+\&.Bd \-literal \-offset indent \-compact
+ Hello world.
+\&.Ed
+.Ed
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&D1
+and
+.Sx \&Dl .
+.Ss \&Bf
+Change the font mode for a scoped block of text.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Pf \. Sx \&Bf
+.Oo
+.Fl emphasis | literal | symbolic |
+.Cm \&Em | \&Li | \&Sy
+.Oc
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The
+.Fl emphasis
+and
+.Cm \&Em
+argument are equivalent, as are
+.Fl symbolic
+and
+.Cm \&Sy ,
+and
+.Fl literal
+and
+.Cm \&Li .
+Without an argument, this macro does nothing.
+The font mode continues until broken by a new font mode in a nested
+scope or
+.Sx \&Ef
+is encountered.
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Li ,
+.Sx \&Ef ,
+.Sx \&Em ,
+and
+.Sx \&Sy .
+.Ss \&Bk
+For each macro, keep its output together on the same output line,
+until the end of the macro or the end of the input line is reached,
+whichever comes first.
+Line breaks in text lines are unaffected.
+The syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Bk Fl words
+.Pp
+The
+.Fl words
+argument is required; additional arguments are ignored.
+.Pp
+The following example will not break within each
+.Sx \&Op
+macro line:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+\&.Bk \-words
+\&.Op Fl f Ar flags
+\&.Op Fl o Ar output
+\&.Ek
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Be careful in using over-long lines within a keep block!
+Doing so will clobber the right margin.
+.Ss \&Bl
+Begin a list.
+Lists consist of items specified using the
+.Sx \&It
+macro, containing a head or a body or both.
+The list syntax is as follows:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Pf \. Sx \&Bl
+.Fl Ns Ar type
+.Op Fl width Ar val
+.Op Fl offset Ar val
+.Op Fl compact
+.Op HEAD ...
+.Ed
+.Pp
+The list
+.Ar type
+is mandatory and must be specified first.
+The
+.Fl width
+and
+.Fl offset
+arguments accept macro names as described for
+.Sx \&Bd
+.Fl offset ,
+scaling widths as described in
+.Xr roff 7 ,
+or use the length of the given string.
+The
+.Fl offset
+is a global indentation for the whole list, affecting both item heads
+and bodies.
+For those list types supporting it, the
+.Fl width
+argument requests an additional indentation of item bodies,
+to be added to the
+.Fl offset .
+Unless the
+.Fl compact
+argument is specified, list entries are separated by vertical space.
+.Pp
+A list must specify one of the following list types:
+.Bl -tag -width 12n -offset indent
+.It Fl bullet
+No item heads can be specified, but a bullet will be printed at the head
+of each item.
+Item bodies start on the same output line as the bullet
+and are indented according to the
+.Fl width
+argument.
+.It Fl column
+A columnated list.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument has no effect; instead, the string length of each argument
+specifies the width of one column.
+If the first line of the body of a
+.Fl column
+list is not an
+.Sx \&It
+macro line,
+.Sx \&It
+contexts spanning one input line each are implied until an
+.Sx \&It
+macro line is encountered, at which point items start being interpreted as
+described in the
+.Sx \&It
+documentation.
+.It Fl dash
+Like
+.Fl bullet ,
+except that dashes are used in place of bullets.
+.It Fl diag
+Like
+.Fl inset ,
+except that item heads are not parsed for macro invocations.
+Most often used in the
+.Em DIAGNOSTICS
+section with error constants in the item heads.
+.It Fl enum
+A numbered list.
+No item heads can be specified.
+Formatted like
+.Fl bullet ,
+except that cardinal numbers are used in place of bullets,
+starting at 1.
+.It Fl hang
+Like
+.Fl tag ,
+except that the first lines of item bodies are not indented, but follow
+the item heads like in
+.Fl inset
+lists.
+.It Fl hyphen
+Synonym for
+.Fl dash .
+.It Fl inset
+Item bodies follow items heads on the same line, using normal inter-word
+spacing.
+Bodies are not indented, and the
+.Fl width
+argument is ignored.
+.It Fl item
+No item heads can be specified, and none are printed.
+Bodies are not indented, and the
+.Fl width
+argument is ignored.
+.It Fl ohang
+Item bodies start on the line following item heads and are not indented.
+The
+.Fl width
+argument is ignored.
+.It Fl tag
+Item bodies are indented according to the
+.Fl width
+argument.
+When an item head fits inside the indentation, the item body follows
+this head on the same output line.
+Otherwise, the body starts on the output line following the head.
+.El
+.Pp
+Lists may be nested within lists and displays.
+Nesting of
+.Fl column
+and
+.Fl enum
+lists may not be portable.
