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6 -.TH MAN 5 "Jan 30, 1995"
7 -.SH NAME
8 -man \- macros to format Reference Manual pages
9 -.SH SYNOPSIS
10 -.LP
11 -.nf
12 -\fBnroff\fR \fB-man\fR \fIfilename\fR...
13 -.fi
14 -
15 -.LP
16 -.nf
17 -\fBtroff\fR \fB-man\fR \fIfilename\fR...
18 -.fi
19 -
20 -.SH DESCRIPTION
21 -.sp
22 -.LP
23 -These macros are used to lay out the reference pages in this manual. Note: if
24 -\fIfilename\fR contains format input for a preprocessor, the commands shown
25 -above must be piped through the appropriate preprocessor. This is handled
26 -automatically by the \fBman\fR(1) command. See the ``Conventions'' section.
27 -.sp
28 -.LP
29 -Any text argument \fIt\fR may be zero to six words. Quotes may be used to
30 -include SPACE characters in a "word". If \fItext\fR is empty, the special
31 -treatment is applied to the next input line with text to be printed. In this
32 -way \fB\&.I\fR may be used to italicize a whole line, or \fB\&.SB\fR may be
33 -used to make small bold letters.
34 -.sp
35 -.LP
36 -A prevailing indent distance is remembered between successive indented
37 -paragraphs, and is reset to default value upon reaching a non-indented
38 -paragraph. Default units for indents \fIi\fR are ens.
39 -.sp
40 -.LP
41 -Type font and size are reset to default values before each paragraph, and after
42 -processing font and size setting macros.
43 -.sp
44 -.LP
45 -These strings are predefined by \fB-man\fR:
46 -.sp
47 -.ne 2
48 -.na
49 -\fB\fB\e*R\fR\fR
50 -.ad
51 -.RS 8n
52 -`\(rg', `(Reg)' in \fBnroff\fR.
53 -.RE
54 -
55 -.sp
56 -.ne 2
57 -.na
58 -\fB\fB\e*S\fR\fR
59 -.ad
60 -.RS 8n
61 -Change to default type size.
62 -.RE
63 -
64 -.SS "Requests"
65 -.sp
66 -.LP
67 -* n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent
68 -.sp
69 -
70 -.sp
71 -.TS
72 -c c c c
73 -c c c c .
74 -\fIRequest\fR \fICause\fR \fIIf no\fR \fIExplanation\fR
75 - \fIBreak\fR \fIArgument\fR
76 -\fB\&.B \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l.* Text is in bold font.
77 -\fB\&.BI \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Join words, alternating bold and italic.
78 -\fB\&.BR \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Join words, alternating bold and roman.
79 -\fB\&.DT\fR no \&.5i 1i... Restore default tabs.
80 -\fB\&.HP \fR\fIi\fR yes \fIi\fR=p.i.* T{
81 -Begin paragraph with hanging indent. Set prevailing indent to \fIi\fR.
82 -T}
83 -\fB\&.I \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Text is italic.
84 -\fB\&.IB \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Join words, alternating italic and bold.
85 -\fB\&.IP \fR\fIx i\fR yes \fIx\fR="" Same as \fB\&.TP\fR with tag \fIx\fR.
86 -\fB\&.IR \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. T{
87 -Join words, alternating italic and roman.
88 -T}
89 -\fB\&.IX \fR\fIt\fR no - Index macro, for SunSoft internal use.
90 -\fB\&.LP\fR yes - T{
91 -Begin left-aligned paragraph. Set prevailing indent to .5i.
92 -T}
93 -\fB\&.P\fR yes - Same as \fB\&.LP\fR.
94 -\fB\&.PD \fR\fId\fR no \fId\fR=.4v T{
95 -Set vertical distance between paragraphs.
96 -T}
97 -\fB\&.PP\fR yes - Same as \fB\&.LP\fR.
98 -\fB\&.RE\fR yes - T{
99 -End of relative indent. Restores prevailing indent.
100 -T}
101 -\fB\&.RB \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Join words, alternating roman and bold.
102 -\fB\&.RI \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. T{
103 -Join words, alternating roman and italic.
104 -T}
105 -\fB\&.RS \fR\fIi\fR yes \fIi\fR=p.i. T{
106 -Start relative indent, increase indent by \fIi\fR. Sets prevailing indent to .5i for nested indents.
107 -T}
108 -\fB\&.SB \fR\fIt\fR no - T{
109 -Reduce size of text by 1 point, make text bold.
110 -T}
111 -\fB\&.SH \fR\fIt\fR yes - Section Heading.
112 -\fB\&.SM \fR\fIt\fR no \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Reduce size of text by 1 point.
113 -\fB\&.SS \fR\fIt\fR yes \fIt\fR=n.t.l. Section Subheading.
114 -\fB\&.TH \FR\FIN S "f d, m\fR"
115 -\fB\&.TH \fR\fIn s d f m\fR yes - T{
116 -Begin reference page \fIn\fR, of of section \fIs\fR; \fId\fR is the date of the most recent change. If present, \fIf\fR is the left page footer; \fIm\fR is the main page (center) header. Sets prevailing indent and tabs to .5i.
117 -T}
118 -\fB\&.TP \fR\fIi\fR yes \fIi\fR=p.i. T{
119 -Begin indented paragraph, with the tag given on the next text line. Set prevailing indent to \fIi\fR.
120 -T}
121 -\fB\&.TX \fR\fIt \fR\fIp\fR no - T{
122 -Resolve the title abbreviation \fIt\fR; join to punctuation mark (or text) \fIp\fR.
