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authordiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-10-13 17:54:04 +0000
committerdiego <diego@b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2>2003-10-13 17:54:04 +0000
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Explain some troff tricks.
git-svn-id: svn://svn.mplayerhq.hu/mplayer/trunk@11100 b3059339-0415-0410-9bf9-f77b7e298cf2
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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ What belongs in the man page?
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- option descriptions (all)
- - usage (options, config files, controls, slave mode)
+ - usage (options, config files, controls)
- basic examples
@@ -145,8 +145,11 @@ General:
- No line should contain more than 79 characters.
- Used commands: .TH, .SH, .TP, .IP, .PP, .[R]B, .I, .br, .RS, .RE, .na,
.nh, .ad, .hy, macro definitions, comments and some more
- - Don't forget the quotation marks around expressions, the backslash
- before a '-' if it's needed, etc...
+ - Don't forget the quotation marks around expressions, etc...
+ - Each new sentence should start on a line of its own.
+ - Put a backslash before a '-' if it denotes a range (1\-10), an option
+ (\-fs) or a dash (mplayer \- Movie Player for Linux).
+ Use just '-' if it is a hyphen (A-V) or a minus (-1).
Option descriptions: