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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2010-10-24 14:49:35 +0000
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When mentioning a function documented elsewhere, .Xr is often better than .Fn.
Prodded by guenther@, ok jmc@.
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-.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.161 2010/09/27 11:21:39 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mdoc.7,v 1.162 2010/10/24 14:49:35 schwarze Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 27 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 24 2010 $
.Dt MDOC 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -1871,6 +1871,9 @@ Examples:
\&.Fn funcname
.Ed
.Pp
+When referring to a function documented in another manual page,
+.Sx \&Xr
+is usually preferable.
See also
.Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE
and