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45 .Nd quick reference guide for the
55 package is a set of content-based and domain-based macros
59 The macro names and their meanings are
60 listed below for quick reference; for
61 a detailed explanation on using the package,
62 see the tutorial sampler
65 Note that this is not the usual macro package for Linux documentation,
66 although it is used for documentation of several widely used programs;
70 The macros are described in two groups, the first
71 includes the structural and physical page layout macros.
72 The second contains the manual and general text domain
73 macros which differentiate the
78 .Sh PAGE STRUCTURE DOMAIN
80 To create a valid manual page, these three macros, in this order,
82 .Bl -tag -width "xxxx.Os OPERATINGxSYSTEM [version/release]" -compact
83 .It Li "\&.Dd " Ar "Month day, year"
85 .It Li "\&.Dt " Ar "DOCUMENT_TITLE [section] [volume]"
87 .It Li "\&.Os " Ar "OPERATING_SYSTEM [version/release]"
91 .Ss Page Layout Macros
92 Section headers, paragraph breaks, lists and displays.
93 .Bl -tag -width flag -compact
96 Valid headers, in the order of presentation:
97 .Bl -tag -width "RETURN VALUE" -compact
99 Name section, should include the
109 General description, should include
110 options and parameters.
112 Sections two and three function calls.
114 Describe environment variables.
116 Files associated with the subject.
118 Examples and suggestions.
120 Normally used for section four device interface diagnostics.
122 Sections two and three error and signal
125 Cross references and citations.
127 Conformance to standards if applicable.
129 If a standard is not applicable, the history
130 of the subject should be given.
134 Customized headers may be added at
135 the authors discretion.
141 Vertical space (one line).
144 Indent and display one text line.
146 (D-ell) Display-one literal.
147 Indent and display one line of literal text.
151 .Bl -tag -width "xoffset string " -compact
153 Unjustified (ragged edges).
157 Literal text or code.
162 .It Fl offset Ar string
167 .Bl -tag -width indent-two -compact
169 Align block on left (default).
171 Approximate center margin.
173 Six constant width spaces (a tab).
177 Left aligns block 2 inches from
189 is a callable macro name.
197 End-display (matches \&.Bd).
200 Create lists or columns.
202 .Bl -tag -width flag -compact
204 .Bl -column xbullet -compact
205 .It Fl bullet Ta "Bullet Item List"
206 .It Fl item Ta "Unlabeled List"
207 .It Fl enum Ta "Enumerated List"
208 .It Fl tag Ta "Tag Labeled List"
209 .It Fl diag Ta "Diagnostic List"
210 .It Fl hang Ta "Hanging Labeled List"
211 .It Fl ohang Ta "Overhanging Labeled List"
212 .It Fl inset Ta "Inset or Run-on Labeled List"
215 .Bl -tag -width "xcompact " -compact
229 Suppresses blank lines.
237 .Sh MANUAL AND GENERAL TEXT DOMAIN MACROS
238 The manual and general text domain macros are special in that
239 most of them are parsed for callable macros
241 .Bl -tag -width ".Op Fl s Ar filex" -offset indent
242 .It Li "\&.Op Fl s Ar file"
247 In this example, the option enclosure macro
249 is parsed, and calls the callable content macro
251 which operates on the argument
253 and then calls the callable content macro
255 which operates on the argument
257 Some macros may be callable, but are not parsed and vice versa.
258 These macros are indicated in the
264 Unless stated, manual domain macros share a common syntax:
266 .Dl \&.Va argument [\ .\ ,\ ;\ :\ (\ )\ [\ ]\ argument \...\ ]
270 punctuation characters are only recognized as such if they are presented
274 is not recognized as punctuation and will be output with a leading white
275 space and in what ever font the calling macro uses.
279 is recognized as three sequential closing punctuation characters
280 and a leading white space is not output between the characters
281 and the previous argument (if any).
282 The special meaning of a punctuation character may be escaped
285 For example the following string,
286 .Bl -tag -width "&.Ar file1\ , file2\ , file3\ )\ ." -offset indent
287 .It Li "\&.Ar file1\ , file2\ , file3\ )\ ."
289 .Ar file1 , file2 , file3 ) .
292 .Ss Manual Domain Macros
293 .Bl -column "Name" "Parsed" Callable" -compact
294 .It Em Name Parsed Callable Description
295 .It Li \&Ad Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Address. (This macro may be deprecated.)"
296 .It Li \&An Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Author name."
297 .It Li \&Ar Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command-line argument."
298 .It Li \&Cd Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Configuration declaration (section four only)."
299 .It Li \&Cm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command-line argument modifier."
300 .It Li \&Dv Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Defined variable (source code)."
301 .It Li \&Er Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Error number (source code)."
302 .It Li \&Ev Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Environment variable."
303 .It Li \&Fa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Function argument."
304 .It Li \&Fd Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Function declaration."
305 .It Li \&Fn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Function call (also .Fo and .Fc)."
