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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-08-22 19:45:40 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@cvs.openbsd.org>2009-08-22 19:45:40 +0000
commit12edb8cbd26b26458868c184cdfd77dd8d066233 (patch)
tree0f4c9a931a291972a4e98bee2d7394dc3fa010bd /usr.bin/mandoc
parent4e44fe60b2248295d7b0c1a4c9bd3b5d431bfe00 (diff)
sync to 1.9.0: improve documentation of parsed and callable macros;
the diff is large because kristaps@ reindented macro calls
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/mandoc')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7818
1 files changed, 405 insertions, 413 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7 b/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7
index e57da0dd54f..dbf795c673d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7
+++ b/usr.bin/mandoc/mdoc.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.13 2009/08/22 16:41:45 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.14 2009/08/22 19:45:39 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
.\"
@@ -17,618 +17,610 @@
.Dd $Mdocdate: August 22 2009 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+.
+.
.Sh NAME
-.Nm mdoc
-.Nd mdoc language reference
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+. Nm mdoc
+. Nd mdoc language reference
+.
+.
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
-.Nm mdoc
+. Nm mdoc
language is used to format
-.Bx
-.Ux
+. Bx
+. Ux
manuals. In this reference document, we describe its syntax, structure,
and usage. Our reference implementation is
-.Xr mandoc 1 .
+. Xr mandoc 1 .
The
-.Sx COMPATIBILITY
+. Sx COMPATIBILITY
section describes compatibility with
-.Xr groff 1 .
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Xr groff 1 .
+. Pp
An
-.Nm
+. Nm
document follows simple rules: lines beginning with the control
character
-.Sq \.
+. Sq \.
are parsed for macros. Other lines are interpreted within the scope of
prior macros:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Sh Macro lines change control state.
Other lines are interpreted within the current state.
-.Ed
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+. Ed
+.
+.
.Sh LANGUAGE SYNTAX
-.Nm
+. Nm
documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the space
character, and, in certain circumstances, the tab character. All
manuals must have
-.Ux
+. Ux
line terminators.
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Comments
+.
+.
+. Ss Comments
Text following a
-.Sq \e" ,
+. 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" ,
+. Sq \&.\e" ,
is also ignored.
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Reserved Characters
+.
+.
+. Ss Reserved Characters
Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved:
-.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
-.It \&.
-.Pq period
-.It \&,
-.Pq comma
-.It \&:
-.Pq colon
-.It \&;
-.Pq semicolon
-.It \&(
-.Pq left-parenthesis
-.It \&)
-.Pq right-parenthesis
-.It \&[
-.Pq left-bracket
-.It \&]
-.Pq right-bracket
-.It \&?
-.Pq question
-.It \&!
-.Pq exclamation
-.It \&|
-.Pq vertical bar
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Bl -tag -width Ds -offset indent -compact
+. It \&.
+. Pq period
+. It \&,
+. Pq comma
+. It \&:
+. Pq colon
+. It \&;
+. Pq semicolon
+. It \&(
+. Pq left-parenthesis
+. It \&)
+. Pq right-parenthesis
+. It \&[
+. Pq left-bracket
+. It \&]
+. Pq right-bracket
+. It \&?
+. Pq question
+. It \&!
+. Pq exclamation
+. It \&|
+. Pq vertical bar
+. El
+. Pp
Use of reserved characters is described in
-.Sx MACRO SYNTAX .
+. Sx MACRO SYNTAX .
For general use in macro lines, these characters must either be escaped
with a non-breaking space
-.Pq Sq \e&
+. Pq Sq \e&
or, if applicable, an appropriate escape sequence used.
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Special Characters
+.
+.
+. Ss Special Characters
Special characters may occur in both macro and free-form lines.
Sequences begin with the escape character
-.Sq \e
+. Sq \e
followed by either an open-parenthesis
-.Sq \&(
+. Sq \&(
for two-character sequences; an open-bracket
-.Sq \&[
+. Sq \&[
for n-character sequences (terminated at a close-bracket
-.Sq \&] ) ;
+. Sq \&] ) ;
or a single one-character sequence. See
-.Xr mandoc_char 7
+. Xr mandoc_char 7
for a complete list. Examples include
-.Sq \e(em
-.Pq em-dash
+. Sq \e(em
+. Pq em-dash
and
-.Sq \ee
-.Pq back-slash .
