-.\" $Id: man.options.1,v 1.1 2017/02/02 02:17:31 schwarze Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.options.1,v 1.7 2017/07/04 23:40:01 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\"
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: February 2 2017 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 4 2017 $
.Dt MAN.OPTIONS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.de Bx43
.Bx 4.3 Pq June 1986 \\$1
..
-.de Bx44N1
-.Bx 4.3 Net/1 Pq March 3, 1989 \\$1
-..
-.de g102
-.No groff-1.02 Pq after March 1989, before June 1991 \\$1
+.\" option was present in groff-1.01 as contained in 4.3BSD-Net/2
+.\" and no mention of it could be found in the ChangeLog,
+.\" so it's probably older than groff-0.4, where the log started
+.de g04
+.No probably before groff-0.4 Pq before July 14, 1990 \\$1
..
.de Eaton
.No Eaton Pq before July 7, 1993; 1990/91? \\$1
..
-.\" man-1.6 was released on June 24, 2005.
-.de man16
-.No man-1.6 Pq not before 1993, not after 2005 \\$1
+.\" man-1.5e was released on July 11, 1998.
+.de man15e
+.No man-1.5e Pq not before 1993, not after 1998 \\$1
+..
+.\" man-1.5g was released on April 7, 1999.
+.de man15g
+.No man-1.5g Pq not before 1993, not after 1999 \\$1
..
-.\" first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS
+.\" code first seen in the initial import of man-db into CVS ,
+.\" which was more or less debian man-db-2.3.17
+.\" Colin Watson's first release was 2.3.18 on May 14, 2001
+.\" no clue about it found in ChangeLog-2013,
+.\" so it was probably already present before man-db-2.2a4
.de dbI
-.No man-db Pq before Apr 26, 2001; 1994/95? \\$1
+.No man-db probably before 2.2a4 Pq before Nov 8, 1994 \\$1
..
.\"
.\" --------------------------------------------------------------------
.\"
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-XXX
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This manual page lists option letters used in many different versions
of the
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.It Fl B
use specified browser
.br
.Nm man :
-.man16
+.No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005
.It Fl b
print a backtrace with each warning or error message
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
.Bq obsolete hardware
report whether the phototypesetter is busy
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis :
.Bx 4.4 Lite1 Pq April 22, 1994 ,
-.man16 ,
.No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003 ;
.Ox , Nx
.br
.Nm man :
-.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ;
-.Ox ,
+.Nx 1.0 Pq Oct 26, 1994 ,
+.man15e ;
+.Ox
.br
.Nm mandb , catman , manpath :
.No man-db Pq Feb 22, 2003
enable compatibility mode
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.No before groff-0.5 Pq before August 3, 1990
.It Fl c
do not use a pager
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
.Pp
-disable terminal color output in
-.Xr grotty 1
-.br
-.Nm groff :
-.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001
-.Pp
-reformat source page even if cat page exists
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.man16
-.Pp
process given catpath
.br
.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16
+.Pq not before 1992, not after 1995
.Pp
recreate databases from scratch
.br
.Nm man :
.dbI
.Pp
+reformat source page even if cat page exists
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.man15e
+.Pp
+disable terminal color output in
+.Xr grotty 1
+.br
+.Nm groff :
+.No groff-1.18.0 Pq Oct 4, 2001
+.Pp
recreate nroff versions from SGML sources
.br
.Nm catman :
.At3 ,
.At5
.It Fl D
-print debugging info in addition to manual page
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.man16
-.Pp
reset whatever was set with
.Ev MANOPT
.br
.Nm man :
.dbI
.Pp
+print debugging info in addition to manual page
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.man15e
+.Pp
set default input encoding for
.Xr preconv 1
.br
define a user-defined string
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
print debugging information
.br
inhibit all error messages
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
select output encoding
.br
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
adjust text to left and right margins
.br
.Nm nroff :
.At7
.Pp
-restrict search by section extension
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.dbI
-.Pp
use exact matching
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis :
.dbI
+.Pp
+restrict search by section extension
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
.It Fl F
use alternate font directory
.br
.Bx 4.2 Pq September 1983
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
preformat only, do not display
.br
.Nm man :
-.man16
+.No man-1.5g Pq April 7, 1999
.Pp
-force searchings dirs, do not use index (default)
+force searching dirs, do not use index (default)
.br
.Nm man :
.No illumos , Solaris 9-11
set the default font family
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
force formatting even if cat page is newer
.br
produce a global manpath
.br
.Nm manpath :
-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.2a7 Pq Nov 16, 1994
.Pp
preprocess with
.Xr grn 1
read hyphenation patterns from the given file
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
-use program to render HTML files as text
+produce HTML output
.br
.Nm man :
-.man16
+.No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001
.Pp
-produce HTML output
+use program to render HTML files as text
.br
.Nm man :
-.dbI
+.No man-1.6 Pq June 24, 2005
.It Fl h
print a help message and exit
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.br
.Nm man :
.Eaton ;
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
ignore case when matching manual page names
.br
source code full text search
.br
.Nm man :
-.man16 ;
-.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ,
+.man15e ,
+.No man-db Pq June 28, 2009 ;
.No Solaris 11
.Pp
input encoding
pass argument to the spooler
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
-.Pp
-print list of locales
-.br
-.Nm manpath :
