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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | index.sgml | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mdoc.7 | 12 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ INSTALL_LIB = $(INSTALL) -m 0644 INSTALL_MAN = $(INSTALL_DATA) VERSION = 1.10.1 -VDATE = 03 June 2010 +VDATE = 07 June 2010 VFLAGS = -DVERSION="\"$(VERSION)\"" WFLAGS = -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-unused-parameter -Wwrite-strings @@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> + + <P> + See <Q><A CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">Writing UNIX Manual Pages</A></Q> for a general + introduction to manpages and mdoc. </TD> </TR> <TR> @@ -256,14 +260,19 @@ </H1> <DIV CLASS="news"> <P> - <SPAN CLASS="date">xx-06-2010</SPAN>: + <SPAN CLASS="date">07-06-2010</SPAN>: version 1.10.1 </P> <P> This primarily focusses on the <Q>Bl</Q> and <Q>It</Q> macros described in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>. Multi-line column support is now fully compatible with groff, as are implicit list entries for columns. Removed manuals.7 in favour of <A - CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">http://manpages.bsd.lv</A>. + CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">http://manpages.bsd.lv</A>. The way we + handle the SYNOPSIS section (see the SYNOPSIS documentation in <A + HREF="mdoc.7.html#x4d414e55414cx20x535452554354555245">MANUAL STRUCTURE</A>) has also + been considerably simplified compared to groff's method. Lastly, the <SPAN + CLASS="flag">-Owidth=width</SPAN> output option has been added to <SPAN + CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN> (see <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>). </P> </DIV> <DIV CLASS="news"> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Text following a whether in a macro or free-form text line, is ignored to the end of line. A macro line with only a control character and comment escape, .Sq \&.\e" , -is also ignored. Macro lines with only a control charater and optionally +is also ignored. Macro lines with only a control character and optionally whitespace are stripped from input. .Ss Reserved Characters Within a macro line, the following characters are reserved: @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ also defined a set of package-specific .Dq predefined strings , which, like .Sx Special Characters , -demark special output characters and strings by way of input codes. +mark special output characters and strings by way of input codes. Predefined strings are escaped with the slash-asterisk, .Sq \e* : single-character @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ See also .Sx \&Aq . .Ss \&Ap Inserts an apostrophe without any surrounding white-space. -This is generally used as a grammatic device when referring to the verb +This is generally used as a grammatical device when referring to the verb form of a function: .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.Fn execve Ap d @@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ line itself. Subsequent this, only the .Sq \&Ta pseudo-macro may be used to delimit phrases. -Furthermore, note that quoted sections propogate over tab-delimited +Furthermore, note that quoted sections propagate over tab-delimited phrases on an .Sx \&It , for example, @@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@ and .Sx \&Fn in the .Em SYNOPSIS : -at times newline(s) are suppressed dependong on whether a prior +at times newline(s) are suppressed depending on whether a prior .Sx \&Fn has been invoked. In mandoc, this is not the case. @@ -2250,7 +2250,7 @@ and .Fl right are aliases for .Fl left -in manodc. Furthermore, the +in mandoc. Furthermore, the .Fl file Ar file argument is ignored. Lastly, since text is not right-justified in mandoc (or even groff), |