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Date:      Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:41:30 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Subject:   Re: "Rules" in documentation (was: cvs commit: src/bin/pwd pwd.1 src/bin/sh sh.1 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath manpath.man src/lib/libc/db/man mpool.3 src/lib/libc/net getaddrinfo.3 getipnodebyname.3 src/lib/libc/posix1e acl.3 cap.3 cap_get_proc.3 posix1e.3 ...) 
Message-ID:  <3114.997972890@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:27:37 -0400." <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1010816102625.84244E-100000@fledge.watson.org> 

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On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:27:37 -0400, Robert Watson wrote:

> BTW, in the sorting of SEE ALSO sections in my larger man pages, I tend to
> use the man page section of the cross-reference as the primary sorting
> key, followed by case-insensitive remainder.  That way if I
> cross-reference commands, kernel functions, and libraries, they end up
> sorted usefully, rather than mixed up.  That could just be me, however.
> :-)

No, that's almost exactly how it _should_ be done:

.Xr bar 1 ,
.Xr FOO 1 ,
.Xr foo 1 ,
.Xr foo 2 ,
.Xr bar 3

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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