-.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999
+.No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 14, 1990
.Pp
use alternate
.Xr locale 1
.br
.Nm man , apropos , whatis :
-.dbI
+.No before man-db-2.2a13 Pq before Dec 15, 1994
+.Pp
+print list of locales
+.br
+.Nm manpath :
+.Fx Pq Nov 23, 1999
.Pp
use
.Xr locale 1
spool the output
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
interpret arguments as file names
.br
.Nm man :
-.dbI ,
+.No before man-2.2a7 Pq before Nov 16, 1994 ,
.Ox 5.7 Pq Aug 30, 2014
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis , mandoc :
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis :
.Bx43 ,
-.dbI ;
+.No before man-db-2.2a14 Pq before Dec 16, 1994 ;
.Ox , No illumos
.br
.Nm catman :
prepend to macro file search path
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
do not show the context of the match
.br
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.br
.Nm mandoc :
.Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009
delimiters
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-1.01 Pq Feb 21, 1991
.It Fl n
specify a page number for the first page
.br
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
.Xr nroff 1
output mode
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
force use of non-localized manual pages
.br
pass argument to postprocessor
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 14, 1990
.Pp
use specified pager
.br
.Xr pic 1
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
use the given list of preprocessors
.br
.Xr refer 1
.br
.Nm groff :
-.g102
+.No groff-1.02 Pq June 2, 1991
.Pp
recode to the specified encoding
.br
.At7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
+.Pp
+scan for and remove junk files
+.br
+.Nm catman :
+.Fx Pq March 31, 1995
.Pp
set
.Xr less 1
prompt
.br
.Nm man :
-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
.Pp
use regular expression matching
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis :
-.dbI
-.Pp
-scan for and remove junk files
-.br
-.Nm catman :
-.Fx Pq March 31, 1995
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
.Pp
turn off formatting
.br
.Xr soelim 1
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
silent mode, do not echo commands
.br
.Pp
restrict section
.br
+.Nm makewhatis :
+.man15g
+.br
.Nm man :
.Ox 2.3 Pq March 9, 1998 ,
.Nx Pq June 12, 2000 ;
.br
.Nm apropos :
.No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,
-.Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ;
-.Nx Pq May 8, 2009 ,
+.Ox 4.5 Pq Dec 24, 2008 ,
+.Nx Pq May 8, 2009 ;
.No illumos
.br
.Nm whatis :
-.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ,
.No man-db Pq Nov 16, 2003 ,
+.Ox 5.6 Pq April 18, 2014 ;
.No illumos
.br
.Nm mandoc :
.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
-.br
-.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16
.Pp
do not look for stray cats
.br
.Ox 5.7 Pq August 27, 2014
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.br
.Nm mandoc :
.Ox 4.8 Pq April 6, 2009
.Xr tbl 7
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
check manual pages in the hierarchy
.br
.Nm mandb :
-.dbI
+.No man-db-1.3.12 to 1.3.17 Pq not before 1996, not after 2001
.Pp
check files for problems related to
.Xr mandoc.db 5
update database
.br
.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16
-.Pp
-update database cache (requires suid)
-.br
-.Nm man :
-.dbI
+.Pq not before 1992, not after 1995
.Pp
create user databases only
.br
.Nm mandb :
.dbI
.Pp
+update database cache (requires suid)
+.br
+.Nm man :
+.No before man-db-2.2a10 Pq before Dec 6, 1994
+.Pp
remove files from
.Xr mandoc.db 5
.br
print the pipeline on stdout instead of executing it
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.6 Pq Sep 2, 1990
.Pp
print version information
.br
print version number
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.Pp
verbose mode
.br
.Fx Pq March 15, 1995
.br
.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16
+.man15g
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis :
.No man-db Pq Dec 29, 2002
disable the named warning
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.5 Pq August 14, 1990
.Pp
list pathnames without additional information
.br
.Nm man :
-.man16
+.man15e
.Pp
list pathnames of cat files
.br
enable the named warning
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.No groff-0.5 Pq August 14, 1990
.Pp
only create the
.Xr whatis 1
.Nx Pq July 27, 1993 ,
.No Solaris 9-11
.Pp
-use manpath obtained from man --path
-.br
-.Nm makewhatis :
-.man16
-.Pp
use wildcard matching
.br
.Nm apropos , whatis :
-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
+.Pp
+use manpath obtained from man --path
+.br
+.Nm makewhatis :
+.man15g
.Pp
update the
.Xr whatis 1
do not run preprocessors
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.br
.Nm man :
-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.2a5 Pq Nov 10, 1994
.It Fl z
suppress formatted output from
.Xr troff 1 ,
print only error messages
.br
.Nm groff :
-.Bx44N1
+.g04
.It Fl 7
ASCII output mode
.br
.Nm man :
-.dbI
+.No man-db-2.3.5 Pq April 21, 1995
.It Fl \&?
print a help message and exit
.br
.Nm groff :
-.g102
+.g04
.br
.Nm man , manpath :
.Eaton ;
.It
the CSRG Archive CD-ROMs
.It
-the FreeBSD SVN repository
+the
+.Fx
+SVN repository
+.It
+the
+.Ox
+CVS repository
+.It
+the
+.Nx
+CVS repository
+.It
+the GNU roff (groff) git repository
+.It
+the 4.3BSD-Net/2 groff CHANGES file (Oct 1990 to March 1991)
+.It
+the 4.3BSD-Net/2 groff ChangeLog file (July 1990 to March 1991)
+.It
+the man-db CVS and git repositories (since April 2001)
.It
-the OpenBSD CVS repository
+the man-db NEWS file (April 1995 to Dec 2016)
.It
-the NetBSD CVS repository
+the man-db ChangeLog-2013 file (Nov 1994 to Dec 2013)
.It
-the man-db CVS and git repositories
+release tarballs man-1.5g (July 1998) to man-1.5p (Jan 2005),
+man-1.6 (June 2005), and man-1.6a to man-1.6g (Dec 2010)
.It
-the final man-1.6 release tarball
+a makewhatis release tarball without version number from 1995
.It
the illumos manual pages on the WWW
.It