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* use the .Bx macro; from Jan Stary via jmc@Ingo Schwarze2013-09-161-3/+4
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* For citing the names and email addresses of authors,Ingo Schwarze2013-07-131-4/+3
| | | | | | | consistently use the style ".An name Aq Mt email". Triggered by a question from Jan Stary <hans at stare dot cz>, ok jmc@.
* document .PD; related to man_term.c rev. 1.134Ingo Schwarze2012-07-291-3/+34
| | | | OpenBSD man.7 rev. 1.30
* When i moved some low-level stuff from mdoc(7) and man(7)Ingo Schwarze2012-06-201-13/+17
| | | | | | | to roff(7) some time ago, i forgot to adjust the cross-references. Reported by Tim van der Molen <tbvdm at xs4all dot nl>, thanks. ok jmc@
* Minimal implementation of .EX and .EE for GNU compatibility.Ingo Schwarze2012-06-021-2/+14
| | | | | Do not use this, it is not portable and only defined in esr's man-ext. For example, sox(1) wants these macros.
* update Copyright years according to the CVS logs; no code changeIngo Schwarze2012-05-271-3/+3
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* Discourage the use of esr's man-ext macros:Ingo Schwarze2012-04-151-7/+4
| | | | | | If man(7) has any advantage compared to mdoc(7), it's portability, and using man-ext would needlessly give that advantage away. ok kristaps@
* Add support for `OP', one of the extended man macros. This also requiresKristaps Dzonsons2012-01-031-2/+29
| | | | some man(7) changes to accomodate for the an-ext compatibility.
* In man(7), when no explicit volume name is given, use the defaultIngo Schwarze2011-12-021-2/+15
| | | | | | | | | | | | volume name for the respective manual section, just like in mdoc(7). This gives us nicer page headers for cvs(1), lynx(1), tic(1), mkhybrid(8), and many curses(3) manuals. ok kristaps@ To not break compatibility, i wrote a corresponding patch for GNU troff which Werner Lemberg accepted upstream at rev. 1.65 of: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/groff/tmac/an-old.tmac?root=groff
* Reorganize part of the content:Ingo Schwarze2011-09-261-398/+179
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1) Move the LANGUAGE SYNTAX from mdoc(7) and man(7) to roff(7), it's common to both and it's actually roff syntax. 2) Move the MACRO SYNTAX down to the bottom, such that the less technical parts MANUAL STRUCTURE and MACRO OVERVIEW get to the top. Getting everything to again fit together after the reshuffling required various adjustments; also adjust and improve the DESCRIPTIONS while there. feedback and "go ahead" jmc@ kristaps@
* add a MACRO OVERVIEW section, similar to the one in mdoc(7);Ingo Schwarze2011-09-201-2/+41
| | | | writing this for man(7), too, was suggested by kristaps@
* It's unknown whether `SH' and `SS' closing out `nf' literalism isKristaps Dzonsons2011-09-061-2/+10
| | | | portable, so document it in COMPATIBILITY.
* Order -column lists to have the arguments follow `-column'. From aKristaps Dzonsons2011-08-301-3/+3
| | | | patch by Jason McIntyre.
* Remove unnecessary `Pp'/`-compat' combination for column lists.Kristaps Dzonsons2011-08-301-6/+4
| | | | Directly from a patch by Jason McIntyre.
* Bring man.7's LANGUAGE SYNTAX in line with mdoc.7. While here, changeKristaps Dzonsons2011-08-191-61/+77
| | | | out the \*q escapes. Also fix some spelling typos in both manuals.
* Replace the old `An'/`Aq' AUTHORS note with `An'/`Mt'.Kristaps Dzonsons2011-08-181-3/+4
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* Add example of comments in man.7 and mdoc.7.Kristaps Dzonsons2011-08-171-1/+9
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* Sync man.7's LANGUAGE SYNTAX (was INPUT ENCODING) with mdoc.7.Kristaps Dzonsons2011-08-171-49/+121
| | | | | While here, fix the scaling widths example that incorrectly used `br' (it now correctly uses `sp').
* Clarify the role of `RS' in man(7) and also fix a bogus cross-reference.Kristaps Dzonsons2011-07-081-7/+10
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* Fix a TODO noted by schwarze@, originally by Christian Weisgerber:Kristaps Dzonsons2011-07-031-2/+6
| | | | | literal mode (`nf') is ended by SH (and, it turns out, SS as well). Noted the updated behaviour in man.7 as well.
* Noticed that our skeleton mdoc.7 had lower-case `Dt'. Fixed and addedKristaps Dzonsons2011-05-261-6/+10
| | | | some language for clarity.
* Clean up date handling,Ingo Schwarze2011-03-071-27/+19
| | | | | | | | | | | | as a first step to get rid of the frequent petty warnings in this area: - always store dates as strings, not as seconds since the Epoch - for input, try the three most common formats everywhere - for unrecognized format, just pass the date though verbatim - when there is no date at all, still use the current date Originally triggered by a one-line patch from Tim van der Molen, <tbvdm at xs4all dot nl>, which is included here. Feedback and OK on manual parts from jmc@. "please check this in" kristaps@
* Add stub for eqn.7 manual and flip it on. Also note COMPATIBILITY issueKristaps Dzonsons2011-02-091-2/+3
| | | | of how we considered .TS (etc.) macros and how the preprocessors do.
