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47 .Nd quick reference guide for the
57 package is a set of content-based and domain-based macros
61 The macro names and their meanings are
62 listed below for quick reference; for
63 a detailed explanation on using the package, see
65 and the tutorial sampler
68 Note that this is not the usual macro package for Linux documentation,
69 although it is used for documentation of several widely used programs;
73 The macros are described in two groups, the first
74 includes the structural and physical page layout macros.
75 The second contains the manual and general text domain
76 macros which differentiate the
81 .Sh PAGE STRUCTURE DOMAIN
83 To create a valid manual page, these three macros, in this order,
85 .Bl -tag -width "xxxx.Os OPERATINGxSYSTEM [version/release]" -compact
86 .It Li "\&.Dd " Ar "Month day, year"
88 .It Li "\&.Dt " Ar "DOCUMENT_TITLE [section] [volume]"
90 .It Li "\&.Os " Ar "OPERATING_SYSTEM [version/release]"
94 .Ss Page Layout Macros
95 Section headers, paragraph breaks, lists and displays.
96 .Bl -tag -width flag -compact
99 Valid headers, in the order of presentation:
100 .Bl -tag -width "RETURN VALUE" -compact
102 Name section, should include the
112 General description, should include
113 options and parameters.
115 Sections two and three function calls.
117 Describe environment variables.
119 Files associated with the subject.
121 Examples and suggestions.
123 Normally used for section four device interface diagnostics.
125 Sections two and three error and signal
128 Cross references and citations.
130 Conformance to standards if applicable.
132 If a standard is not applicable, the history
133 of the subject should be given.
137 Customized headers may be added at
138 the authors discretion.
144 Vertical space (one line).
147 Indent and display one text line.
149 (D-ell) Display-one literal.
150 Indent and display one line of literal text.
154 .Bl -tag -width "xoffset string " -compact
156 Unjustified (ragged edges).
160 Literal text or code.
165 .It Fl offset Ar string
170 .Bl -tag -width indent-two -compact
172 Align block on left (default).
174 Approximate center margin.
176 Six constant width spaces (a tab).
180 Left aligns block 2 inches from
192 is a callable macro name.
200 End-display (matches \&.Bd).
203 Create lists or columns.
205 .Bl -tag -width flag -compact
207 .Bl -column ".Fl bullet" -compact
208 .It Fl bullet Ta "Bullet Item List"
209 .It Fl item Ta "Unlabeled List"
210 .It Fl enum Ta "Enumerated List"
211 .It Fl tag Ta "Tag Labeled List"
212 .It Fl diag Ta "Diagnostic List"
213 .It Fl hang Ta "Hanging Labeled List"
214 .It Fl ohang Ta "Overhanging Labeled List"
215 .It Fl inset Ta "Inset or Run-on Labeled List"
218 .Bl -tag -width "xcompact " -compact
232 Suppresses blank lines.
240 .Sh MANUAL AND GENERAL TEXT DOMAIN MACROS
241 The manual and general text domain macros are special in that
242 most of them are parsed for callable macros
244 .Bl -tag -width ".Op Fl s Ar filex" -offset indent
245 .It Li "\&.Op Fl s Ar file"
250 In this example, the option enclosure macro
252 is parsed, and calls the callable content macro
254 which operates on the argument
256 and then calls the callable content macro
258 which operates on the argument
260 Some macros may be callable, but are not parsed and vice versa.
261 These macros are indicated in the
267 Unless stated, manual domain macros share a common syntax:
269 .Dl \&.Va argument [\ .\ ,\ ;\ :\ (\ )\ [\ ]\ argument \...\ ]
273 punctuation characters are recognized as such only if they are presented
277 is not recognized as punctuation and will be output with a leading white
278 space and in what ever font the calling macro uses.
282 is recognized as three sequential closing punctuation characters
283 and a leading white space is not output between the characters
284 and the previous argument (if any).
285 The special meaning of a punctuation character may be escaped
288 For example the following string,
289 .Bl -tag -width "&.Ar file1\ , file2\ , file3\ )\ ." -offset indent
290 .It Li "\&.Ar file1\ , file2\ , file3\ )\ ."
292 .Ar file1 , file2 , file3 ) .
295 .Ss Manual Domain Macros
296 .Bl -column "Name" "Parsed" Callable" -compact
297 .It Em "Name Parsed Callable Description"
298 .It Li \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Address. (This macro may be deprecated.)"
299 .It Li \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Author name."
300 .It Li \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command-line argument."
301 .It Li \&Cd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Configuration declaration (section four only)."
302 .It Li \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command-line argument modifier."
303 .It Li \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Defined variable (source code)."
