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-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 16 2013 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 22 2014 $
.Dt MAN 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Bd -literal -offset indent
\&.TH PROGNAME 1 2009-10-10
\&.SH NAME
-\efBprogname\efR \e(en a description goes here
+\efBprogname\efR \e(en one line about what it does
\&.\e\(dq .SH LIBRARY
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2 & 3 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 only.
\&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
\&.SH SYNOPSIS
-\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] arguments...
+\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] \efIfile ...\efR
\&.SH DESCRIPTION
-The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files...
+The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files ...
+\&.\e\(dq .Sh CONTEXT
+\&.\e\(dq For section 9 functions only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
\&.\e\(dq Not used in OpenBSD.
\&.\e\(dq .SH RETURN VALUES
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH ENVIRONMENT
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH FILES
\&.\e\(dq .SH EXIT STATUS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 6, and 8 only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH EXAMPLES
\&.\e\(dq .SH DIAGNOSTICS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 printf/stderr messages only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH ERRORS
-\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
+\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 errno settings only.
\&.\e\(dq .SH SEE ALSO
-\&.\e\(dq .BR foo ( 1 )
+\&.\e\(dq .BR foobar ( 1 )
\&.\e\(dq .SH STANDARDS
\&.\e\(dq .SH HISTORY
\&.\e\(dq .SH AUTHORS
.Em NAME .
It usually contains a break-down of the options (if documenting a
command).
+.It Em CONTEXT
+This section lists the contexts in which functions can be called in section 9.
+The contexts are autoconf, process, or interrupt.
.It Em IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
Implementation-specific notes should be kept here.
This is useful when implementing standard functions that may have side
Make sure that examples work properly!
.It Em DIAGNOSTICS
Documents error conditions.
-This is most useful in section 4 manuals.
+In section 4 and 9 manuals, these are usually messages
+printed by the kernel to the console and to the kernel log.
+In section 1, 6, 7, and 8, these are usually messages
+printed by userland programs to the standard error output.
+.Pp
Historically, this section was used in place of
.Em EXIT STATUS
for manuals in sections 1, 6, and 8; however, this practise is
discouraged.
.It Em ERRORS
-Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9.
+Documents
+.Xr errno 2
+settings in sections 2, 3, 4, and 9.
.It Em SEE ALSO
References other manuals with related topics.
This section should exist for most manuals.
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.Bx
releases.
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+End a uniform resource identifier block.
+This is a non-standard GNU extension, included only for compatibility.
+See
+.Sx \&UE .
+.Ss \&UR
+Begin a uniform resource identifier block.
+This is a non-standard GNU extension, included only for compatibility.
+It has the following syntax:
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+link description to be shown
+.Pf \. Sx UE
+.Ed
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.El
.Pp
Macros marked
.Sx \&BR
open and close a font scope for each argument.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-This section documents areas of questionable portability between
+This section mentions some areas of questionable portability between
implementations of the
.Nm
language.
+More incompatibilities exist.
.Pp
.Bl -dash -compact
.It
.Sx \&nf .
This behaviour may not be portable.
.It
-In quoted literals, GNU troff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce
-a standalone double-quote in formatted output.
-It is not known whether this behaviour is exhibited by other formatters.
-.It
troff suppresses a newline before
.Sq \(aq
macro output; in mandoc, it is an alias for the standard
.Sq \&.
control character.
.It
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-.Pq horizontal position ,
-.Sq \ev
-.Pq vertical position ,
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-.It
-The
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-.It
-The
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-macro does not accept negative values in mandoc.
-In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour.
-.It
In page header lines, GNU troff versions up to and including 1.21
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.Ar volume
.El
.Pp
The
-.Sx OP
-macro is part of the extended
+.Sx EE ,
+.Sx EX ,
+.Sx OP ,
+.Sx UE ,
+and
+.Sx UR
+macros are part of the GNU extended
.Nm
macro set, and may not be portable to non-GNU troff implementations.
.Sh SEE ALSO
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