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Text Decoration
+. Sq \ee
+. Pq back-slash .
+.
+.
+. Ss Text Decoration
Terms may be text-decorated using the
-.Sq \ef
+. Sq \ef
escape followed by an indicator: B (bold), I, (italic), or P and R
(Roman, or reset). This form is not recommended for
-.Nm ,
+. Nm ,
which encourages semantic, not presentation, annotation.
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Predefined Strings
+.
+.
+. Ss Predefined Strings
Historically,
-.Xr groff 1
+. Xr groff 1
also defined a set of package-specific
-.Dq predefined strings ,
+. Dq predefined strings ,
which, like
-.Sx Special Characters ,
+. Sx Special Characters ,
demark special output characters and strings by way of input codes.
Predefined strings are escaped with the slash-asterisk,
-.Sq \e* :
+. Sq \e* :
single-character
-.Sq \e*X ,
+. Sq \e*X ,
two-character
-.Sq \e*(XX ,
+. Sq \e*(XX ,
and N-character
-.Sq \e*[N] .
+. Sq \e*[N] .
See
-.Xr mandoc_char 7
+. Xr mandoc_char 7
for a complete list. Examples include
-.Sq \e*(Am
-.Pq ampersand
+. Sq \e*(Am
+. Pq ampersand
and
-.Sq \e*(Ba
-.Pq vertical bar .
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Whitespace
+. Sq \e*(Ba
+. Pq vertical bar .
+.
+.
+. Ss Whitespace
In non-literal free-form lines, consecutive blocks of whitespace are
pruned from input and added later in the output filter, if applicable:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
These spaces are pruned from input.
\&.Bd \-literal
These are not.
\&.Ed
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Ed
+. Pp
In macro lines, whitespace delimits arguments and is discarded. If
arguments are quoted, whitespace within the quotes is retained.
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Pp
Blank lines are only permitted within literal contexts, as are lines
containing only whitespace. Tab characters are only acceptable when
delimiting
-.Sq \&Bl \-column
+. Sq \&Bl \-column
or when in a literal context.
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Quotation
+.
+.
+. Ss Quotation
Macro arguments may be quoted with a double-quote to group
space-delimited terms or to retain blocks of whitespace. A quoted
argument begins with a double-quote preceded by whitespace. The next
double-quote not pair-wise adjacent to another double-quote terminates
the literal, regardless of surrounding whitespace.
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Pp
This produces tokens
-.Sq a" ,
-.Sq b c ,
-.Sq de ,
+. Sq a" ,
+. Sq b c ,
+. Sq de ,
and
-.Sq fg" .
+. Sq fg" .
Note that any quoted term, be it argument or macro, is indiscriminately
considered literal text. Thus, the following produces
-.Sq \&Em a :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Sq \&Em a :
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Em "Em a"
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Ed
+. Pp
In free-form mode, quotes are regarded as opaque text.
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+.
+.
.Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE
Each
-.Nm
+. Nm
document must begin with a document prologue, containing, in order,
-.Sq \&Dd ,
-.Sq \&Dt ,
+. Sq \&Dd ,
+. Sq \&Dt ,
and
-.Sq \&Os ,
+. Sq \&Os ,
then the NAME section containing at least one
-.Sq \&Nm
+. Sq \&Nm
followed by
-.Sq \&Nd :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Sq \&Nd :
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$
\&.Dt mdoc 7
\&.Os
\&.Sh NAME
\&.Nm mdoc
\&.Nd mdoc language reference
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Ed
+. Pp
Subsequent SYNOPSIS and DESCRIPTION sections are strongly encouraged,
but non-compulsory.
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+.
+.
.Sh MACRO SYNTAX
-Every line beginning with the control character
-.Sq \.
-is processed for macros, two- or three-character sequences.
