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-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 26 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 2 2010 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
\&.Dd $\&Mdocdate$
\&.Dt mdoc 7
\&.Os
-\&.
\&.Sh NAME
\&.Nm foo
\&.Nd a description goes here
\&.\e\*q The next is for sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
\&.\e\*q .Sh LIBRARY
-\&.
\&.Sh SYNOPSIS
\&.Nm foo
\&.Op Fl options
\&.Ar
-\&.
\&.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
\&.Nm
Column bodies have the following syntax:
.Pp
.D1 .It col1 <TAB> ... coln
-.D1 .It col1 Ta ... coln
-.D1 .It col1 <TAB> col2 Ta coln
+.D1 .It col1 \&Ta ... coln
+.D1 .It col1 <TAB> col2 \&Ta coln
.Pp
where columns may be separated by tabs, the literal string
-.Qq Ta ,
+.Qq \&Ta ,
or a mixture of both.
These are equivalent except that quoted sections propogate over tabs,
for example,
file.
Its calling syntax is as follows:
.Pp
-.D1 \. Ns Sx \&Dt Cm title section Op Cm volume | arch
+.D1 \. Ns Sx \&Dt Op Cm title Op Cm section Op Cm volume | arch
.Pp
Its arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset Ds
.It Cm title
-The document's title (name).
-This should be capitalised and is required.
+The document's title (name), defaulting to
+.Qq UNKNOWN
+if unspecified.
+It should be capitalised.
.It Cm section
The manual section.
This may be one of
or
.Ar paper
.Pq paper .
-It is also required and should correspond to the manual's filename
-suffix.
+It should correspond to the manual's filename suffix and defaults to
+.Qq 1
+if unspecified.
.It Cm volume
This overrides the volume inferred from
.Ar section .
.D1 \&.Dt FOO 1
.D1 \&.Dt FOO 4 KM
.D1 \&.Dt FOO 9 i386
-.D1 \&.Dt FOO 9 KM i386
.Pp
See also
.Sx \&Dd