123 -T}
124 -.TE
125 -
126 -.SS "Conventions"
127 -.sp
128 -.LP
129 -When formatting a manual page, \fBman\fR examines the first line to determine
130 -whether it requires special processing. For example a first line consisting of:
131 -.sp
132 -.LP
133 -\fB\&'\e" t\fR
134 -.sp
135 -.LP
136 -indicates that the manual page must be run through the \fBtbl\fR(1)
137 -preprocessor.
138 -.sp
139 -.LP
140 -A typical manual page for a command or function is laid out as follows:
141 -.sp
142 -.ne 2
143 -.na
144 -\fB\&.TH\fI TITLE \FR[1-9]\FR " , "
145 -.ad
146 -.RS 23n
147 -The name of the command or function, which serves as the title of the manual
148 -page. This is followed by the number of the section in which it appears.
149 -.RE
150 -
151 -.sp
152 -.ne 2
153 -.na
154 -\fB\&.SH NAME\fR
155 -.ad
156 -.RS 23n
157 -The name, or list of names, by which the command is called, followed by a dash
158 -and then a one-line summary of the action performed. All in roman font, this
159 -section contains no \fBtroff\fR(1) commands or escapes, and no macro requests.
160 -It is used to generate the \fBwindex\fR database, which is used by the
161 -\fBwhatis\fR(1) command.
162 -.RE
163 -
164 -.sp
165 -.ne 2
166 -.na
167 -\fB\&.SH SYNOPSIS\fR
168 -.ad
169 -.RS 23n
170 -.sp
171 -.ne 2
172 -.na
173 -\fBCommands:\fR
174 -.ad
175 -.RS 13n
176 -The syntax of the command and its arguments, as typed on the command line.
177 -When in boldface, a word must be typed exactly as printed. When in italics, a
178 -word can be replaced with an argument that you supply. References to bold or
179 -italicized items are not capitalized in other sections, even when they begin a
180 -sentence.
181 -.sp
182 -Syntactic symbols appear in roman face:
183 -.sp
184 -.ne 2
185 -.na
186 -\fB[ ]\fR
187 -.ad
188 -.RS 13n
189 -An argument, when surrounded by brackets is optional.
190 -.RE
191 -
192 -.sp
193 -.ne 2
194 -.na
195 -\fB|\fR
196 -.ad
197 -.RS 13n
198 -Arguments separated by a vertical bar are exclusive. You can supply only one
199 -item from such a list.
200 -.RE
201 -
202 -.sp
203 -.ne 2
204 -.na
205 -\fB\&.\|.\|.\fR
206 -.ad
207 -.RS 13n
208 -Arguments followed by an ellipsis can be repeated. When an ellipsis follows a
209 -bracketed set, the expression within the brackets can be repeated.
210 -.RE
211 -
212 -.RE
213 -
214 -.sp
215 -.ne 2
216 -.na
217 -\fBFunctions:\fR
218 -.ad
219 -.RS 14n
220 -If required, the data declaration, or \fB#include\fR directive, is shown first,
221 -followed by the function declaration. Otherwise, the function declaration is
222 -shown.
223 -.RE
224 -
225 -.RE
226 -
227 -.sp
228 -.ne 2
229 -.na
230 -\fB\&.SH DESCRIPTION\fR
231 -.ad
232 -.RS 23n
233 -A narrative overview of the command or function's external behavior. This
234 -includes how it interacts with files or data, and how it handles the standard
235 -input, standard output and standard error. Internals and implementation details
236 -are normally omitted. This section attempts to provide a succinct overview in
237 -answer to the question, "what does it do?"
238 -.sp
239 -Literal text from the synopsis appears in constant width, as do literal
240 -filenames and references to items that appear elsewhere in the reference
241 -manuals. Arguments are italicized.
242 -.sp
243 -If a command interprets either subcommands or an input grammar, its command
244 -interface or input grammar is normally described in a \fBUSAGE\fR section,
245 -which follows the \fBOPTIONS\fR section. The \fBDESCRIPTION\fR section only
246 -describes the behavior of the command itself, not that of subcommands.
247 -.RE
248 -
249 -.sp
250 -.ne 2
251 -.na
252 -\fB\&.SH OPTIONS\fR
253 -.ad
254 -.RS 23n
255 -The list of options along with a description of how each affects the command's
256 -operation.
257 -.RE
258 -
259 -.sp
260 -.ne 2
261 -.na
262 -\fB\&.SH RETURN VALUES\fR
263 -.ad
264 -.RS 23n
265 -A list of the values the library routine will return to the calling program
266 -and the conditions that cause these values to be returned.
267 -.RE
268 -
269 -.sp
270 -.ne 2
271 -.na
272 -\fB\&.SH EXIT STATUS\fR
273 -.ad
274 -.RS 23n
275 -A list of the values the utility will return to the calling program or shell,
276 -and the conditions that cause these values to be returned.
277 -.RE
278 -
279 -.sp
280 -.ne 2
281 -.na
282 -\fB\&.SH FILES\fR
283 -.ad
284 -.RS 23n
285 -A list of files associated with the command or function.
286 -.RE
287 -
288 -.sp
289 -.ne 2
290 -.na
291 -\fB\&.SH SEE ALSO\fR
292 -.ad
293 -.RS 23n
294 -A comma-separated list of related manual pages, followed by references to other
295 -published materials.
296 -.RE
297 -
298 -.sp
299 -.ne 2
300 -.na
301 -\fB\&.SH DIAGNOSTICS\fR
302 -.ad
303 -.RS 23n
304 -A list of diagnostic messages and an explanation of each.
