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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/mandoc/man.7')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 b/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 index 7ec2801b83c..637ae01be03 100644 --- a/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 +++ b/usr.bin/mandoc/man.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.5 2009/07/06 23:54:56 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.6 2009/07/18 21:03:18 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: July 6 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 2009 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .\" SECTION @@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ The .Nm man language was historically used to format .Ux -manuals. This reference document describes the syntax and structure of -this language. +manuals. This reference document describes its syntax, structure, and +usage. .Pp -.Em \&Do not -use +.Bf Em +Do not use .Nm -to write your manuals. Use the +to write your manuals. +.Ef +Use the .Xr mdoc 7 language, instead. .\" PARAGRAPH @@ -53,13 +55,8 @@ Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the -space character -.Sq \ , -and tabs -.Sq \et . -All manuals must have +space character, and the tabs character. All manuals must have .Ux -.Sq \en line termination. .Pp Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a |