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authorAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2022-10-23 17:43:43 +0200
committerAlejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>2022-10-29 23:51:10 +0200
commit4279e42dd98a11b31fa4e1fcebbb00b7a677bb70 (patch)
tree68afd1d743f86e186dafa44c0376ee1861e2146a /man5
parent2ff309be8a6205bdb3412f7fb563ba2252d9c636 (diff)
downloadman-pages-4279e42dd98a11b31fa4e1fcebbb00b7a677bb70.tar.gz
Many pages: Use .TP for tagged paragraphs
Reported-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Cc: <groff@gnu.org> Acked-by: Douglas McIlroy <douglas.mcilroy@dartmouth.edu> Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'man5')
-rw-r--r--man5/proc.572
-rw-r--r--man5/termcap.530
2 files changed, 68 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/man5/proc.5 b/man5/proc.5
index c35f890f34..b7d48f840d 100644
--- a/man5/proc.5
+++ b/man5/proc.5
@@ -2095,45 +2095,58 @@ This is visible whether or not the executable is swapped out.
(3) \fIstate\fP \ %c
One of the following characters, indicating process state:
.RS
-.IP R 3
+.TP
+R
Running
-.IP S
+.TP
+S
Sleeping in an interruptible wait
-.IP D
+.TP
+D
Waiting in uninterruptible
disk sleep
-.IP Z
+.TP
+Z
Zombie
-.IP T
+.TP
+T
Stopped (on a signal) or (before Linux 2.6.33) trace stopped
-.IP t
+.TP
+t
.\" commit 44d90df6b757c59651ddd55f1a84f28132b50d29
Tracing stop (Linux 2.6.33 onward)
-.IP W
+.TP
+W
Paging (only before Linux 2.6.0)
-.IP X
+.TP
+X
Dead (from Linux 2.6.0 onward)
-.IP x
+.TP
+x
.\" commit 44d90df6b757c59651ddd55f1a84f28132b50d29
Dead (Linux 2.6.33 to
.\" commit 74e37200de8e9c4e09b70c21c3f13c2071e77457
3.13 only)
-.IP K
+.TP
+K
.\" commit 44d90df6b757c59651ddd55f1a84f28132b50d29
Wakekill (Linux 2.6.33 to
.\" commit 74e37200de8e9c4e09b70c21c3f13c2071e77457
3.13 only)
-.IP W
+.TP
+W
.\" commit 44d90df6b757c59651ddd55f1a84f28132b50d29
Waking (Linux 2.6.33 to
.\" commit 74e37200de8e9c4e09b70c21c3f13c2071e77457
3.13 only)
-.IP P
+.TP
+P
.\" commit f2530dc71cf0822f90bb63ea4600caaef33a66bb
Parked (Linux 3.9 to
.\" commit 74e37200de8e9c4e09b70c21c3f13c2071e77457
3.13 only)
-.IP I
+.TP
+I
.\" commit 06eb61844d841d0032a9950ce7f8e783ee49c0d0
Idle (Linux 4.14 onward)
.RE
@@ -5218,13 +5231,15 @@ Select the address space layout randomization (ASLR) policy for the system
(on architectures that support ASLR).
Three values are supported for this file:
.RS
-.IP 0 3
+.TP
+.B 0
Turn ASLR off.
This is the default for architectures that don't support ASLR,
and when the kernel is booted with the
.I norandmaps
parameter.
-.IP 1
+.TP
+.B 1
Make the addresses of
.BR mmap (2)
allocations, the stack, and the VDSO page randomized.
@@ -5234,7 +5249,8 @@ The text segment of PIE-linked binaries will also be loaded
at a randomized address.
This value is the default if the kernel was configured with
.BR CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK .
-.IP 2
+.TP
+.B 2
(Since Linux 2.6.25)
.\" commit c1d171a002942ea2d93b4fbd0c9583c56fce0772
Also support heap randomization.
@@ -5305,15 +5321,19 @@ for further details.
This file contains 4 numbers defining limits for System V IPC semaphores.
These fields are, in order:
.RS
-.IP SEMMSL 8
+.TP
+SEMMSL
The maximum semaphores per semaphore set.
-.IP SEMMNS 8
+.TP
+SEMMNS
A system-wide limit on the number of semaphores in all semaphore sets.
-.IP SEMOPM 8
+.TP
+SEMOPM
The maximum number of operations that may be specified in a
.BR semop (2)
call.
-.IP SEMMNI 8
+.TP
+SEMMNI
A system-wide limit on the maximum number of semaphore identifiers.
.RE
.TP
@@ -5684,13 +5704,15 @@ it will kill processes to prevent any data corruptions from propagating.
.IP
The file has one of the following values:
.RS
-.IP 1: 4
+.TP
+.B 1
Kill all processes that have the corrupted-and-not-reloadable page mapped
as soon as the corruption is detected.
Note that this is not supported for a few types of pages,
such as kernel internally
allocated data or the swap cache, but works for the majority of user pages.
-.IP 0: 4
+.TP
+.B 0
Unmap the corrupted page from all processes and kill a process
only if it tries to access the page.
.RE
@@ -5722,9 +5744,11 @@ Present only if the kernel was configured with
.\" The following is based on the text in Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
Enable memory failure recovery (when supported by the platform).
.RS
-.IP 1: 4
+.TP
+.B 1
Attempt recovery.
-.IP 0: 4
+.TP
+.B 0
Always panic on a memory failure.
.RE
.IP
diff --git a/man5/termcap.5 b/man5/termcap.5
index 75597475cd..ec112e3038 100644
--- a/man5/termcap.5
+++ b/man5/termcap.5
@@ -385,33 +385,43 @@ f Form feed (12)
0 Null character.
A \exxx specifies the octal character xxx.
.RE
-.IP i
+.TP
+i
Increments parameters by one.
-.IP r
+.TP
+r
Single parameter capability
-.IP +
+.TP
++
Add value of next character to this parameter and do binary output
-.IP 2
+.TP
+2
Do ASCII output of this parameter with a field with of 2
-.IP d
+.TP
+d
Do ASCII output of this parameter with a field with of 3
-.IP %
+.TP
+%
Print a \(aq%\(aq
.PP
If you use binary output, then you should avoid the null character (\(aq\e0\(aq)
because it terminates the string.
You should reset tabulator expansion
if a tabulator can be the binary output of a parameter.
-.IP Warning:
+.TP
+Warning:
The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong: they document Minix
termcap which may not be compatible with Linux termcap.
.PP
The block graphic characters can be specified by three string capabilities:
-.IP as
+.TP
+as
start the alternative charset
-.IP ae
+.TP
+ae
end the alternative charset
-.IP ac
+.TP
+ac
pairs of characters.
The first character is the name of the block graphic
symbol and the second characters is its definition.