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Diffstat (limited to 'mandoc.1')
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@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility formats +utility formats .Ux manual pages for display. The arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .\" ITEM .It Fl f Ns Ar option... -Override default compiler behaviour. See +Override default compiler behaviour. See .Sx Compiler Options for details. .\" ITEM @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ Print version and exit. Configure warning messages. Use .Fl W Ns Ar all to print warnings, -.Fl W Ns Ar error +.Fl W Ns Ar error for warnings to be considered errors and cause utility -termination. Multiple +termination. Multiple .Fl W arguments may be comma-separated, such as .Fl W Ns Ar error,all . @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ will halt with the first failed parse. .El .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp -By default, -.Nm -reads +By default, +.Nm +reads .Xr mdoc 7 or .Xr man 7 @@ -101,24 +101,24 @@ it's processed by .Nm according to the following rules: opening punctuation .Po -.Sq \&( , -.Sq \&[ , +.Sq \&( , +.Sq \&[ , and .Sq \&{ -.Pc +.Pc is not followed by a space; closing punctuation .Po -.Sq \&. , -.Sq \&, , -.Sq \&; , -.Sq \&: , -.Sq \&? , -.Sq \&! , -.Sq \&) , -.Sq \&] +.Sq \&. , +.Sq \&, , +.Sq \&; , +.Sq \&: , +.Sq \&? , +.Sq \&! , +.Sq \&) , +.Sq \&] and .Sq \&} -.Pc +.Pc is not preceded by whitespace. .Pp If the input is @@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate. White-space, in non-literal (normal) mode, is stripped from input and replaced on output by a single space. Thus, if you wish to preserve multiple spaces, they must be space-escaped -.Sq \e\ -or used in a literal display mode, e.g., -.Sq \&.Bd \-literal -in +.Sq \e\ +or used in a literal display mode, e.g., +.Sq \&.Bd \-literal +in .Xr mdoc 7 . .\" SUB-SECTION .Ss Input Formats @@ -149,26 +149,26 @@ respectively. The .Xr mdoc 7 format is .Em strongly -recommended; +recommended; .Xr man 7 should only be used for legacy manuals. .Pp A third option, .Fl m Ns Ar andoc , which is also the default, determines encoding on-the-fly: if the first -non-comment macro is +non-comment macro is .Sq \&.Dd or .Sq \&.Dt , -the +the .Xr mdoc 7 parser is used; otherwise, the .Xr man 7 parser is used. .Pp If multiple -files are specified with -.Fl m Ns Ar andoc , +files are specified with +.Fl m Ns Ar andoc , each has its file-type determined this way. If multiple files are specified and .Fl m Ns Ar doc @@ -222,11 +222,11 @@ Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines. .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars Do not ignore disallowed characters. .It Fl f Ns Ar strict -Implies +Implies .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape , -.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro +.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro and -.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars . +.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars . .El .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp @@ -247,19 +247,19 @@ To page manuals to the terminal: .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less .\" SECTION .Sh COMPATIBILITY -This section summarises +This section summarises .Nm -compatibility with +compatibility with .Xr groff 1 . .Pp .Bl -bullet -compact -.It +.It A list or display following .Sq \&.Ss does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with .Sq \&.Sh . .It -The \-literal and \-unfilled +The \-literal and \-unfilled .Sq \&.Bd displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged. .It @@ -278,5 +278,5 @@ so double spaces following sentence closure are reduced to a single space .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm -utility was written by +utility was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se . |