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+Macros are one to three three characters in length and begin with a
+control character ,
+. Sq \&. ,
+at the beginning of the line. An arbitrary amount of whitespace may
+sit between the control character and the macro name. Thus,
+. Sq \&.Pp
+and
+. Sq \&.\ \ \ \&Pp
+are equivalent. Macro names are two or three characters in length.
+. Pp
The syntax of a macro depends on its classification. In this section,
-.Sq \-arg
+. Sq \-arg
refers to macro arguments, which may be followed by zero or more
-.Sq parm
+. Sq parm
parameters;
-.Sq \&Yo
+. Sq \&Yo
opens the scope of a macro; and if specified,
-.Sq \&Yc
+. Sq \&Yc
closes it out.
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
+. Pp
The
-.Em Callable
+. Em Callable
column indicates that the macro may be called subsequent to the initial
-line-macro. The
-.Em Parsable
+line-macro. If a macro is not callable, then its invocation after the
+initial line macro is interpreted as opaque text, such that
+. Sq \&.Fl Sh
+produces
+. Sq Fl Sh .
+. Pp
+The
+. Em Parsable
column indicates whether the macro may be followed by further
-(ostensibly callable) macros. The
-.Em Scope
+(ostensibly callable) macros. If a macro is not parsable, subsequent
+macro invocations on the line will be interpreted as opaque text.
+. Pp
+The
+. Em Scope
column, if applicable, describes closure rules.
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Block full-explicit
+.
+.
+. Ss Block full-explicit
Multi-line scope closed by an explicit closing macro. All macros
contains bodies; only
-.Pq Sq \&Bf
+. Pq Sq \&Bf
contains a head.
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead...\(rB
\(lBbody...\(rB
\&.Yc
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
-.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 \&Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ef
-.It \&Bk Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ek
-.It \&Bl Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&El
-.It \&Ed Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bd
-.It \&Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bf
-.It \&Ek Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bk
-.It \&El Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bl
-.El
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Block full-implicit
+. Ed
+. Pp
+. 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 \&Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ef
+. It \&Bk Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Ek
+. It \&Bl Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&El
+. It \&Ed Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bd
+. It \&Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bf
+. It \&Ek Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bk
+. It \&El Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta opened by \&Bl
+. El
+.
+.
+. Ss Block full-implicit
Multi-line scope closed by end-of-file or implicitly by another macro.
All macros have bodies; some
-.Po
-.Sq \&It \-bullet ,
-.Sq \-hyphen ,
-.Sq \-dash ,
-.Sq \-enum ,
-.Sq \-item
-.Pc
+. Po
+. Sq \&It \-bullet ,
+. Sq \-hyphen ,
+. Sq \-dash ,
+. Sq \-enum ,
+. Sq \-item
+. Pc
don't have heads, while
-.Sq \&It \-column
+. Sq \&It \-column
may have multiple heads.
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBparm...\(rB\(rB \(lBhead... \(lBTa head...\(rB\(rB
\(lBbody...\(rB
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
-.Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXXXXXXXXX"
-.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope
-.It \&It Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by \&It, \&El
-.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
-.El
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Block partial-explicit
+. Ed
+. Pp
+. Bl -column -compact -offset indent "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXXXXXXXXX"
+. It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope
+. It \&It Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta closed by \&It, \&El
+. 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
+. El
+.
+.
+. 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
+. Pq So \&Fo Sc , So \&Eo Sc
and/or tail
-.Pq So \&Ec Sc .
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. 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 "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset indent
-.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope
-.It \&Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Ao
-.It \&Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Ac
-.It \&Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Bo
-.It \&Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Bc
-.It \&Brc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Bro
-.It \&Bro Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Brc
-.It \&Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Do
-.It \&Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Dc
-.It \&Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Eo
-.It \&Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Ec
-.It \&Fc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Fo
-.It \&Fo Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Fc
-.It \&Oc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Oo
-.It \&Oo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Oc
-.It \&Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Po
-.It \&Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Pc
-.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
-.It \&Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&So
-.It \&So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Sc
-.It \&Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Xo
-.It \&Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Xc
-.El
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss Block partial-implicit
+. Ed
+. Pp
+. Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "closed by XXXX" -compact -offset indent
+. It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Scope
+. It \&Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Ao
+. It \&Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Ac
+. It \&Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Bo
+. It \&Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Bc
+. It \&Brc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Bro
+. It \&Bro Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Brc
+. It \&Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Do
+. It \&Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Dc
+. It \&Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Eo
+. It \&Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Ec
+. It \&Fc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Fo
+. It \&Fo Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta closed by \&Fc
+. It \&Oc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Oo
+. It \&Oo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Oc
+. It \&Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Po
+. It \&Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Pc
+. 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
+. It \&Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&So
+. It \&So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Sc
+. It \&Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta opened by \&Xo
+. It \&Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta closed by \&Xc
+. El
+.
