Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 14:03:43 +0100 (CET) From: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/15781: mdoc.samples.7: formatting/typo fixes Message-ID: <199912301303.OAA72526@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
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>Number: 15781 >Category: docs >Synopsis: mdoc.samples.7: formatting/typo fixes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Dec 30 06:40:00 PST 1999 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Christian Weisgerber >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Formatting and typo fixes for share/man/man7/mdoc.samples.7. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- mdoc.samples.7.old Thu Dec 30 04:14:39 1999 +++ mdoc.samples.7 Thu Dec 30 04:18:58 1999 @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ make up the .Em "page structure domain" which consists of macros for titles, section headers, displays -and lists. Essentially items which affect the physical position +and lists. +Essentially items which affect the physical position of text on a formatted page. In addition to the page structure domain, there are two more domains, the manual domain and the general text domain. @@ -790,8 +791,8 @@ .Dl Li sptr, ptr), .Pp The punctuation is not recognized and all is output in the -literal font. If the punctuation is separated by a leading -white space: +literal font. +If the punctuation is separated by a leading white space: .Pp .Dl \&.Li "sptr , ptr ) ," .Pp @@ -817,8 +818,8 @@ The problem is that .Xr troff may assume it is supposed to actually perform the operation -or evaluation suggested by the characters. To prevent -the accidental evaluation of these characters, +or evaluation suggested by the characters. +To prevent the accidental evaluation of these characters, escape them with .Ql \e& . Typical syntax is shown in the first content macro displayed @@ -1133,7 +1134,8 @@ may be used with .Ql \&.Fa (function argument) -to get around the limitation. For example: +to get around the limitation. +For example: .Bd -literal -offset indent \&.Fo "int res_mkquery" \&.Fa "int op" @@ -1282,7 +1284,7 @@ The .Ql \&.Op macro -places option brackets around the any remaining arguments on the command +places option brackets around any remaining arguments on the command line, and places any trailing punctuation outside the brackets. The macros @@ -2729,7 +2731,7 @@ where .Em x is the name of the string. -The interpreting sequence may be used any where in the text. +The interpreting sequence may be used anywhere in the text. .Pp .Bl -column "String " "Nroff " "Troff " -offset indent .It Sy "String Nroff Troff" >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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