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&El
+and
+.Sx \&It .
+.Ss \&Bo
+Begin a block enclosed by square brackets.
+Does not have any head arguments.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+\&.Bo 1 ,
+\&.Dv BUFSIZ \&Bc
+.Ed
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Bq .
+.Ss \&Bq
+Encloses its arguments in square brackets.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Bq 1 , \&Dv BUFSIZ
+.Pp
+.Em Remarks :
+this macro is sometimes abused to emulate optional arguments for
+commands; the correct macros to use for this purpose are
+.Sx \&Op ,
+.Sx \&Oo ,
+and
+.Sx \&Oc .
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Bo .
+.Ss \&Brc
+Close a
+.Sx \&Bro
+block.
+Does not have any tail arguments.
+.Ss \&Bro
+Begin a block enclosed by curly braces.
+Does not have any head arguments.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+\&.Bro 1 , ... ,
+\&.Va n \&Brc
+.Ed
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Brq .
+.Ss \&Brq
+Encloses its arguments in curly braces.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Brq 1 , ... , \&Va n
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Bro .
+.Ss \&Bsx
+Format the
+.Bsx
+version provided as an argument, or a default value if
+no argument is provided.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Bsx 1.0
+.Dl \&.Bsx
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&At ,
+.Sx \&Bx ,
+.Sx \&Dx ,
+.Sx \&Fx ,
+.Sx \&Nx ,
+and
+.Sx \&Ox .
+.Ss \&Bt
+Supported only for compatibility, do not use this in new manuals.
+Prints
+.Dq is currently in beta test.
+.Ss \&Bx
+Format the
+.Bx
+version provided as an argument, or a default value if no
+argument is provided.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Bx 4.3 Tahoe
+.Dl \&.Bx 4.4
+.Dl \&.Bx
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&At ,
+.Sx \&Bsx ,
+.Sx \&Dx ,
+.Sx \&Fx ,
+.Sx \&Nx ,
+and
+.Sx \&Ox .
+.Ss \&Cd
+Kernel configuration declaration.
+This denotes strings accepted by
+.Xr config 8 .
+It is most often used in section 4 manual pages.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Cd device le0 at scode?
+.Pp
+.Em Remarks :
+this macro is commonly abused by using quoted literals to retain
+whitespace and align consecutive
+.Sx \&Cd
+declarations.
+This practise is discouraged.
+.Ss \&Cm
+Command modifiers.
+Typically used for fixed strings passed as arguments, unless
+.Sx \&Fl
+is more appropriate.
+Also useful when specifying configuration options or keys.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl ".Nm mt Fl f Ar device Cm rewind"
+.Dl ".Nm ps Fl o Cm pid , Ns Cm command"
+.Dl ".Nm dd Cm if= Ns Ar file1 Cm of= Ns Ar file2"
+.Dl ".Cm IdentityFile Pa ~/.ssh/id_rsa"
+.Dl ".Cm LogLevel Dv DEBUG"
+.Ss \&D1
+One-line indented display.
+This is formatted by the default rules and is useful for simple indented
+statements.
+It is followed by a newline.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.D1 \&Fl abcdefgh
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Bd
+and
+.Sx \&Dl .
+.Ss \&Db
+This macro is obsolete.
+No replacement is needed.
+It is ignored by
+.Xr mandoc 1
+and groff including its arguments.
+It was formerly used to toggle a debugging mode.
+.Ss \&Dc
+Close a
+.Sx \&Do
+block.
+Does not have any tail arguments.
+.Ss \&Dd
+Document date for display in the page footer.
+This is the mandatory first macro of any
+.Nm
+manual.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Dd Ar month day , year
+.Pp
+The
+.Ar month
+is the full English month name, the
+.Ar day
+is an integer number, and the
+.Ar year
+is the full four-digit year.
+.Pp
+Other arguments are not portable; the
+.Xr mandoc 1
+utility handles them as follows:
+.Bl -dash -offset 3n -compact
+.It
+To have the date automatically filled in by the
+.Ox
+version of
+.Xr cvs 1 ,
+the special string
+.Dq $\&Mdocdate$
+can be given as an argument.
+.It
+The traditional, purely numeric
+.Xr man 7
+format
+.Ar year Ns \(en Ns Ar month Ns \(en Ns Ar day
+is accepted, too.
+.It
+If a date string cannot be parsed, it is used verbatim.
+.It
+If no date string is given, the current date is used.
+.El
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$
+.Dl \&.Dd $\&Mdocdate: July 2 2018$
+.Dl \&.Dd July 2, 2018
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Dt
+and
+.Sx \&Os .
