXAMPLES +.\" This next request is for section 4 only. +.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS +.\" The next request is for sections 2 and 3 error and signal handling only. +.\" .Sh ERRORS .\" .Sh SEE ALSO .\" .Xr foobar 1 -.\" .Sh COMPATIBILITY .\" .Sh STANDARDS -.\" .Sh AUTHORS .\" .Sh HISTORY -.\" .Sh BUGS +.\" .Sh AUTHORS .\" .Sh CAVEATS +.\" .Sh BUGS |