305 -.RE
306 -
307 -.sp
308 -.ne 2
309 -.na
310 -\fB\&.SH BUGS\fR
311 -.ad
312 -.RS 23n
313 -A description of limitations, known defects, and possible problems associated
314 -with the command or function.
315 -.RE
316 -
317 -.SH FILES
318 -.sp
319 -.ne 2
320 -.na
321 -\fB\fB/usr/share/lib/tmac/an\fR \fR
322 -.ad
323 -.RS 27n
324 -
325 -.RE
326 -
327 -.sp
328 -.ne 2
329 -.na
330 -\fB\fB/usr/share/man/windex\fR\fR
331 -.ad
332 -.RS 27n
333 -
334 -.RE
335 -
336 -.SH SEE ALSO
337 -.sp
338 -.LP
339 -\fBman\fR(1), \fBnroff\fR(1), \fBtroff\fR(1), \fBwhatis\fR(1)
340 -.sp
341 -.LP
342 -Dale Dougherty and Tim O'Reilly, \fIUnix\fR \fIText\fR \fIProcessing\fR
1 +.\"
2 +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
3 +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
4 +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
5 +.\"
6 +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
7 +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
8 +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
9 +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
10 +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
11 +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
12 +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
13 +.\"
14 +.\"
15 +.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
16 +.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
17 +.\" Copyright 2012 Nexenta Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
18 +.\"
19 +.Dd Jan 3, 2012
20 +.Dt MAN 5
21 +.Os
22 +.Sh NAME
23 +.Nm man
24 +.Nd legacy formatting language for manual pages
25 +.Sh DESCRIPTION
26 +Traditionally, the
27 +.Nm man
28 +language has been used to write
29 +.Ux
30 +manuals for the
31 +.Xr man 1
32 +utility.
33 +It supports limited control of presentational details like fonts,
34 +indentation and spacing.
35 +This reference document describes the structure of manual pages
36 +and the syntax and usage of the man language.
37 +.Pp
38 +.Bf -emphasis
39 +Do not use
40 +.Nm
41 +to write your manuals:
42 +.Ef
43 +It lacks support for semantic markup.
44 +Use the
45 +.Xr mdoc 5
46 +language, instead.
47 +.Pp
48 +In a
49 +.Nm
50 +document, lines beginning with the control character
51 +.Sq \&.
52 +are called
53 +.Dq macro lines .
54 +The first word is the macro name.
55 +It usually consists of two capital letters.
56 +For a list of available macros, see
57 +.Sx MACRO OVERVIEW .
58 +The words following the macro name are arguments to the macro.
59 +.Pp
60 +Lines not beginning with the control character are called
61 +.Dq text lines .
62 +They provide free-form text to be printed; the formatting of the text
63 +depends on the respective processing context:
64 +.Bd -literal -offset indent
65 +\&.SH Macro lines change control state.
66 +Text lines are interpreted within the current state.
67 +.Ed
68 +.Pp
69 +Many aspects of the basic syntax of the
70 +.Nm
71 +language are based on the
72 +.Xr roff 5
73 +language; see the
74 +.Em LANGUAGE SYNTAX
75 +and
76 +.Em MACRO SYNTAX
77 +sections in the
78 +.Xr roff 5
79 +manual for details, in particular regarding
80 +comments, escape sequences, whitespace, and quoting.
81 +.Sh MANUAL STRUCTURE
82 +Each
83 +.Nm
84 +document must contain the
85 +.Sx \&TH
86 +macro describing the document's section and title.
87 +It may occur anywhere in the document, although conventionally it
88 +appears as the first macro.
89 +.Pp
90 +Beyond
91 +.Sx \&TH ,
92 +at least one macro or text line must appear in the document.
93 +.Pp
94 +The following is a well-formed skeleton
95 +.Nm
96 +file for a utility
97 +.Qq progname :
98 +.Bd -literal -offset indent
99 +\&.TH PROGNAME 1 "Oct 10, 2009"
100 +\&.SH NAME
101 +\efBprogname\efR \e(en a description goes here
102 +\&.\e\(dq .SH LIBRARY
103 +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2 & 3 only.
104 +\&.SH SYNOPSIS
105 +\efBprogname\efR [\efB\e-options\efR] arguments...
106 +\&.SH DESCRIPTION
107 +The \efBfoo\efR utility processes files...
108 +\&.\e\(dq .SH IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
109 +\&.\e\(dq .SH RETURN VALUES
110 +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
111 +\&.\e\(dq .SH ENVIRONMENT
112 +\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 1M, 5, & 6 only.
113 +\&.\e\(dq .SH FILES
114 +\&.\e\(dq .SH EXIT STATUS
115 +\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 1M, & 6 only.
116 +\&.\e\(dq .SH EXAMPLES
117 +\&.\e\(dq .SH DIAGNOSTICS
118 +\&.\e\(dq For sections 1, 1M, 5, 6, & 7 only.
119 +\&.\e\(dq .SH ERRORS
120 +\&.\e\(dq For sections 2, 3, & 9 only.
121 +\&.\e\(dq .SH SEE ALSO
122 +\&.\e\(dq .BR foo ( 1 )
123 +\&.\e\(dq .SH STANDARDS
124 +\&.\e\(dq .SH HISTORY
125 +\&.\e\(dq .SH AUTHORS
126 +\&.\e\(dq .SH CAVEATS
127 +\&.\e\(dq .SH BUGS
128 +\&.\e\(dq .SH SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
129 +.Ed
130 +.Pp
131 +The sections in a
132 +.Nm
133 +document are conventionally ordered as they appear above.
