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Latest round of fixes per RM and AL. Fix bugs found in man.c.
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.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright 2012 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
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-.Dd Sep 25, 2011
+.Dd Jul 19, 2014
.Dt EQN 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm eqn
.Nd eqn language reference for mandoc
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Set the default font of subsequent output.
Its syntax is as follows:
.Pp
.D1 gfont Ar font
.Pp
-In mandoc, this value is discarded.
+In
+.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+this value is discarded.
.It Cm gsize
Set the default size of subsequent output.
Its syntax is as follows:
.Pp
.D1 gsize Ar size
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The
.Ar size
value should be an integer.
.It Cm set
Set an equation mode.
-In mandoc, both arguments are thrown away.
+In
+.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+both arguments are thrown away.
Its syntax is as follows:
.Pp
.D1 set Ar key val
.Pp
The
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.Ar key
is not expanded for replacements.
This statement is a GNU extension.
.El
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-This section documents the compatibility of mandoc
+This section documents the compatibility of
+.Xr mandoc 1
.Nm
-and the troff
+and the
+.Xr troff 1
.Nm
implementation (including GNU troff).
.Pp
.Bl -dash -compact
.It
The text string
.Sq \e\*q
-is interpreted as a literal quote in troff.
-In mandoc, this is interpreted as a comment.
+is interpreted as a literal quote in
+.Xr troff 1 .
+In
+.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+this is interpreted as a comment.
.It
-In troff, The circumflex and tilde white-space symbols map to
+In
+.Xr troff 1 ,
+The circumflex and tilde white-space symbols map to
fixed-width spaces.
-In mandoc, these characters are synonyms for the space character.
+In
+.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+these characters are synonyms for the space character.
.It
-The troff implementation of
+The
+.Xr troff 1 ,
+implementation of
.Nm
allows for equation alignment with the
.Cm mark
and
.Cm lineup
tokens.
-mandoc discards these tokens.
+.Xr mandoc 1
+discards these tokens.
The
.Cm back Ar n ,
.Cm fwd Ar n ,
.Cm up Ar n ,
and
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.Cm down Ar n
commands are also ignored.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1 ,
-.Xr man 7 ,
+.Xr man 5 ,
.Xr mandoc_char 5 ,
.Xr mdoc 5 ,
.Xr roff 5
.Rs
.%A Brian W. Kernighan