Plan9 has a man(7) implementation that looks extremely archaic,

[mandoc.git] / man.7

diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7
index 6feee9d2ae5bcb962100468d25ef77dec3e6ffaa..4619cec601de7790e2b52fe8729a61a299353e26 100644 (file)
--- a/man.7
+++ b/man.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.86 2010/08/28 22:08:38 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.7,v 1.93 2010/12/29 16:18:13 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
@@ -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: August 28 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 29 2010 $
 .Dt MAN 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -227,13 +227,14 @@ Documents are generally structured as follows:
 \&.SH DESCRIPTION
 The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files...
 \&.\e\*q .SH IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
+\&.\e\*q Not used in OpenBSD.
 \&.\e\*q .SH RETURN VALUES
 \&.\e\*q For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
 \&.\e\*q .SH ENVIRONMENT
 \&.\e\*q For sections 1, 6, 7, & 8 only.
 \&.\e\*q .SH FILES
 \&.\e\*q .SH EXIT STATUS
-\&.\e\*q For sections 1 & 8 only.
+\&.\e\*q For sections 1, 6, & 8 only.
 \&.\e\*q .SH EXAMPLES
 \&.\e\*q .SH DIAGNOSTICS
 \&.\e\*q For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, & 8 only.
@@ -413,7 +414,6 @@ The syntax is as follows:
 .It Sx \&I   Ta    n         Ta    next-line Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&IB  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&IR  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
-.\" .It Sx \&PD  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&R   Ta    n         Ta    next-line Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&RB  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&RI  Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    \&
@@ -423,15 +423,11 @@ The syntax is as follows:
 .It Sx \&UC  Ta    <=1       Ta    current   Ta    \&
 .It Sx \&br  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&fi  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
-.It Sx \&i   Ta    n         Ta    current   Ta    compat
+.It Sx \&ft  Ta    1         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&in  Ta    1         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&na  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&nf  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
-.It Sx \&r   Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .It Sx \&sp  Ta    1         Ta    current   Ta    compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Sp  Ta    <1        Ta    current   Ta    compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Vb  Ta    <1        Ta    current   Ta    compat
-.\" .It Sx \&Ve  Ta    0         Ta    current   Ta    compat
 .El
 .Pp
 Macros marked as
@@ -511,12 +507,9 @@ The optional arguments specify which release it is from.
 Text is rendered in bold face.
 .Pp
 See also
-.Sx \&I ,
-.Sx \&R ,
-.Sx \&b ,
-.Sx \&i ,
+.Sx \&I
 and
-.Sx \&r .
+.Sx \&R .
 .Ss \&BI
 Text is rendered alternately in bold face and italic.
 Thus,
@@ -534,7 +527,7 @@ Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Pp
-.D1 \&.BI bold italic bold italic
+.Dl \&.BI bold italic bold italic
 .Pp
 The output of this example will be emboldened
 .Dq bold
@@ -593,12 +586,9 @@ and
 Text is rendered in italics.
 .Pp
 See also
-.Sx \&B ,
-.Sx \&R ,
-.Sx \&b ,
-.Sx \&i ,
+.Sx \&B
 and
-.Sx \&r .
+.Sx \&R .
 .Ss \&IB
 Text is rendered alternately in italics and bold face.
 Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
@@ -694,12 +684,9 @@ and
 Text is rendered in roman (the default font).
 .Pp
 See also
-.Sx \&I ,
-.Sx \&B ,
-.Sx \&b ,
-.Sx \&i ,
+.Sx \&I
 and
-.Sx \&r .
+.Sx \&B .
 .Ss \&RB
 Text is rendered alternately in roman (the default font) and bold face.
 Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
@@ -794,7 +781,7 @@ manual section.
 .Pp
 Examples:
 .Pp
-.D1 \&.TH CVS 5 "1992-02-12" GNU
+.Dl \&.TH CVS 5 "1992-02-12" GNU
 .Ss \&TP
 Begin a paragraph where the head, if exceeding the indentation width, is
 followed by a newline; if not, the body follows on the same line after a
@@ -820,12 +807,6 @@ See also
 .Sx \&P ,
 and
 .Sx \&PP .
-.\" .
-.\" .
-.\" .Ss \&PD
-.\" Has no effect.  Included for compatibility.
-.\" .
-.\" .
 .Ss \&UC
 Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from
 BSD releases.
@@ -839,18 +820,11 @@ See also
 .Ss \&fi
 End literal mode begun by
 .Sx \&nf .
-.Ss \&i
-Italicise arguments.
-Synonym for
-.Sx \&I .
-.Pp
-See also
-.Sx \&B ,
-.Sx \&I ,
-.Sx \&R .
-.Sx \&b ,
-and
-.Sx \&r .
+.Ss \&ft
+Change the current font mode.
+See
+.Sx Text Decoration
+for a listing of available font modes.
 .Ss \&in
 Indent relative to the current indentation:
 .Pp
@@ -868,16 +842,6 @@ Begin literal mode: all subsequent free-form lines have their end of
 line boundaries preserved.
 May be ended by
 .Sx \&fi .
-.Ss \&r
-Fonts and styles (bold face, italics) reset to roman (default font).
-.Pp
-See also
-.Sx \&B ,
-.Sx \&I ,
-.Sx \&R ,
-.Sx \&b ,
-and
-.Sx \&i .
 .Ss \&sp
 Insert vertical spaces into output with the following syntax:
 .Bd -filled -offset indent
@@ -896,21 +860,6 @@ Defaults to 1, if unspecified.
 .Pp
 See also
 .Sx \&br .
-.\" .Ss \&Sp
-.\" A synonym for
-.\" .Sx \&sp
-.\" .Cm 0.5v .
-.\" .
-.\" .Ss \&Vb
-.\" A synonym for
-.\" .Sx \&nf .
-.\" Accepts an argument (the height of the formatted space) which is
-.\" disregarded.
-.\" .
-.\" .Ss \&Ve
-.\" A synonym for
-.\" .Sx \&fi .
-.\" .
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 This section documents areas of questionable portability between
 implementations of the
@@ -944,6 +893,8 @@ The
 .Pq string length ,
 .Sq \ek
 .Pq horizontal position marker ,
+.Sq \eo
+.Pq text overstrike ,
 and
 .Sq \es
 .Pq text size
@@ -959,8 +910,10 @@ macro does not accept negative values in mandoc.
 In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr man 1 ,
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
-.Xr mandoc_char 7
+.Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
+.Xr mdoc 7
 .Sh HISTORY
 The
 .Nm