134 +Sections should be composed as follows:
135 +.Bl -ohang -offset indent
136 +.It Em NAME
137 +The name(s) and a short description of the documented material.
138 +The syntax for this is generally as follows:
139 +.Pp
140 +.D1 \efBname\efR \e(en description
141 +.It Em LIBRARY
142 +The name of the library containing the documented material, which is
143 +assumed to be a function in a section 2 or 3 manual.
144 +For functions in the C library, this may be as follows:
145 +.Pp
146 +.D1 Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
147 +.It Em SYNOPSIS
148 +Documents the utility invocation syntax, function call syntax, or device
149 +configuration.
150 +.Pp
151 +For the first, utilities (sections 1, 1M, and 6), this is
152 +generally structured as follows:
153 +.Pp
154 +.D1 \efBname\efR [-\efBab\efR] [-\efBc\efR\efIarg\efR] \efBpath\efR...
155 +.Pp
156 +For the second, function calls (sections 2, 3, 9):
157 +.Pp
158 +.D1 \&.B char *name(char *\efIarg\efR);
159 +.Pp
160 +And for the third, configurations (section 7):
161 +.Pp
162 +.D1 \&.B name* at cardbus ? function ?
163 +.Pp
164 +Manuals not in these sections generally don't need a
165 +.Em SYNOPSIS .
166 +.It Em DESCRIPTION
167 +This expands upon the brief, one-line description in
168 +.Em NAME .
169 +It usually contains a break-down of the options (if documenting a
170 +command).
171 +.It Em IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
172 +Implementation-specific notes should be kept here.
173 +This is useful when implementing standard functions that may have side
174 +effects or notable algorithmic implications.
175 +.It Em RETURN VALUES
176 +This section documents the return values of functions in sections 2, 3, and 9.
177 +.It Em ENVIRONMENT
178 +Documents any usages of environment variables, e.g.,
179 +.Xr environ 5 .
180 +.It Em FILES
181 +Documents files used.
182 +It's helpful to document both the file name and a short description of how
183 +the file is used (created, modified, etc.).
184 +.It Em EXIT STATUS
185 +This section documents the command exit status for
186 +section 1, 6, and 8 utilities.
187 +Historically, this information was described in
188 +.Em DIAGNOSTICS ,
189 +a practise that is now discouraged.
190 +.It Em EXAMPLES
191 +Example usages.
192 +This often contains snippets of well-formed,
193 +well-tested invocations.
194 +Make sure that examples work properly!
195 +.It Em DIAGNOSTICS
196 +Documents error conditions.
197 +This is most useful in section 4 manuals.
198 +Historically, this section was used in place of
199 +.Em EXIT STATUS
200 +for manuals in sections 1, 6, and 8; however, this practise is
201 +discouraged.
202 +.It Em ERRORS
203 +Documents error handling in sections 2, 3, and 9.
204 +.It Em SEE ALSO
205 +References other manuals with related topics.
206 +This section should exist for most manuals.
207 +.Pp
208 +.D1 \&.BR bar \&( 1 \&),
209 +.Pp
210 +Cross-references should conventionally be ordered
211 +first by section, then alphabetically.
212 +.It Em STANDARDS
213 +References any standards implemented or used, such as
214 +.Pp
215 +.D1 IEEE Std 1003.2 (\e(lqPOSIX.2\e(rq)
216 +.Pp
217 +If not adhering to any standards, the
218 +.Em HISTORY
219 +section should be used.
220 +.It Em HISTORY
221 +A brief history of the subject, including where support first appeared.
222 +.It Em AUTHORS
223 +Credits to the person or persons who wrote the code and/or documentation.
224 +Authors should generally be noted by both name and email address.
225 +.It Em CAVEATS
226 +Common misuses and misunderstandings should be explained
227 +in this section.
228 +.It Em BUGS
229 +Known bugs, limitations, and work-arounds should be described
230 +in this section.
231 +.It Em SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
232 +Documents any security precautions that operators should consider.
233 +.El
234 +.Sh MACRO OVERVIEW
235 +This overview is sorted such that macros of similar purpose are listed
236 +together, to help find the best macro for any given purpose.
237 +Deprecated macros are not included in the overview, but can be found
238 +in the alphabetical reference below.
239 +.Ss Page header and footer meta-data
240 +.Bl -column "PP, LP, P" description
241 +.It Sx TH Ta set the title: Ar title section date Op Ar source Op Ar volume
242 +.It Sx AT Ta display AT&T UNIX version in the page footer (<= 1 argument)
243 +.It Sx UC Ta display BSD version in the page footer (<= 1 argument)
244 +.El
245 +.Ss Sections and paragraphs
246 +.Bl -column "PP, LP, P" description
247 +.It Sx SH Ta section header (one line)
248 +.It Sx SS Ta subsection header (one line)
249 +.It Sx PP , LP , P Ta start an undecorated paragraph (no arguments)
250 +.It Sx RS , RE Ta reset the left margin: Op Ar width
251 +.It Sx IP Ta indented paragraph: Op Ar head Op Ar width
252 +.It Sx TP Ta tagged paragraph: Op Ar width
253 +.It Sx HP Ta hanged paragraph: Op Ar width
254 +.It Sx \&br Ta force output line break in text mode (no arguments)
255 +.It Sx \&sp Ta force vertical space: Op Ar height
256 +.It Sx fi , nf Ta fill mode and no-fill mode (no arguments)
257 +.It Sx in Ta additional indent: Op Ar width
258 +.El
259 +.Ss Physical markup
260 +.Bl -column "PP, LP, P" description
261 +.It Sx B Ta boldface font
262 +.It Sx I Ta italic font
263 +.It Sx R Ta roman (default) font
264 +.It Sx SB Ta small boldface font
265 +.It Sx SM Ta small roman font
266 +.It Sx BI Ta alternate between boldface and italic fonts
267 +.It Sx BR Ta alternate between boldface and roman fonts
268 +.It Sx IB Ta alternate between italic and boldface fonts
269 +.It Sx IR Ta alternate between italic and roman fonts
270 +.It Sx RB Ta alternate between roman and boldface fonts
271 +.It Sx RI Ta alternate between roman and italic fonts
272 +.El
273 +.Ss Semantic markup
274 +.Bl -column "PP, LP, P" description
275 +.It Sx OP Ta optional arguments
276 +.El
277 +.Sh MACRO REFERENCE
278 +This section is a canonical reference to all macros, arranged
279 +alphabetically.
