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diff --git a/man7/man.7 b/man7/man.7 index 583fe354f..87cb5bbcc 100644 --- a/man7/man.7 +++ b/man7/man.7 @@ -53,11 +53,15 @@ option is, however, recommended, since this will automatically detect which macro package is in use. .PP For conventions that should be employed when writing man pages -for the Linux \fIman-pages\fP package, see +for the Linux +.I man-pages +package, see .BR man\-pages (7). .SS Title line The first command in a man page (after comment lines, -that is, lines that start with \fB.\e"\fP) should be +that is, lines that start with +.BR .\e\[dq] ) +should be .PP .RS .B .TH @@ -399,7 +403,9 @@ Only translations that can be ignored should be used. Font changes .RB ( ft -and the \fB\ef\fP escape sequence) +and the +.B \ef +escape sequence) should only have the values 1, 2, 3, 4, R, I, B, P, or CW (the ft command may also have no parameters). .PP @@ -438,8 +444,9 @@ file (such as HTML or Docbook). Anything else suggests simple ASCII text (e.g., a "catman" result). .PP -Many man pages begin with \fB\[aq]\e"\fP followed by a -space and a list of characters, +Many man pages begin with +.B \[aq]\e\[dq] +followed by a space and a list of characters, indicating how the page is to be preprocessed. For portability's sake to non-troff translators we recommend that you avoid using anything other than |