From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 24 03:24:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8689D16A492 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:24:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-172-174.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.172.174]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC84643D46 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:24:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Received: from [192.168.254.205] ([192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k5O3UQvF092421 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:30:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <84dead720606232006lec9bde4g4e5b3d0d6326e5f9@mail.gmail.com> References: <84dead720606232006lec9bde4g4e5b3d0d6326e5f9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 20:22:11 -0700 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org From: Rich Morin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: Re: mdoc editing caveats? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:24:22 -0000 At 8:36 AM +0530 6/24/06, Joseph Koshy wrote: >> I'm inserting "LEGACY SYNOPSIS" sections to some mdoc-based >> man pages. > > What is a "LEGACY SYNOPSIS"? Not that it's relevant to the technical question, but... The behavior of some commands and functions is being brought into line with POSIXish standards, but the old behavior is still available (in "legacy" mode). So, the client wants to have both documented. -r -- http://www.cfcl.com/rdm Rich Morin http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/resume rdm@cfcl.com http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/weblog +1 650-873-7841 Technical editing and writing, programming, and web development