280 +For the scoping of individual macros, see
281 +.Sx MACRO SYNTAX .
282 +.Ss \&AT
283 +Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from
284 +.Tn AT&T UNIX
285 +releases.
286 +The optional arguments specify which release it is from.
287 +.Ss \&B
288 +Text is rendered in bold face.
289 +.Pp
290 +See also
291 +.Sx \&I
292 +and
293 +.Sx \&R .
294 +.Ss \&BI
295 +Text is rendered alternately in bold face and italic.
296 +Thus,
297 +.Sq .BI this word and that
298 +causes
299 +.Sq this
300 +and
301 +.Sq and
302 +to render in bold face, while
303 +.Sq word
304 +and
305 +.Sq that
306 +render in italics.
307 +Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
308 +.Pp
309 +Examples:
310 +.Pp
311 +.Dl \&.BI bold italic bold italic
312 +.Pp
313 +The output of this example will be emboldened
314 +.Dq bold
315 +and italicised
316 +.Dq italic ,
317 +with spaces stripped between arguments.
318 +.Pp
319 +See also
320 +.Sx \&IB ,
321 +.Sx \&BR ,
322 +.Sx \&RB ,
323 +.Sx \&RI ,
324 +and
325 +.Sx \&IR .
326 +.Ss \&BR
327 +Text is rendered alternately in bold face and roman (the default font).
328 +Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
329 +.Pp
330 +See
331 +.Sx \&BI
332 +for an equivalent example.
333 +.Pp
334 +See also
335 +.Sx \&BI ,
336 +.Sx \&IB ,
337 +.Sx \&RB ,
338 +.Sx \&RI ,
339 +and
340 +.Sx \&IR .
341 +.Ss \&DT
342 +Has no effect.
343 +Included for compatibility.
344 +.Ss \&HP
345 +Begin a paragraph whose initial output line is left-justified, but
346 +subsequent output lines are indented, with the following syntax:
347 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
348 +.Pf \. Sx \&HP
349 +.Op Cm width
350 +.Ed
351 +.Pp
352 +The
353 +.Cm width
354 +argument must conform to
355 +.Sx Scaling Widths .
356 +If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the
357 +saved or default width is used.
358 +.Pp
359 +See also
360 +.Sx \&IP ,
361 +.Sx \&LP ,
362 +.Sx \&P ,
363 +.Sx \&PP ,
364 +and
365 +.Sx \&TP .
366 +.Ss \&I
367 +Text is rendered in italics.
368 +.Pp
369 +See also
370 +.Sx \&B
371 +and
372 +.Sx \&R .
373 +.Ss \&IB
374 +Text is rendered alternately in italics and bold face.
375 +Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
376 +.Pp
377 +See
378 +.Sx \&BI
379 +for an equivalent example.
380 +.Pp
381 +See also
382 +.Sx \&BI ,
383 +.Sx \&BR ,
384 +.Sx \&RB ,
385 +.Sx \&RI ,
386 +and
387 +.Sx \&IR .
388 +.Ss \&IP
389 +Begin an indented paragraph with the following syntax:
390 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
391 +.Pf \. Sx \&IP
392 +.Op Cm head Op Cm width
393 +.Ed
394 +.Pp
395 +The
396 +.Cm width
397 +argument defines the width of the left margin and is defined by
398 +.Sx Scaling Widths .
399 +It's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if unspecified, the saved or
400 +default width is used.
401 +.Pp
402 +The
403 +.Cm head
404 +argument is used as a leading term, flushed to the left margin.
405 +This is useful for bulleted paragraphs and so on.
406 +.Pp
407 +See also
408 +.Sx \&HP ,
409 +.Sx \&LP ,
410 +.Sx \&P ,
411 +.Sx \&PP ,
412 +and
413 +.Sx \&TP .
414 +.Ss \&IR
415 +Text is rendered alternately in italics and roman (the default font).
416 +Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
417 +.Pp
418 +See
419 +.Sx \&BI
420 +for an equivalent example.
421 +.Pp
422 +See also
423 +.Sx \&BI ,
424 +.Sx \&IB ,
425 +.Sx \&BR ,
426 +.Sx \&RB ,
427 +and
428 +.Sx \&RI .
429 +.Ss \&LP
430 +Begin an undecorated paragraph.
431 +The scope of a paragraph is closed by a subsequent paragraph,
432 +sub-section, section, or end of file.
433 +The saved paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default.
