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author | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2010-07-05 13:12:32 +0000 |
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committer | Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> | 2010-07-05 13:12:32 +0000 |
commit | 6e065d5d6a8228c79d7b3456a5b6ccb4b376a647 (patch) | |
tree | 4cea3f1a0f2cb965c91c552708c412926bf43b26 /mdoc.7 | |
parent | 0825ff822ba8f55dbef01d26ecaff55dbe6eafac (diff) | |
download | mandoc-6e065d5d6a8228c79d7b3456a5b6ccb4b376a647.tar.gz |
Manual clean-ups. Add syntax message for `Bd', `Bk', and `Bl'.
Document `Eo' and `Ec'. Add context-end notes `Ec' and `Fc'.
Diffstat (limited to 'mdoc.7')
-rw-r--r-- | mdoc.7 | 71 |
1 files changed, 56 insertions, 15 deletions
@@ -1064,6 +1064,14 @@ Closes a block. Does not have any tail arguments. .Ss \&Bd Begins a display block. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Pf \. Sx \&Bd +.Fl type +.Op Fl offset Ar width +.Op Fl compact +.Ed +.Pp A display is collection of macros or text which may be collectively offset or justified in a manner different from that of the enclosing context. @@ -1088,9 +1096,9 @@ Centre-justify each line. The type must be provided first. Secondary arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width 12n -offset indent -.It Fl offset Ar width +.It Fl offset Ar val Offset by the value of -.Ar width , +.Ar val , which is interpreted as one of the following, specified in order: .Bl -item .It @@ -1101,7 +1109,7 @@ the width of standard indentation; twice .Ar indent ; .Ar left , -which has no effect ; +which has no effect; .Ar right , which justifies to the right margin; and .Ar center , @@ -1122,10 +1130,6 @@ As the calculated string length of the opaque string. If not provided an argument, it will be ignored. .It Fl compact Do not assert a vertical space before the block. -.It Fl file Ar file -Prepend the file -.Ar file -before any text or macros within the block. .El .Pp Examples: @@ -1176,16 +1180,15 @@ and .Ss \&Bk Begins a keep block, containing a collection of macros or text to be kept together in the output. -One argument is required; additional arguments are ignored. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Pp +.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Bk Fl words +.Pp Currently, the only argument implemented is .Fl words , requesting to keep together all words of the contained text on the same output line. -A -.Fl lines -argument to keep together all lines of the contained text -on the same page has been desired for a long time, -but has never been implemented. +Subsequent arguments are ignored. .Pp Examples: .Bd -literal -offset indent @@ -1198,6 +1201,16 @@ See also .Sx \&Ek . .Ss \&Bl Begins a list composed of one or more list entries. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Bd -ragged -offset indent +.Pf \. Sx \&Bl +.Fl type +.Op Fl width Ar val +.Op Fl offset Ar val +.Op Fl compact +.Op HEAD ... +.Ed +.Pp A list is associated with a type, which is a required argument. Other arguments are .Fl width , @@ -1666,7 +1679,20 @@ See also and .Sx \&Ux . .Ss \&Ec +Close a scope started by +.Sx \&Eo . +Its syntax is as follows: +.Pp +.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Ec Op Cm TERM +.Pp +The +.Cm TERM +argument is used as the enclosure tail, for example, specifying \e(rq +will emulate +.Sx \&Dc . .Ss \&Ed +End a display context started by +.Sx \&Bd . .Ss \&Ef Ends a font mode context started by .Sx \&Bf . @@ -1691,6 +1717,16 @@ Examples: .D1 \&.Em Remarks : .Ss \&En .Ss \&Eo +An arbitrary enclosure. +Its syntax is as follows: +.Pp +.D1 Pf \. Sx \&Eo Op Cm TERM +.Pp +The +.Cm TERM +argument is used as the enclosure head, for example, specifying \e(lq +will emulate +.Sx \&Do . .Ss \&Er Display error constants. .Pp @@ -1751,6 +1787,8 @@ Examples: See also .Sx \&Fo . .Ss \&Fc +Ends a function context started by +.Sx \&Fo . .Ss \&Fd Historically used to document include files. This usage has been deprecated in favour of @@ -1995,6 +2033,9 @@ Examples: .D1 \&.Lb libz .D1 \&.Lb mdoc .Ss \&Li +Denotes text that should be in a literal font mode. +Note that this is a presentation term and should not be used for +stylistically decorating technical terms. .Ss \&Lk Format a hyperlink. Its syntax is as follows: @@ -2369,9 +2410,9 @@ Display offsets and .Fl offset Ar right are disregarded in mandoc. -Furthermore, the +Furthermore, troff specifies a .Fl file Ar file -argument is not supported in mandoc. +argument that is not supported in mandoc. Lastly, since text is not right-justified in mandoc (or even groff), .Fl ragged and |