306 .It Li \&Ic Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Interactive command."
307 .It Li \&Li Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Literal text."
308 .It Li \&Nm Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Command name."
309 .It Li \&Op Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Option (also .Oo and .Oc)."
310 .It Li \&Ot Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Old style function type (Fortran only)."
311 .It Li \&Pa Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Pathname or filename."
312 .It Li \&St Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Standards (\-p1003.2, \-p1003.1 or \-ansiC)"
313 .It Li \&Va Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Variable name."
314 .It Li \&Vt Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Variable type (Fortran only)."
315 .It Li \&Xr Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Manual Page Cross Reference."
317 .Ss General Text Domain Macros
318 .Bl -column "Name" "Parsed" Callable" -compact
319 .It Em "Name Parsed Callable Description"
320 .It Li \&%A Ta Yes Ta \&No Ta "Reference author."
321 .It Li \&%B Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Reference book title."
322 .It Li \&%\&C Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference place of publishing (city)."
323 .It Li \&%\&D Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference date."
324 .It Li \&%J Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Reference journal title."
325 .It Li \&%N Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference issue number."
326 .It Li \&%\&O Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference optional information."
327 .It Li \&%P Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference page number(s)."
328 .It Li \&%R Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference report Name."
329 .It Li \&%T Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Reference article title."
330 .It Li \&%V Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference volume."
331 .It Li \&Ac Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Angle close quote."
332 .It Li \&Ao Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Angle open quote."
333 .It Li \&Ap Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Apostrophe."
334 .It Li \&Aq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Angle quote."
335 .It Li \&At Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta Tn "AT&T UNIX"
336 .It Li \&Bc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Bracket close quote."
337 .It Li \&Bf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Begin font mode."
338 .It Li \&Bo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Bracket open quote."
339 .It Li \&Bq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Bracket quote."
340 .It Li \&Bx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta Bx .
341 .It Li \&Db Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Debug (default is \\*qoff\\*q)"
342 .It Li \&Dc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Double close quote."
343 .It Li \&Do Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Double open quote."
344 .It Li \&Dq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Double quote."
345 .It Li \&Ec Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Enclose string close quote."
346 .It Li \&Ef Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "End font mode."
347 .It Li \&Em Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Emphasis (traditional English)."
348 .It Li \&Eo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Enclose string open quote."
349 .It Li \&Fx Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta Tn "FreeBSD operating system"
350 .It Li \&No Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Normal text (no-op)."
351 .It Li \&Ns Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "No space."
352 .It Li \&Pc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Parenthesis close quote."
353 .It Li \&Pf Ta Yes Ta \&No Ta "Prefix string."
354 .It Li \&Po Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Parenthesis open quote."
355 .It Li \&Pq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Parentheses quote."
356 .It Li \&Qc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Straight Double close quote."
357 .It Li \&Ql Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Quoted literal."
358 .It Li \&Qo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Straight Double open quote."
359 .It Li \&Qq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Straight Double quote."
360 .It Li \&Re Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference end."
361 .It Li \&Rs Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Reference start."
362 .It Li \&Rv Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Return values (sections two and three only)."
363 .It Li \&Sc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Single close quote."
364 .It Li \&So Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Single open quote."
365 .It Li \&Sq Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Single quote."
366 .It Li \&Sm Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Space mode (default is \\*qon\\*q)"
367 .It Li \&Sx Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Section Cross Reference."
368 .It Li \&Sy Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Symbolic (traditional English)."
369 .It Li \&Tn Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Trade or type name (small Caps)."
370 .It Li \&Ux Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta Ux
371 .It Li \&Xc Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Extend argument list close."
372 .It Li \&Xo Ta Yes Ta Yes Ta "Extend argument list open."
374 .\" .It Sy \&Hf Ta \&No Ta \&No Ta "Include file with header"
376 Macro names ending in
378 quote remaining items on the argument list.
379 Macro names ending in
381 begin a quote which may span more than one line of input and
382 are close quoted with the matching macro name ending in
384 Enclosure macros may be nested and are limited to
387 Note: the extended argument list macros
390 and the function enclosure macros
394 The extended list macros are used when the number of macro arguments
397 limitation of nine arguments.
399 The macros UR (starting a URI/URL hypertext reference), UE (ending one),
400 and UN (identifying a target for a reference) are also available.
403 for more information on these macros.
404 .\" The following does not apply on Linux:
405 .\" .Sh CONFIGURATION
406 .\" For site specific configuration of the macro package,
408 .\" .Pa /usr/src/share/tmac/README .
410 .Bl -tag -width "tmac.doc-ditroff" -compact
412 Manual and general text domain macros.
413 .It Pa tmac/doc-common
414 Common structural macros and definitions.
415 .It Pa tmac/doc-nroff
419 .It Pa tmac/doc-ditroff
424 Special defines (such as the standards macro).
432 This page is part of release 3.35 of the Linux
435 A description of the project,
436 and information about reporting bugs,
438 http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/.