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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-08-18 00:55:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2017-08-18 00:55:49 +0200 |
| commit | 6545cc56e02edb87e4d210dc4dd5dd93eaeb6e78 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b794c7c7bbb30dbcd937ee1d1b83d6676e0f7e2 /man7/man.7 | |
| parent | bdd915e20f87346dc07b93f8f26386feb92d2c44 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-6545cc56e02edb87e4d210dc4dd5dd93eaeb6e78.tar.gz | |
dir_colors.5, feature_test_macros.7, glob.7, ip.7, ipv6.7, man-pages.7, man.7, netdevice.7, rtnetlink.7, socket.7, svipc.7, tcp.7, units.7, user_namespaces.7: ffix
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/man.7')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man7/man.7 b/man7/man.7 index 5eaa7d457e..a76c8803b9 100644 --- a/man7/man.7 +++ b/man7/man.7 @@ -78,12 +78,12 @@ for the Linux \fIman-pages\fP package, see .SS Title line The first command in a man page (after comment lines, that is, lines that start with \fB.\\"\fP) should be +.PP .RS -.sp .B \&.TH .I "title section date source manual" -.sp .RE +.PP For details of the arguments that should be supplied to the .B TH command, see @@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ followed by the heading name. .PP The only mandatory heading is NAME, which should be the first section and be followed on the next line by a one-line description of the program: +.PP .RS -.sp \&.SH NAME .br item \\- description -.sp .RE +.PP It is extremely important that this format is followed, and that there is a backslash before the single dash which follows the item name. This syntax is used by the |