304 .It Li \&Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Error number (source code)."
305 .It Li \&Ev Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Environment variable."
306 .It Li \&Fa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Function argument."
307 .It Li \&Fd Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Function declaration."
308 .It Li \&Fn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Function call (also .Fo and .Fc)."
309 .It Li \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Interactive command."
310 .It Li \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Literal text."
311 .It Li \&Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command name."
312 .It Li \&Op Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Option (also .Oo and .Oc)."
313 .It Li \&Ot Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Old style function type (Fortran only)."
314 .It Li \&Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Pathname or filename."
315 .It Li \&St Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Standards (\-p1003.2, \-p1003.1 or \-ansiC)"
316 .It Li \&Va Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Variable name."
317 .It Li \&Vt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Variable type (Fortran only)."
318 .It Li \&Xr Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Manual Page Cross Reference."
320 .Ss General Text Domain Macros
321 .Bl -column "Name" "Parsed" Callable" -compact
322 .It Em "Name Parsed Callable Description"
323 .It Li \&%A Ta Yes Ta \&No Ta "Reference author."
324 .It Li \&%B Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Reference book title."
325 .It Li \&%\&C Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference place of publishing (city)."
326 .It Li \&%\&D Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference date."
327 .It Li \&%J Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Reference journal title."
328 .It Li \&%N Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference issue number."
329 .It Li \&%\&O Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference optional information."
330 .It Li \&%P Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference page number(s)."
331 .It Li \&%R Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference report Name."
332 .It Li \&%T Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Reference article title."
333 .It Li \&%V Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference volume."
334 .It Li \&Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Angle close quote."
335 .It Li \&Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Angle open quote."
336 .It Li \&Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Apostrophe."
337 .It Li \&Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Angle quote."
338 .It Li \&At Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta Tn "AT&T UNIX"
339 .It Li \&Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Bracket close quote."
340 .It Li \&Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Begin font mode."
341 .It Li \&Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Bracket open quote."
342 .It Li \&Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Bracket quote."
343 .It Li \&Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta Bx .
344 .It Li \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Debug (default is \*qoff\*q)"
345 .It Li \&Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Double close quote."
346 .It Li \&Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Double open quote."
347 .It Li \&Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Double quote."
348 .It Li \&Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Enclose string close quote."
349 .It Li \&Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "End font mode."
350 .It Li \&Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Emphasis (traditional English)."
351 .It Li \&Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Enclose string open quote."
352 .It Li \&Fx Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta Tn "FreeBSD operating system"
353 .It Li \&No Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Normal text (no-op)."
354 .It Li \&Ns Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "No space."
355 .It Li \&Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Parenthesis close quote."
356 .It Li \&Pf Ta Yes Ta \&No Ta "Prefix string."
357 .It Li \&Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Parenthesis open quote."
358 .It Li \&Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Parentheses quote."
359 .It Li \&Qc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Straight Double close quote."
360 .It Li \&Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Quoted literal."
361 .It Li \&Qo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Straight Double open quote."
362 .It Li \&Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Straight Double quote."
363 .It Li \&Re Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference end."
364 .It Li \&Rs Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference start."
365 .It Li \&Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Return values (sections two and three only)."
366 .It Li \&Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Single close quote."
367 .It Li \&So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Single open quote."
368 .It Li \&Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Single quote."
369 .It Li \&Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Space mode (default is \\*qon\\*q)"
370 .It Li \&Sx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Section Cross Reference."
371 .It Li \&Sy Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Symbolic (traditional English)."
372 .It Li \&Tn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Trade or type name (small Caps)."
373 .It Li \&Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta Ux
374 .It Li \&Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Extend argument list close."
375 .It Li \&Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Extend argument list open."
377 .\" .It Sy \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Include file with header"
379 Macro names ending in
381 quote remaining items on the argument list.
382 Macro names ending in
384 begin a quote which may span more than one line of input and
385 are close quoted with the matching macro name ending in
387 Enclosure macros may be nested and are limited to
390 Note: the extended argument list macros
393 and the function enclosure macros
397 The extended list macros are used when the number of macro arguments
400 limitation of nine arguments.
402 The macros UR (starting a URI/URL hypertext reference), UE (ending one),
403 and UN (identifying a target for a reference) are also available.
406 for more information on these macros.
407 .\" The following does not apply on Linux:
408 .\" .Sh CONFIGURATION
409 .\" For site specific configuration of the macro package,
411 .\" .Pa /usr/src/share/tmac/README .
413 .Bl -tag -width "tmac.doc-ditroff" -compact
415 Manual and general text domain macros.
416 .It Pa tmac/doc-common
417 Common structural macros and definitions.
418 .It Pa tmac/doc-nroff
422 .It Pa tmac/doc-ditroff
427 Special defines (such as the standards macro).