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author | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2014-12-28 15:23:33 +0000 |
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committer | Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> | 2014-12-28 15:23:33 +0000 |
commit | 3c7801b6586ff9d8a6a2cfee05f2784bee905ed4 (patch) | |
tree | 2a21abc97dcc9f5cebfa93a52356c6cdecf1d37f /mdoc.7 | |
parent | e0c8ee70b0d6b84f57714a5446e2ecfeca8826b4 (diff) | |
download | mandoc-3c7801b6586ff9d8a6a2cfee05f2784bee905ed4.tar.gz |
Improve documentation of the header/footer macros .Dt, .Os, .TH:
* State the defaults for .Os and the fourth .TH argument.
* Sync the section titles, and stop advertising obscure sections that
aren't actually fully supported and certainly not recommended for use.
Diffstat (limited to 'mdoc.7')
-rw-r--r-- | mdoc.7 | 46 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 25 deletions
@@ -1314,38 +1314,26 @@ it should by convention be all caps. The manual section. This may be one of .Cm 1 -.Pq utilities , +.Pq General Commands , .Cm 2 -.Pq system calls , +.Pq System Calls , .Cm 3 -.Pq libraries , +.Pq Library Functions , .Cm 3p -.Pq Perl libraries , +.Pq Perl Library , .Cm 4 -.Pq devices , +.Pq Device Drivers , .Cm 5 -.Pq file formats , +.Pq File Formats , .Cm 6 -.Pq games , +.Pq Games , .Cm 7 -.Pq miscellaneous , +.Pq Miscellaneous Information , .Cm 8 -.Pq system utilities , -.Cm 9 -.Pq kernel functions , -.Cm X11 -.Pq X Window System , -.Cm X11R6 -.Pq X Window System , -.Cm unass -.Pq unassociated , -.Cm local -.Pq local system , -.Cm draft -.Pq draft manual , +.Pq System Manager's Manual , or -.Cm paper -.Pq paper . +.Cm 9 +.Pq Kernel Developer's Manual . It should correspond to the manual's filename suffix and defaults to the empty string if unspecified. .It Ar arch @@ -2100,8 +2088,16 @@ Its syntax is as follows: The optional .Ar system parameter specifies the relevant operating system or environment. -Left unspecified, it defaults to the local operating system version. -This is the suggested form. +It is suggested to leave it unspecified, in which case +.Xr mandoc 1 +uses its +.Fl Ios +argument, or, if that isn't specified either, +.Fa sysname +and +.Fa release +as returned by +.Xr uname 3 . .Pp Examples: .Dl \&.Os |