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authorIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-03-27 14:40:39 +0000
committerIngo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>2017-03-27 14:40:39 +0000
commit531e75dbfac886afbaf46fe558ea3a379c0fde5f (patch)
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parentfcfec595231183ea3015fb96eaed1c9e2f176bf5 (diff)
downloadmandoc-531e75dbfac886afbaf46fe558ea3a379c0fde5f.tar.gz
Simplify: mention at one place that -fkl override each other,
rather than stating it separately for each option. Suggested, OKed, and tweaked by jmc@.
Diffstat (limited to 'man.1')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/man.1 b/man.1
index f3a37ec5..b52a9343 100644
--- a/man.1
+++ b/man.1
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ It searches for
.Ar name
in manual page names and displays the header lines from all matching pages.
The search is case insensitive and matches whole words only.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl k
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
.It Fl h
Display only the SYNOPSIS lines of the requested manual pages.
Implies
@@ -111,11 +106,6 @@ an expression can be provided using the syntax described in the
.Xr apropos 1
manual.
By default, it displays the header lines of all matching pages.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f
-and
-.Fl l
-options.
.It Fl l
A synonym for
.Xr mandoc 1
@@ -127,15 +117,10 @@ No search is done and
.Ar file ,
.Ar path ,
.Ar section ,
-and
-.Ar subsection
-are ignored.
-This overrides any earlier
-.Fl f ,
-.Fl k ,
+.Ar subsection ,
and
.Fl w
-options.
+are ignored.
.It Fl M Ar path
Override the list of standard directories which
.Nm
@@ -218,6 +203,9 @@ The options
.Fl IKOTW
are also supported and are documented in
.Xr mandoc 1 .
+The options
+.Fl fkl
+are mutually exclusive and override each other.
.Pp
Guidelines for writing
man pages can be found in