From e93f4fc39f7ed80eab9a6b3abdf4ca15ccdd0b1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ingo Schwarze Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 22:03:30 +0000 Subject: Below DIAGNOSTICS, document the SYSERR message level; jmc@ wondered what it meant and agrees with this patch. --- mandoc.1 | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'mandoc.1') diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1 index cb800e04..745dd504 100644 --- a/mandoc.1 +++ b/mandoc.1 @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.104 2014/06/20 23:02:31 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.105 2014/06/23 22:03:30 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons -.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Ingo Schwarze +.\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014 Ingo Schwarze .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -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: June 20 2014 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: June 23 2014 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -524,6 +524,9 @@ fields are omitted when meaningless. .Pp Message levels have the following meanings: .Bl -tag -width "warning" +.It Cm syserr +Opening or reading an input file failed, so the parser cannot +even be started and no output is produced from that input file. .It Cm fatal The parser is unable to parse a given input file at all. No formatted output is produced from that input file. @@ -559,8 +562,7 @@ output mode. The .Nm utility may also print messages related to invalid command line arguments -or operating system errors, for example when memory is exhausted or -input files cannot be read. +or operating system errors, for example when memory is exhausted. Such messages may not carry the prefix described above. .Sh COMPATIBILITY This section summarises -- cgit v1.2.3-56-ge451