Annotation of cci/usr/src/man/man7/man.7, revision 1.1

1.1     ! root        1: .TH MAN 7 "7 March 1983"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: man \- macros to typeset manual
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B
        !             6: nroff  \-man\ 
        !             7: file ...
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .B
        !            10: troff  \-man\ 
        !            11: file ...
        !            12: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            13: These macros are used to lay out pages of this manual.
        !            14: A skeleton page may be found in the file 
        !            15: /usr/man/man0/xx.
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: Any text argument
        !            18: .I t
        !            19: may be zero to six words.
        !            20: Quotes may be used to include blanks in a `word'.
        !            21: If 
        !            22: .I text
        !            23: is empty,
        !            24: the special treatment is applied to
        !            25: the next input line with text to be printed.
        !            26: In this way
        !            27: .BR . I
        !            28: may be used to italicize a whole line, or
        !            29: .BR . SM
        !            30: followed by
        !            31: .BR . B
        !            32: to make small bold letters.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: A prevailing indent distance is remembered between
        !            35: successive indented paragraphs,
        !            36: and is reset to default value upon reaching a non-indented paragraph.
        !            37: Default units for indents
        !            38: .I i
        !            39: are ens.
        !            40: .PP
        !            41: Type font and size are reset to default values
        !            42: before each paragraph, and after processing
        !            43: font and size setting macros.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: These strings are predefined by
        !            46: .BR \-man :
        !            47: .IP \e*R
        !            48: .if t `\*R', `(Reg)' in
        !            49: .if t .I nroff.
        !            50: .if n `(Reg)', trademark symbol in
        !            51: .if n .I troff.
        !            52: .IP \e*S
        !            53: Change to default type size.
        !            54: .SH FILES
        !            55: /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an
        !            56: .br
        !            57: /usr/man/man0/xx
        !            58: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            59: troff(1), man(1)
        !            60: .SH BUGS
        !            61: Relative indents don't nest.
        !            62: .SH REQUESTS
        !            63: .ta \w'.TH n c x v m'u +\w'Cause 'u +\w'Argument\ 'u
        !            64: .di xx
        !            65:                        \ka
        !            66: .br
        !            67: .di
        !            68: .in \nau
        !            69: .ti0
        !            70: Request        Cause   If no   Explanation
        !            71: .ti0
        !            72:        Break   Argument
        !            73: .ti0
        !            74: .li
        !            75: .B \fIt\fR     no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.* Text
        !            76: .I t
        !            77: is bold.
        !            78: .ti0
        !            79: .li
        !            80: .BI \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !            81: words of
        !            82: .I t
        !            83: alternating bold and italic.
        !            84: .ti0
        !            85: .li
        !            86: .BR \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !            87: words of
        !            88: .I t
        !            89: alternating bold and Roman.
        !            90: .ti0
        !            91: .li
        !            92: .DT    no      .5i 1i...       Restore default tabs.
        !            93: .ti0
        !            94: .li
        !            95: .HP \fIi\fR    yes     \fIi\fR=p.i.*   Set prevailing indent to
        !            96: .I i.
        !            97: Begin paragraph with hanging indent.
        !            98: .ti0
        !            99: .li
        !           100: .I \fIt\fR     no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Text
        !           101: .I t
        !           102: is italic.
        !           103: .ti0
        !           104: .li
        !           105: .IB \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           106: words of
        !           107: .I t
        !           108: alternating italic and bold.
        !           109: .ti0
        !           110: .li
        !           111: .IP \fIx i\fR  yes     \fIx\fR=""      Same as .TP with tag
        !           112: .I x.
        !           113: .ti0
        !           114: .li
        !           115: .IR \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           116: words of
        !           117: .I t
        !           118: alternating italic and Roman.
        !           119: .ti0
        !           120: .li
        !           121: .LP    yes     -       Same as .PP.
        !           122: .ti0
        !           123: .li
        !           124: .PD \fId\fR    no      \fId\fR=.4v     Interparagraph distance is 
        !           125: .I d.
        !           126: .ti0
        !           127: .li
        !           128: .PP    yes     -       Begin paragraph.
        !           129: Set prevailing indent to .5i.
        !           130: .ti0
        !           131: .li
        !           132: .RE    yes     -       End of relative indent.
        !           133: Set prevailing indent to amount of starting .RS.
        !           134: .ti0
        !           135: .li
        !           136: .RB \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           137: words of
        !           138: .I t
        !           139: alternating Roman and bold.
        !           140: .ti0
        !           141: .li
        !           142: .RI \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Join
        !           143: words of
        !           144: .I t
        !           145: alternating Roman and italic.
        !           146: .ti0
        !           147: .li
        !           148: .RS \fIi\fR    yes     \fIi\fR=p.i.    Start relative indent,
        !           149: move left margin in distance
        !           150: .I i.
        !           151: Set prevailing indent to .5i for nested indents.
        !           152: .ti0
        !           153: .li
        !           154: .SH \fIt\fR    yes     \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Subhead.
        !           155: .ti0
        !           156: .li
        !           157: .SM \fIt\fR    no      \fIt\fR=n.t.l.  Text
        !           158: .I t
        !           159: is small.
        !           160: .ti0
        !           161: .li
        !           162: .TH \fIn c x v m\fR    yes     -       Begin page named
        !           163: .I n
        !           164: of chapter
        !           165: .IR c;
        !           166: .I x
        !           167: is extra commentary, e.g. `local', for page foot center;
        !           168: .I v
        !           169: alters page foot left, e.g. `4th Berkeley Distribution';
        !           170: .I m
        !           171: alters page head center, e.g. `Brand X Programmer's Manual'.
        !           172: Set prevailing indent and tabs to .5i.
        !           173: .ti0
        !           174: .li
        !           175: .TP \fIi\fR    yes     \fIi\fR=p.i.    Set prevailing indent to
        !           176: .I i.
        !           177: Begin indented paragraph
        !           178: with hanging tag given by next text line.
        !           179: If tag doesn't fit, place it on separate line.
        !           180: .PP
        !           181: .ti0
        !           182: * n.t.l. = next text line; p.i. = prevailing indent

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