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 .\" http://www.illumos.org/license/CDDL.
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2014 Joyent, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+.\" Copyright 2014 Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
 .\"
-.TH NEWLOCALE 3C "Jun 11, 2014"
-
+.TH NEWLOCALE 3C "Jun 23, 2014"
 .SH NAME
-
 duplocale, freelocale, newlocale \- create, duplicate, and destroy locale objects
-
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-
 .LP
 .nf
 #include <locale.h>
 
-.BI "locale_t newlocale(int " category_mask, " const char *" locale,
-.BI "    locale_t " base );
+\fBlocale_t\fR \fBnewlocale\fR(\fBint\fR \fIcategory_mask\fR, \fBconst char *\fR \fIlocale\fR,
+    \fBlocale_t\fR \fIbase\fR);
+.fi
 .LP
-.BI "locale_t duplocale(locale_t " loc );
+.nf
+\fBlocale_t\fR \fBduplocale\fR(\fBlocale_t\fR \fIloc\fR);
+.fi
 .LP
-.BI "void freelocale(locale_t " loc );
-
+.nf
+\fBvoid\fR \fBfreelocale\fR(\fBlocale_t\fR \fIloc\fR);
+.fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .LP
 These functions manipulate locale objects that can be used
 .BR uselocale (3C)
 and functions that take arguments of type
 .BR locale_t .
-
 .LP
 The function
-.I newlocale
+.B newlocale()
 can be used to create a new locale object. It can also be used to modify an
 existing locale object, the new locale object will be a replacement for the
 modified locale object. To create a new locale, the argument
 .I base
 should be passed the special argument

@@ -55,131 +55,61 @@
 from the locale specified by the string
 .IR locale ,
 and filling in the remaining categories from the locale
 .IR base .
 When
-.B newlocale
+.B newlocale()
 returns, callers must no longer use
 .IR base
 and assume that
 .BR freelocale (3C)
 has been called on it. In addition to locales defined on the system, the
 following three locales may always be passed in as the string
 .IR locale :
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
+.TP
 "C"
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
 Specifies the traditional UNIX system behavior.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
+.TP
 "POSIX"
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
 An alternate name fo the locale "C".
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
+.TP
 ""
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
 Indicates that the locale should be processed based in the values in the
 environment. See
-.BR setlocale "(3C) and " environ (5)
+.BR setlocale (3C)
+and 
+.BR environ (5)
 for more information.
-.RE
-
-
-
 .LP
 The value of
 .I category_mask
 is a bitwise-inclusive or of the following macros which correspond to categories
 as defined in
-.BR locale "(5) and " environ" (5):
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_CTYPE_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
+.BR locale (5)
+and
+.BR environ (5):
+.TP
+.B LC_CTYPE_MASK
 Character classification and case conversion.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_NUMERIC_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
+.TP
+.B LC_NUMERIC_MASK
 Numeric formatting.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_TIME_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
+.TP
+.B LC_TIME_MASK
 Date and time formatting.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_COLLATE_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
+.TP
+.B LC_COLLATE_MASK
 Collation order.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_MONETARY_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
-Monetary formating.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_MESSAGES_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
+.TP
+.B LC_MONETARY_MASK
+Monetary formatting.
+.TP
+.B LC_MESSAGES_MASK
 Formats of informative and diagnostic messages and interactive responses.
-.RE
-
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
-LC_ALL_MASK
-.ad
-.sp .6
-.RS 4n
-Instructs that all the categories defined above, be used.
-.RE
-
+.TP
+.B LC_ALL_MASK
+Mask of all categories.
 .LP
 The function
 .B duplocale()
 duplicates the locale object specified by
 .IR loc .

@@ -186,23 +116,21 @@
 If the locale object passed is
 .BR LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE ,
 .B duplocale()
 creates a copy of the current global locale as defined through calls to
 .BR setlocale (3C).
-
 .LP
 The function
 .B freelocale()
 removes and releases all resources associated with the locale object
 .IR loc .
 Programs must not call
 .B freelocale()
 on
 .BR LC_GLOBAL_LOCALE .
-
 .SH RETURN VALUES
-
+.LP
 On success, the functions
 .B newlocale()
 and
 .B duplocale()
 return a new locale object that can be used with functions that take a

@@ -219,53 +147,33 @@
 .B errno
 is set to indicate the error. The
 .B freelocale()
 function does not set
 .B errno.
-
 .SH ERRORS
 .LP
 The
 .B newlocale()
 and
 .B duplocale()
 functions will fail if:
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
+.TP
 .B ENOMEM
-.ad
-.RS 10n
 Insufficient memory was available to create the locale object or to load the
 requested locale data.
-.RE
-
 .LP
 The
 .B newlocale()
 function will fail if:
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
+.TP
 .B EINVAL
-.ad
-.RS 10n
 An unknown bit is specified in
 .IR category_mask .
-.RE
-.sp
-.ne 2
-.na
+.TP
 .B ENOENT
-.ad
-.RS 10n
 Locale data was not found for a category specified in
-.IR category_mask .
-.RE
-
 .SH ATTRIBUTES
-.sp
 .TS
 box;
 c | c
 l | l .
 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE