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| author |   Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2009-07-14 15:56:44 +0000 |
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| committer | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2009-07-14 15:56:44 +0000 |
| commit | d7f4ecb951c11e9a6c18974ce28f563c2c6a1c66 (patch) | |
| tree | 6ca0728cec447086a539d6428ea19080de23a9f9 | |
| parent | 7e0543c95bf3c9f63403ac41fc18d0c109b9d9c1 (diff) | |
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Small changes, reducing verbosity.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.18 2009/07/04 09:00:41 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.19 2009/07/14 15:56:44 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se> .\" @@ -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: July 4 2009 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 14 2009 $ .Dt MAN 7 .Os .\" SECTION @@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ The .Nm man language was historically used to format .Ux -manuals. This reference document describes the syntax and structure of -this language. +manuals. This reference document describes its syntax, structure, and +usage. .Pp -.Em \&Do not -use +.Bf Em +Do not use .Nm -to write your manuals. Use the +to write your manuals. +.Ef +Use the .Xr mdoc 7 language, instead. .\" PARAGRAPH @@ -53,13 +55,8 @@ Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters, the -space character -.Sq \ , -and tabs -.Sq \et . -All manuals must have +space character, and the tabs character. All manuals must have .Ux -.Sq \en line termination. .Pp Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a |