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-rw-r--r--usr.bin/deroff/deroff.138
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/deroff/deroff.1 b/usr.bin/deroff/deroff.1
index 01953ebcbb0..cb608efb38a 100644
--- a/usr.bin/deroff/deroff.1
+++ b/usr.bin/deroff/deroff.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: deroff.1,v 1.8 2007/05/31 19:20:09 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: deroff.1,v 1.9 2010/10/28 20:45:19 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
.\"
.\" @(#)deroff.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 28 2010 $
.Dt DEROFF 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -77,19 +77,14 @@
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm deroff
-reads each file in sequence and removes all
-.Xr nroff 1
-and
-.Xr troff 1
+reads each file in sequence and removes all roff
command lines, backslash constructions, macro definitions,
-.Xr eqn 1
-constructs (between
+eqn constructs (between
.Dq .EQ
and
.Dq .EN
lines or between delimiters),
-.Xr pic 1
-pictures,
+pic pictures,
and table descriptions and writes the remainder to the standard output.
.Nm
follows chains of included files
@@ -133,19 +128,13 @@ recognize
.Xr man 7
macros.
.It e
-recognize
-.Xr me 7
-macros.
+recognize me macros.
.It l
remove list constructs.
.It m
-recognize
-.Xr mm 7
-macros.
+recognize mm macros.
.It s
-recognize
-.Xr ms 7
-macros.
+recognize ms macros.
.El
.It Fl p
Preserve paragraph macros.
@@ -160,20 +149,15 @@ apostrophes are removed) per line, and all other characters ignored.
Normally, the output follows the original, with the deletions mentioned above.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr eqn 1 ,
-.Xr nroff 1 ,
-.Xr pic 1 ,
-.Xr tbl 1 ,
-.Xr troff 1
+.Xr man 7
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
appeared in
.At v7 .
.Sh BUGS
.Nm
-is not a complete
-.Xr troff 1
-interpreter, so it can be confused by subtle constructs.
+is not a complete troff interpreter,
+so it can be confused by subtle constructs.
Most errors result in too much rather than too little output.
.Pp
The