c24f08c108
man.conf.5: improve wording on searching alternate machine paths
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As requested by uwe@. Hopefully this is clearer now.
2022-06-19 18:51:06 +00:00
1a1a1e7580
man.conf(5): Tweak formatting for prettier PS output.
2022-06-18 13:41:12 +00:00
34d3d51550
man.conf.5: add details about the machine line and search order
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Also, tweak some grammar, style, and markup while here.
2022-06-18 02:19:07 +00:00
f2d77fdf32
Replace makewhatis(8) with makemandb(8) in SEE ALSO.
2016-06-16 15:11:43 +00:00
312b53dde5
change _whatdb => _mandb as that is the correct keyword here,
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and move it to the correct position in the list.
2015-04-07 10:17:21 +00:00
c7da06e6d1
there is no more makewhatis; it has been replaced by makemandb
2015-03-03 17:59:32 +00:00
a87a4e005d
Prefer Aq to \*[Lt] etc.
2013-06-28 10:13:18 +00:00
eb2a9790dd
* adjust indentation of list block
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* fix capitalization
* remove superfluous word ('The')
Patch supplied by Bug Hunting.
2013-06-27 21:55:10 +00:00
6d6339ce42
document _machine
2012-04-29 03:46:43 +00:00
25998b2e56
Document the reality that the _build and _crunch commands should each
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contain exactly one "%s". The previous description allowed any number
of "%s" in the _build command, but that does not match the actual
behaviour of either man(1) or catman(8).
2011-12-27 13:15:55 +00:00
a87b66bd95
Add "catman" to the SEE ALSO.
2007-02-10 19:27:39 +00:00
3aec927b7b
Bump date for previous.
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New sentence, new line.
Remove trailing whitespace.
2006-04-13 21:15:50 +00:00
02ff9e80b9
fix .Xr to invalid man page that i put in by mistake
2006-04-10 16:20:46 +00:00
82ad9348f2
rework the wording in these man pages (mainly in man.conf.5) based on
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some old notes I found to make it clearer and easier to understand
how the man stuff works (hopefully!).
2006-04-10 14:02:57 +00:00
89aaa1bb64
Move UCB-licensed code from 4-clause to 3-clause licence.
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Patches provided by Joel Baker in PR 22365, verified by myself.
2003-08-07 11:13:06 +00:00
48b31946b5
New sentence, new line. Some mdoc cleanup.
2002-09-30 10:32:16 +00:00
e76f885fb8
Xr makewhatis 8, not 1.
2002-03-08 22:18:04 +00:00
626d582bcc
xref makewhatis(8), it now uses man.conf too
2002-03-08 22:12:22 +00:00
2a76afae02
Generate <>& symbolically. I'm avoiding .../dist/... directories for now.
2002-02-08 01:36:18 +00:00
b35695c778
Sort sections.
2001-12-01 20:35:54 +00:00
aded0d2cce
Whitespace cleanup.
2001-12-01 16:43:07 +00:00
0668bf9a80
_whatdb has supported glob(3)ing pathnames for over 3 years ...
2001-06-25 21:37:24 +00:00
c1f28b097c
allow to specify relative paths for sections in man.conf - they are used
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similarily to _subdir, but only when appropriate
fix -m handling, so that e.g. "man -m . 3 printf" works as it should
add new -S flag, to specify a string the result path has to contain
g/c some unused stuff
Written by Chuck Cranor, with only cosmetic changes & const poisoning by me.
2000-05-27 21:33:26 +00:00
e71aea426d
Typos (from OpenBSD)
1999-11-19 22:29:24 +00:00
ff3f665d94
Document '_crunch' section.
1999-04-04 16:27:28 +00:00
3fe138c146
RCS Id Police.
1998-01-09 08:03:16 +00:00
6d1c625f54
fix up .Nm usage
1997-10-19 05:05:24 +00:00
db6e530eb0
Sync with 4.4-Lite, plus local changes.
1995-01-16 09:29:08 +00:00
b7b446dbbb
fix slight docbug
1993-12-21 03:05:17 +00:00
091f0a7a58
add man(1) ; part of new man(1) package from Bostic
1993-12-21 02:59:25 +00:00
gutteridge