434 +.Pp
435 +See also
436 +.Sx \&HP ,
437 +.Sx \&IP ,
438 +.Sx \&P ,
439 +.Sx \&PP ,
440 +and
441 +.Sx \&TP .
442 +.Ss \&OP
443 +Optional command-line argument.
444 +This has the following syntax:
445 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
446 +.Pf \. Sx \&OP
447 +.Cm key Op Cm value
448 +.Ed
449 +.Pp
450 +The
451 +.Cm key
452 +is usually a command-line flag and
453 +.Cm value
454 +its argument.
455 +.Ss \&P
456 +Synonym for
457 +.Sx \&LP .
458 +.Pp
459 +See also
460 +.Sx \&HP ,
461 +.Sx \&IP ,
462 +.Sx \&LP ,
463 +.Sx \&PP ,
464 +and
465 +.Sx \&TP .
466 +.Ss \&PP
467 +Synonym for
468 +.Sx \&LP .
469 +.Pp
470 +See also
471 +.Sx \&HP ,
472 +.Sx \&IP ,
473 +.Sx \&LP ,
474 +.Sx \&P ,
475 +and
476 +.Sx \&TP .
477 +.Ss \&R
478 +Text is rendered in roman (the default font).
479 +.Pp
480 +See also
481 +.Sx \&I
482 +and
483 +.Sx \&B .
484 +.Ss \&RB
485 +Text is rendered alternately in roman (the default font) and bold face.
486 +Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
487 +.Pp
488 +See
489 +.Sx \&BI
490 +for an equivalent example.
491 +.Pp
492 +See also
493 +.Sx \&BI ,
494 +.Sx \&IB ,
495 +.Sx \&BR ,
496 +.Sx \&RI ,
497 +and
498 +.Sx \&IR .
499 +.Ss \&RE
500 +Explicitly close out the scope of a prior
501 +.Sx \&RS .
502 +The default left margin is restored to the state of the original
503 +.Sx \&RS
504 +invocation.
505 +.Ss \&RI
506 +Text is rendered alternately in roman (the default font) and italics.
507 +Whitespace between arguments is omitted in output.
508 +.Pp
509 +See
510 +.Sx \&BI
511 +for an equivalent example.
512 +.Pp
513 +See also
514 +.Sx \&BI ,
515 +.Sx \&IB ,
516 +.Sx \&BR ,
517 +.Sx \&RB ,
518 +and
519 +.Sx \&IR .
520 +.Ss \&RS
521 +Temporarily reset the default left margin.
522 +This has the following syntax:
523 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
524 +.Pf \. Sx \&RS
525 +.Op Cm width
526 +.Ed
527 +.Pp
528 +The
529 +.Cm width
530 +argument must conform to
531 +.Sx Scaling Widths .
532 +If not specified, the saved or default width is used.
533 +.Pp
534 +See also
535 +.Sx \&RE .
536 +.Ss \&SB
537 +Text is rendered in small size (one point smaller than the default font)
538 +bold face.
539 +.Ss \&SH
540 +Begin a section.
541 +The scope of a section is only closed by another section or the end of
542 +file.
543 +The paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default.
544 +.Ss \&SM
545 +Text is rendered in small size (one point smaller than the default
546 +font).
547 +.Ss \&SS
548 +Begin a sub-section.
549 +The scope of a sub-section is closed by a subsequent sub-section,
550 +section, or end of file.
551 +The paragraph left-margin width is reset to the default.
552 +.Ss \&TH
553 +Sets the title of the manual page with the following syntax:
554 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
555 +.Pf \. Sx \&TH
556 +.Ar title section date
557 +.Op Ar source Op Ar volume
558 +.Ed
559 +.Pp
560 +Conventionally, the document
561 +.Ar title
562 +is given in all caps.
563 +The recommended
564 +.Ar date
565 +format is
566 +.Sy YYYY-MM-DD
567 +as specified in the ISO-8601 standard;
568 +if the argument does not conform, it is printed verbatim.
569 +If the
570 +.Ar date
571 +is empty or not specified, the current date is used.
572 +The optional
573 +.Ar source
574 +string specifies the organisation providing the utility.
575 +The
576 +.Ar volume
577 +string replaces the default rendered volume, which is dictated by the
578 +manual section.
579 +.Pp
580 +Examples:
581 +.Pp
582 +.Dl \&.TH CVS 5 "1992-02-12" GNU
583 +.Ss \&TP
584 +Begin a paragraph where the head, if exceeding the indentation width, is
585 +followed by a newline; if not, the body follows on the same line after a
586 +buffer to the indentation width.
587 +Subsequent output lines are indented.
588 +The syntax is as follows:
589 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
590 +.Pf \. Sx \&TP
591 +.Op Cm width
592 +.Ed
593 +.Pp
594 +The
595 +.Cm width
596 +argument must conform to
597 +.Sx Scaling Widths .
598 +If specified, it's saved for later paragraph left-margins; if
599 +unspecified, the saved or default width is used.
600 +.Pp
601 +See also
602 +.Sx \&HP ,
603 +.Sx \&IP ,
604 +.Sx \&LP ,
605 +.Sx \&P ,
606 +and
607 +.Sx \&PP .
608 +.Ss \&UC
609 +Sets the volume for the footer for compatibility with man pages from
610 +BSD releases.
611 +The optional first argument specifies which release it is from.
612 +.Ss \&br
613 +Breaks the current line.
614 +Consecutive invocations have no further effect.
615 +.Pp
616 +See also
617 +.Sx \&sp .
