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commit be4892865dc37a2782e4189b0df850b3dad9b09f
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Tue Apr 28 09:49:22 2026 -0500
groff_tmac(5): Be more "m"-consistent.
We retain the...cultural...prefix of "m" on "ms", "mm", "me", and
"mom", so do the same for "man", "mdoc", and "mandoc".
---
man/groff_tmac.5.man | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/groff_tmac.5.man b/man/groff_tmac.5.man
index 45b3df015..a1d89b83d 100644
--- a/man/groff_tmac.5.man
+++ b/man/groff_tmac.5.man
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ reference manuals;
they do not support features like footnotes or multiple columnation.
.
.TP 9n \" "mandoc" + 2n + hand-tuned for PDF
-.I an
+.I man
constructs man pages in a format introduced by Seventh Edition Unix
(1979).
.
@@ -207,11 +207,11 @@ see
.
.
.TP
-.I doc
+.I mdoc
constructs man pages in a format introduced by 4.3BSD-Reno (1990).
.
It provides many more features than
-.IR an ,
+.IR man ,
but is also larger,
more complex,
and not as widely adopted;
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@ a wrapper is available.
.
.
.TP 9n \" "mandoc" + 2n + hand-tuned for PDF
-.I \%andoc
+.I \%mandoc
recognizes a document's use of
-.I an
+.I man
or
-.I doc
+.I mdoc
and loads the corresponding macro package.
.
Multiple man pages,
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