+.
+. Ss Block partial-implicit
Like block full-implicit, but with single-line scope closed by
-.Sx Reserved Characters
+. Sx Reserved Characters
or end of line.
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.Yo \(lB\-arg \(lBval...\(rB\(rB \(lBbody...\(rB \(lBres...\(rB
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
-.Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" -compact -offset indent
-.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable
-.It \&Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Brq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&D1 Ta \&No Ta \&Yes
-.It \&Dl Ta \&No Ta Yes
-.It \&Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Op Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.It \&Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes
-.El
-.\" SUB-SECTION----------------------
-.Ss In-line
+. Ed
+. Pp
+. Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" -compact -offset indent
+. It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable
+. It \&Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Brq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&D1 Ta \&No Ta \&Yes
+. It \&Dl Ta \&No Ta Yes
+. It \&Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Op Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. It \&Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes
+. El
+.
+.
+. Ss In-line
Closed by
-.Sx Reserved Characters ,
+. 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 ,
+. Pq n ,
then the macro accepts an arbitrary number of arguments.
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
+. 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 indent
-.It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Arguments
-.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 \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0
-.It \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&At Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1
-.It \&Bsx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Bt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Cd Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
-.It \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
-.It \&Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
-.It \&Dt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
-.It \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Dx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
-.It \&En Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
-.It \&Es Ta \&No Ta \&No 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 \&Fr Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
-.It \&Ft Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
-.It \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
-.It \&In Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
-.It \&Lb Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
-.It \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Lk Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Lp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&Ms Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
-.It \&Mt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
-.It \&Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.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 \&Os Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
-.It \&Ot Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
-.It \&Ox Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.It \&Pf Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1
-.It \&Pp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
-.It \&St Ta \&No Ta Yes 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 \&Ud Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
-.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 \&br Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
-.It \&sp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
-.El
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+. Ed
+. Pp
+. Bl -column "MacroX" "CallableX" "ParsableX" "Arguments" -compact -offset indent
+. It Em Macro Ta Em Callable Ta Em Parsable Ta Em Arguments
+. 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 \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 0
+. It \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&At Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta 1
+. It \&Bsx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Bt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Cd Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
+. It \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
+. It \&Dd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta >0
+. It \&Dt Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
+. It \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Dx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
+. It \&En Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
+. It \&Es Ta \&No Ta \&No 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 \&Fr Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
+. It \&Ft Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Fx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
+. It \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
+. It \&In Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
+. It \&Lb Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
+. It \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Lk Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Lp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&Ms Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
+. It \&Mt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta >0
+. It \&Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. 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 \&Os Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
+. It \&Ot Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta n
+. It \&Ox Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. It \&Pf Ta \&No Ta Yes Ta 1
+. It \&Pp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
+. It \&St Ta \&No Ta Yes 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 \&Ud Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta n
+. 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 \&br Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 0
+. It \&sp Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta 1
+. El
+.
+.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
This section documents compatibility with other roff implementations, at
this time limited to
-.Xr groff 1 .
+. Xr groff 1 .
The term
-.Qq historic groff
+. Qq historic groff
refers to those versions before the
-.Pa doc.tmac
+. Pa doc.tmac
file re-write
-.Pq somewhere between 1.15 and 1.19 .
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
-.Bl -dash -compact
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-The POSIX.1
-.Sq \&St
-macro produce
-.Dq POSIX
-instead of
-.Dq POSIX.1 .
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. Pq somewhere between 1.15 and 1.19 .
