From 9f8dd9d1a39f94e7aed1b9b4a7abe13a5a96b450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristaps Dzonsons Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:01:26 +0000 Subject: Clean-ups to documentation. --- man.7 | 33 ++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'man.7') diff --git a/man.7 b/man.7 index 6ce607ca..df187523 100644 --- a/man.7 +++ b/man.7 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.4 2009/03/26 16:23:22 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.5 2009/03/26 23:01:26 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ prior macros: \&.SH Macro lines change control state. Other lines are interpreted within the current state. .Ed -.\" PARAGRAPH -.Pp -Macros are character sequences whose structural rules are described -later in this document. .\" SECTION .Sh INPUT ENCODING .Nm @@ -64,10 +60,11 @@ documents may contain only graphable 7-bit ASCII characters and the space character .Sq \ . All manuals must have +.Ux .Sq \en line termination. .Pp -Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will also assert a +Blank lines are acceptable; where found, the output will assert a vertical space. .Pp The @@ -135,25 +132,15 @@ and .Sq \&.RI . When these macros are invoked without arguments, the subsequent line is considered a continuation of the macro. Thus: -.Bd -literal -offset indent -\&.RI foo -.Ed -.Pp -and -.Bd -literal -offset indent -\&.RI -foo -.Ed -.Pp -are equivalent. If two consecutive lines exhibit the latter behaviour, -an error is raised. Thus, the following is acceptable: .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.RI -\&.I Hello, world. foo .Ed .Pp -The following, however, is not: +is equivalent to +.Sq \&.RI foo . +If two consecutive lines exhibit the latter behaviour, +an error is raised. Thus, the following is not acceptable: .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.RI \&.I @@ -162,13 +149,13 @@ Hello, world. .Pp The .Sq \&.TP -macro has similar behaviour, but does not need an empty argument line in -order to trigger scope. +macro is similar, but does not need an empty argument line to trigger +the behaviour. .\" PARAGRAPH .Sh MACROS This section contains a complete list of all .Nm -macros, arranged alphabetically, with the number of arguments. +macros and corresponding number of arguments. .Pp .Bl -column "MacroX" "Arguments" -compact -offset indent .It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451