+.Ss \&Dl
+One-line indented display.
+This is formatted as literal text and is useful for commands and
+invocations.
+It is followed by a newline.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Dl % mandoc mdoc.7 \e(ba less
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Ql ,
+.Sx \&Bd
+.Fl literal ,
+and
+.Sx \&D1 .
+.Ss \&Do
+Begin a block enclosed by double quotes.
+Does not have any head arguments.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+\&.Do
+April is the cruellest month
+\&.Dc
+\e(em T.S. Eliot
+.Ed
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Dq .
+.Ss \&Dq
+Encloses its arguments in
+.Dq typographic
+double-quotes.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
+\&.Dq April is the cruellest month
+\e(em T.S. Eliot
+.Ed
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Qq ,
+.Sx \&Sq ,
+and
+.Sx \&Do .
+.Ss \&Dt
+Document title for display in the page header.
+This is the mandatory second macro of any
+.Nm
+file.
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Bd -ragged -offset indent
+.Pf \. Sx \&Dt
+.Ar TITLE
+.Ar section
+.Op Ar arch
+.Ed
+.Pp
+Its arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width section -offset 2n
+.It Ar TITLE
+The document's title (name), defaulting to
+.Dq UNTITLED
+if unspecified.
+To achieve a uniform appearance of page header lines,
+it should by convention be all caps.
+.It Ar section
+The manual section.
+This may be one of
+.Cm 1
+.Pq General Commands ,
+.Cm 2
+.Pq System Calls ,
+.Cm 3
+.Pq Library Functions ,
+.Cm 3p
+.Pq Perl Library ,
+.Cm 4
+.Pq Device Drivers ,
+.Cm 5
+.Pq File Formats ,
+.Cm 6
+.Pq Games ,
+.Cm 7
+.Pq Miscellaneous Information ,
+.Cm 8
+.Pq System Manager's Manual ,
+or
+.Cm 9
+.Pq Kernel Developer's Manual .
+It should correspond to the manual's filename suffix and defaults to
+the empty string if unspecified.
+.It Ar arch
+This specifies the machine architecture a manual page applies to,
+where relevant, for example
+.Cm alpha ,
+.Cm amd64 ,
+.Cm i386 ,
+or
+.Cm sparc64 .
+The list of valid architectures varies by operating system.
+.El
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Dt FOO 1
+.Dl \&.Dt FOO 9 i386
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Dd
+and
+.Sx \&Os .
+.Ss \&Dv
+Defined variables such as preprocessor constants, constant symbols,
+enumeration values, and so on.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Dv NULL
+.Dl \&.Dv BUFSIZ
+.Dl \&.Dv STDOUT_FILENO
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Er
+and
+.Sx \&Ev
+for special-purpose constants,
+.Sx \&Va
+for variable symbols, and
+.Sx \&Fd
+for listing preprocessor variable definitions in the
+.Em SYNOPSIS .
+.Ss \&Dx
+Format the
+.Dx
+version provided as an argument, or a default
+value if no argument is provided.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Dl \&.Dx 2.4.1
+.Dl \&.Dx
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&At ,
+.Sx \&Bsx ,
+.Sx \&Bx ,
+.Sx \&Fx ,
+.Sx \&Nx ,
+and
+.Sx \&Ox .
+.Ss \&Ec
+Close a scope started by
+.Sx \&Eo .
+Its syntax is as follows:
+.Pp
+.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ec Op Ar TERM
+.Pp
+The
+.Ar TERM
+argument is used as the enclosure tail, for example, specifying \e(rq
+will emulate
+.Sx \&Dc .
+.Ss \&Ed
+End a display context started by
+.Sx \&Bd .
+.Ss \&Ef
+End a font mode context started by
+.Sx \&Bf .
+.Ss \&Ek
+End a keep context started by
+.Sx \&Bk .
+.Ss \&El
+End a list context started by
+.Sx \&Bl .
+.Pp
+See also
+.Sx \&Bl
+and
+.Sx \&It .
+.Ss \&Em
+Request an italic font.
+If the output device does not provide that, underline.
+.Pp
+This is most often used for stress emphasis (not to be confused with
+importance, see
+.Sx \&Sy ) .
+In the rare cases where none of the semantic markup macros fit,
+it can also be used for technical terms and placeholders, except
+that for syntax elements,
+.Sx \&Sy
+and
+.Sx \&Ar
+are preferred, respectively.
+.Pp
+Examples:
+.Bd -literal -compact -offset indent
+Selected lines are those
+\&.Em not
+matching any of the specified patterns.
+Some of the functions use a
+\&.Em hold space
+to save the pattern space for subsequent retrieval.
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