* As noticed by deraadt@, it goes without saying that text filesIngo Schwarze2011-01-251-5/+2
| | | | | | on a UNIX system use UNIX conventions, and UNIX tools working on them expect that. ok jmc@
* Better explain roff(7) macro argument quoting;Ingo Schwarze2011-01-241-2/+9
| | | | ok jmc@.
* If the first character of free-form text is whitespace, then a newlineKristaps Dzonsons2011-01-121-2/+5
| | | | shall precede outputted text (surprise!).
* Moved table stuff from roff.7 into the new tbl.7 (suggested by Jason McIntyre).Kristaps Dzonsons2011-01-041-3/+5
| | | | Added cross-links to tbl.7 from other manuals.
* Use `Dl' instead of `D1' for code examples.Kristaps Dzonsons2010-12-291-4/+4
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* Remove `i' and `r' macro handlers. These macros, originally part of theKristaps Dzonsons2010-12-081-41/+8
| | | | | | | | me package, aren't recognised by "groff -mandoc" so we don't need to do so either. Discussed on tech@ with schwarze@. While at it, remove references to `b' in man.7. As far as I know, this was never supported anyway.
* Add support for `ft' macro found in groff(7). Based on a patch byKristaps Dzonsons2010-12-061-3/+8
| | | | | schwarze@, but without the -T[x]html handling, which structurally does not work. Also add man.7 documentation (not in original patch).
* Remove `Sp', `Vb', and `Ve' (as per schwarze@'s changes in OpenBSD),Kristaps Dzonsons2010-12-051-26/+2
| | | | which are now accomodated for the new libroff modifications.
* sync to OpenBSD:Ingo Schwarze2010-09-261-4/+7
| | | | | | note that IMPLEMENTATION NOTES is not used in OpenBSD add missing comma in "sections 1, 6, & 8 only" below EXIT STATUS below SEE ALSO, add an .Xr to man(1), and from man(7) to mdoc(7)
* Clarified EXIT STATUS sections. Discussed among schwarze@, Thomas, andKristaps Dzonsons2010-09-041-3/+3
| | | | Jason. Patch by Jason.
* Remove overstrike `\o'. This isn't the best solution because we reallyKristaps Dzonsons2010-08-291-2/+4
| | | | | should be printing the contents, but for the time being, this is good enough.
* Move mdoc/man template "The next is for" into the section itself. AddedKristaps Dzonsons2010-08-281-8/+10
| | | | OpenBSD compatibility notes. Based on a patch by Jason McIntyre.
* Strip out `\k' escape.Kristaps Dzonsons2010-08-241-1/+3
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* Stripping out of `\w' groff escape. Yet another for pod2man...Kristaps Dzonsons2010-08-241-3/+4
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* Strip out the `\z' escape. This is the first recursive sequence,Kristaps Dzonsons2010-08-241-2/+4
| | | | getting mandoc ready to handle pod2man's complex escapes.
* Sort COMPATIBILITY in mdoc(7) (from schwarze@).Kristaps Dzonsons2010-08-221-12/+27
| | | | Update escape COMPATIBILITY in mdoc(7) and man(7) (ok schwarze@).
* merge from OpenBSD:Ingo Schwarze2010-08-061-6/+4
| | | | | | - HISTORY is interesting even when there are STANDARDS - more precise instructions what to put into AUTHORS - add the version argument to the mdoc(7) .Os macro
* Merge Jason McIntyre's corrections to man.7.Kristaps Dzonsons2010-07-261-26/+23
| | | | "urgle": Jason McIntyre. "This is all ok" schwarze@.
* Added `in' macro support for -man -Tascii. This is not yet supported inKristaps Dzonsons2010-07-221-2/+13
| | | | -Thtml (I'm surprised to note that neither is LITERAL mode).
* sync to OpenBSD:Ingo Schwarze2010-07-191-19/+31
| | | | | | | | | * briefly mention the HISTORY of the man(7) language * update the copyright notice * improve the wording in a few places * fix a couple of typos including two suggestions from J.C. Roberts feedback and ok jmc@, ok sobrado@ and kristaps@
* Note discarding of \m, \M, and \s in COMPATIBILITY sections.Kristaps Dzonsons2010-07-191-1/+4
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* Removed \s documentation, as we (1) never supported it, and (2) neverKristaps Dzonsons2010-07-191-31/+4
| | | | | | will. Also whack the dot-separator from the embedded man.7 manual.
* Fix which escapes are used to format \".Kristaps Dzonsons2010-07-161-4/+4
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* Allow bad -man dates to flow verbatim into the front-ends. Noted byKristaps Dzonsons2010-05-261-4/+5
| | | | Ulrich Spoerlein.
* Fix man.7 to include AT and UC in its syntax table.Kristaps Dzonsons2010-05-251-3/+4
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* Entry for .AT and .UCJoerg Sonnenberger2010-05-171-4/+11
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* Documented EOS buffered spaces and added `]'.Kristaps Dzonsons2010-05-151-4/+9
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