+. Pp
+. Bl -dash -compact
+. It
The
-.Sq \-split
+. Sq \-split
or
-.Sq \-nosplit
+. Sq \-nosplit
argument to
-.Sq \&An
+. Sq \&An
applies to the whole document, not just to the current section as it
does in groff.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
In quoted literals, groff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce a
standalone double-quote in formatted output. This idiosyncratic
behaviour is no longer applicable.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
The
-.Sq \&sp
+. Sq \&sp
macro does not accept negative numbers.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
Blocks of whitespace are stripped from both macro and free-form text
lines (except when in literal mode), while groff would retain whitespace
in free-form text lines.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
Historic groff has many un-callable macros. Most of these (excluding
some block-level macros) are now callable, conforming to the
non-historic groff version.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
The vertical bar
-.Sq \(ba
+. Sq \(ba
made historic groff
-.Qq go orbital
+. Qq go orbital
but is a proper delimiter in this implementation.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-.Sq \&It \-nested
+. It
+. Sq \&It \-nested
is assumed for all lists (it wasn't in historic groff): any list may be
nested and
-.Sq \-enum
+. Sq \-enum
lists will restart the sequence only for the sub-list.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-.Sq \&It \-column
+. It
+. Sq \&It \-column
syntax where column widths may be preceded by other arguments (instead
of proceeded) is not supported.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
The
-.Sq \&At
+. Sq \&At
macro only accepts a single parameter.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
Some manuals use
-.Sq \&Li
+. Sq \&Li
incorrectly by following it with a reserved character and expecting the
delimiter to render. This is not supported.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
In groff, the
-.Sq \&Fo
+. Sq \&Fo
macro only produces the first parameter. This is no longer the case.
-.El
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+. El
+.
+.
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-.Xr mandoc_char 7
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+. Xr mandoc 1 ,
+. Xr mandoc_char 7
+.
+.
.Sh AUTHORS
The
-.Nm
+. Nm
reference was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
-.\" SECTION---------------------------------------------
+. An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
+.
+.
.Sh CAVEATS
There are many ambiguous parts of mdoc.
-.\" PARAGRAPH------------
-.Pp
-.Bl -dash -compact
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-.Sq \&Fa
+. Pp
+. Bl -dash -compact
+. It
+. Sq \&Fa
should be
-.Sq \&Va
+. Sq \&Va
as function arguments are variables.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-.Sq \&Ft
+. It
+. Sq \&Ft
should be
-.Sq \&Vt
+. Sq \&Vt
as function return types are still types. Furthermore, the
-.Sq \&Ft
+. Sq \&Ft
should be removed and
-.Sq \&Fo ,
+. Sq \&Fo ,
which ostensibly follows it, should follow the same convention as
-.Sq \&Va .
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-.Sq \&Va
+. Sq \&Va .
+. It
+. Sq \&Va
should formalise that only one or two arguments are acceptable: a
variable name and optional, preceding type.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-.Sq \&Fd
+. It
+. Sq \&Fd
is ambiguous. It's commonly used to indicate an include file in the
synopsis section.
-.Sq \&In
+. Sq \&In
should be used, instead.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
Only the
-.Sq \-literal
+. Sq \-literal
argument to
-.Sq \&Bd
+. Sq \&Bd
makes sense. The remaining ones should be removed.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
The
-.Sq \&Xo
+. Sq \&Xo
and
-.Sq \&Xc
+. Sq \&Xc
macros should be deprecated.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
The
-.Sq \&Dt
+. Sq \&Dt
macro lacks clarity. It should be absolutely clear which title will
render when formatting the manual page.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
A
-.Sq \&Lx
+. Sq \&Lx
should be provided for Linux (\(`a la
-.Sq \&Ox ,
-.Sq \&Nx
+. Sq \&Ox ,
+. Sq \&Nx
etc.).
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
There's no way to refer to references in
-.Sq \&Rs/Re
+. Sq \&Rs/Re
blocks.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
+. It
The \-split and \-nosplit dictates via
-.Sq \&An
+. Sq \&An
are re-set when entering and leaving the AUTHORS section.
-.El
+. El
+.