618 +.Ss \&fi
619 +End literal mode begun by
620 +.Sx \&nf .
621 +.Ss \&ft
622 +Change the current font mode.
623 +See
624 +.Sx Text Decoration
625 +for a listing of available font modes.
626 +.Ss \&in
627 +Indent relative to the current indentation:
628 +.Pp
629 +.D1 Pf \. Sx \&in Op Cm width
630 +.Pp
631 +If
632 +.Cm width
633 +is signed, the new offset is relative.
634 +Otherwise, it is absolute.
635 +This value is reset upon the next paragraph, section, or sub-section.
636 +.Ss \&na
637 +Don't align to the right margin.
638 +.Ss \&nf
639 +Begin literal mode: all subsequent free-form lines have their end of
640 +line boundaries preserved.
641 +May be ended by
642 +.Sx \&fi .
643 +Literal mode is implicitly ended by
644 +.Sx \&SH
645 +or
646 +.Sx \&SS .
647 +.Ss \&sp
648 +Insert vertical spaces into output with the following syntax:
649 +.Bd -filled -offset indent
650 +.Pf \. Sx \&sp
651 +.Op Cm height
652 +.Ed
653 +.Pp
654 +Insert
655 +.Cm height
656 +spaces, which must conform to
657 +.Sx Scaling Widths .
658 +If 0, this is equivalent to the
659 +.Sx \&br
660 +macro.
661 +Defaults to 1, if unspecified.
662 +.Pp
663 +See also
664 +.Sx \&br .
665 +.Sh MACRO SYNTAX
666 +The
667 +.Nm
668 +macros are classified by scope: line scope or block scope.
669 +Line macros are only scoped to the current line (and, in some
670 +situations, the subsequent line).
671 +Block macros are scoped to the current line and subsequent lines until
672 +closed by another block macro.
673 +.Ss Line Macros
674 +Line macros are generally scoped to the current line, with the body
675 +consisting of zero or more arguments.
676 +If a macro is scoped to the next line and the line arguments are empty,
677 +the next line, which must be text, is used instead.
678 +Thus:
679 +.Bd -literal -offset indent
680 +\&.I
681 +foo
682 +.Ed
683 +.Pp
684 +is equivalent to
685 +.Sq \&.I foo .
686 +If next-line macros are invoked consecutively, only the last is used.
687 +If a next-line macro is followed by a non-next-line macro, an error is
688 +raised, except for
689 +.Sx \&br ,
690 +.Sx \&sp ,
691 +and
692 +.Sx \&na .
693 +.Pp
694 +The syntax is as follows:
695 +.Bd -literal -offset indent
696 +\&.YO \(lBbody...\(rB
697 +\(lBbody...\(rB
698 +.Ed
699 +.Bl -column "MacroX" "ArgumentsX" "ScopeXXXXX" "CompatX" -offset indent
700 +.It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments Ta Em Scope Ta Em Notes
701 +.It Sx \&AT Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \&
702 +.It Sx \&B Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
703 +.It Sx \&BI Ta n Ta current Ta \&
704 +.It Sx \&BR Ta n Ta current Ta \&
705 +.It Sx \&DT Ta 0 Ta current Ta \&
706 +.It Sx \&I Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
707 +.It Sx \&IB Ta n Ta current Ta \&
708 +.It Sx \&IR Ta n Ta current Ta \&
709 +.It Sx \&OP Ta 0, 1 Ta current Ta compat
710 +.It Sx \&R Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
711 +.It Sx \&RB Ta n Ta current Ta \&
712 +.It Sx \&RI Ta n Ta current Ta \&
713 +.It Sx \&SB Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
714 +.It Sx \&SM Ta n Ta next-line Ta \&
715 +.It Sx \&TH Ta >1, <6 Ta current Ta \&
716 +.It Sx \&UC Ta <=1 Ta current Ta \&
717 +.It Sx \&br Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
718 +.It Sx \&fi Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
719 +.It Sx \&ft Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat
720 +.It Sx \&in Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat
721 +.It Sx \&na Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
722 +.It Sx \&nf Ta 0 Ta current Ta compat
723 +.It Sx \&sp Ta 1 Ta current Ta compat
724 +.El
725 +.Pp
726 +Macros marked as
727 +.Qq compat
728 +are included for compatibility with the significant corpus of existing
729 +manuals that mix dialects of roff.
730 +These macros should not be used for portable
731 +.Nm
732 +manuals.
733 +.Ss Block Macros
734 +Block macros comprise a head and body.
735 +As with in-line macros, the head is scoped to the current line and, in
736 +one circumstance, the next line (the next-line stipulations as in
737 +.Sx Line Macros
738 +apply here as well).
739 +.Pp
740 +The syntax is as follows:
741 +.Bd -literal -offset indent
742 +\&.YO \(lBhead...\(rB
743 +\(lBhead...\(rB
744 +\(lBbody...\(rB
745 +.Ed
746 +.Pp
747 +The closure of body scope may be to the section, where a macro is closed
748 +by
749 +.Sx \&SH ;
750 +sub-section, closed by a section or
751 +.Sx \&SS ;
752 +part, closed by a section, sub-section, or
753 +.Sx \&RE ;
754 +or paragraph, closed by a section, sub-section, part,
755 +.Sx \&HP ,
756 +.Sx \&IP ,
757 +.Sx \&LP ,
758 +.Sx \&P ,
759 +.Sx \&PP ,
760 +or
761 +.Sx \&TP .
762 +No closure refers to an explicit block closing macro.
763 +.Pp
764 +As a rule, block macros may not be nested; thus, calling a block macro
765 +while another block macro scope is open, and the open scope is not
766 +implicitly closed, is syntactically incorrect.
767 +.Bl -column "MacroX" "ArgumentsX" "Head ScopeX" "sub-sectionX" "compatX" -offset indent
768 +.It Em Macro Ta Em Arguments Ta Em Head Scope Ta Em Body Scope Ta Em Notes
769 +.It Sx \&HP Ta <2 Ta current Ta paragraph Ta \&
770 +.It Sx \&IP Ta <3 Ta current Ta paragraph Ta \&
771 +.It Sx \&LP Ta 0 Ta current Ta paragraph Ta \&
772 +.It Sx \&P Ta 0 Ta current Ta paragraph Ta \&
773 +.It Sx \&PP Ta 0 Ta current Ta paragraph Ta \&
774 +.It Sx \&RE Ta 0 Ta current Ta none Ta compat
775 +.It Sx \&RS Ta 1 Ta current Ta part Ta compat
776 +.It Sx \&SH Ta >0 Ta next-line Ta section Ta \&
777 +.It Sx \&SS Ta >0 Ta next-line Ta sub-section Ta \&
778 +.It Sx \&TP Ta n Ta next-line Ta paragraph Ta \&
779 +.El
780 +.Pp
781 +Macros marked
782 +.Qq compat
783 +are as mentioned in
784 +.Sx Line Macros .
785 +.Pp
786 +If a block macro is next-line scoped, it may only be followed by in-line
787 +macros for decorating text.
788 +.Ss Font handling
789 +In
790 +.Nm
791 +documents, both
792 +.Sx Physical markup
793 +macros and
794 +.Xr roff 5
795 +.Ql \ef
796 +font escape sequences can be used to choose fonts.
797 +In text lines, the effect of manual font selection by escape sequences
798 +only lasts until the next macro invocation; in macro lines, it only lasts
799 +until the end of the macro scope.
800 +Note that macros like
801 +.Sx \&BR
802 +open and close a font scope for each argument.
803 +.Sh COMPATIBILITY
804 +This section documents areas of questionable portability between
805 +implementations of the
806 +.Nm
807 +language.
808 +.Pp
809 +.Bl -dash -compact
810 +.It
811 +Do not depend on
812 +.Sx \&SH
813 +or
814 +.Sx \&SS
815 +to close out a literal context opened with
816 +.Sx \&nf .
817 +This behaviour may not be portable.
818 +.It
819 +In quoted literals, GNU troff allowed pair-wise double-quotes to produce
820 +a standalone double-quote in formatted output.
821 +It is not known whether this behaviour is exhibited by other formatters.
822 +.It
823 +troff suppresses a newline before
824 +.Sq \(aq
825 +macro output; in mandoc, it is an alias for the standard
826 +.Sq \&.
827 +control character.
828 +.It
829 +The
830 +.Sq \eh
831 +.Pq horizontal position ,
832 +.Sq \ev
833 +.Pq vertical position ,
834 +.Sq \em
835 +.Pq text colour ,
836 +.Sq \eM
837 +.Pq text filling colour ,
838 +.Sq \ez
839 +.Pq zero-length character ,
840 +.Sq \ew
841 +.Pq string length ,
842 +.Sq \ek
843 +.Pq horizontal position marker ,
844 +.Sq \eo
845 +.Pq text overstrike ,
846 +and
847 +.Sq \es
848 +.Pq text size
849 +escape sequences are all discarded in mandoc.
850 +.It
851 +The
852 +.Sq \ef
853 +scaling unit is accepted by mandoc, but rendered as the default unit.
854 +.It
855 +The
856 +.Sx \&sp
857 +macro does not accept negative values in mandoc.
858 +In GNU troff, this would result in strange behaviour.
859 +.It
860 +In page header lines, GNU troff versions up to and including 1.21
861 +only print
862 +.Ar volume
863 +names explicitly specified in the
864 +.Sx \&TH
865 +macro; mandoc and newer groff print the default volume name
866 +corresponding to the
867 +.Ar section
868 +number when no
869 +.Ar volume
870 +is given, like in
871 +.Xr mdoc 5 .
872 +.El
873 +.Pp
874 +The
875 +.Sx OP
876 +macro is part of the extended
877 +.Nm
878 +macro set, and may not be portable to non-GNU troff implementations.
879 +.Sh INTERFACE STABILITY
880 +.Nm "Obsolete Committed" .
881 +.Sh SEE ALSO
882 +.Xr man 1 ,
883 +.Xr mandoc 1 ,
884 +.Xr eqn 5 ,
885 +.Xr mandoc_char 5 ,
886 +.Xr mdoc 5 ,
887 +.Xr roff 5 ,
888 +.Xr tbl 5
889 +.Sh HISTORY
890 +The
891 +.Nm
892 +language first appeared as a macro package for the roff typesetting
893 +system in
894 +.At v7 .
895 +It was later rewritten by James Clark as a macro package for groff.
896 +Eric S. Raymond wrote the extended
897 +.Nm
898 +macros for groff in 2007.
899 +The stand-alone implementation that is part of the
900 +.Xr mandoc 1
901 +utility written by Kristaps Dzonsons appeared in
902 +.Ox 4.6 .
903 +.Sh AUTHORS
904 +This
905 +.Nm
906 +reference was written by
907 +.An Kristaps Dzonsons ,
908 +.Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
909 +.Sh CAVEATS
910 +Do not use this language.
911 +Use
912 +.Xr mdoc 5 ,
913 +instead.
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