[CC += groff@, since it was CCd in the old conversation referred to here] Hi Ingo, On 7/27/22 17:32, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Alejandro Colomar wrote on Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 06:17:40PM +0200: >> I wondered for a long time what happens if you create subdirs within a >> man? section. How do man(1)s handle </usr/share/man/man3/python/foo.3>? > On *BSD systems, that typically means: > > The architecture-specific library function foo(3) > for the "python" hardware architecture. > > Here are a few examples from OpenBSD: > > /usr/share/man/man1/sparc64/mksuncd.1 > /usr/share/man/man2/armv7/arm_sync_icache.2 > /usr/share/man/man2/i386/i386_iopl.2 > /usr/share/man/man3/octeon/cacheflush.3 > /usr/share/man/man3/sgi/get_fpc_csr.3 > /usr/share/man/man4/alpha/irongate.4 > /usr/share/man/man4/amd64/mpbios.4 > /usr/share/man/man4/luna88k/cbus.4 > /usr/share/man/man4/macppc/openpic.4 > /usr/share/man/man4/powerpc64/opalcons.4 > /usr/share/man/man4/riscv64/sfgpio.4 > /usr/share/man/man5/sparc64/ldom.conf.5 > /usr/share/man/man8/hppa/boot.8 > /usr/share/man/man8/macppc/pdisk.8 > /usr/share/man/man8/sgi/sgivol.8 > /usr/share/man/man8/sparc64/ldomctl.8 On 10/17/22 03:22, наб wrote:
Cf., well, the UNIX Programmer's Manual: https://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Distributions/Research/Dennis_v1/UNIX_ProgrammersManual_Nov71.pdf PDF page 191; yes, the typographical convention here is insane, and the contemprary-correct way to refer to this page from within the manual would be /just/ "/etc/ascii", but, given the context, "/etc/ascii (VII)" makes the most sense to me
I just saw this and wondered if the subdirs in the past were used as just part of the manual page name...
I have been remembering every now and then the discussion we had about a hypothetical -M, and think we need it or something like that. I guess subdirs are not possible nowadays because of the translation usage, but I'm curious about if that was different in the past or what.
Does anyone know? Cheers, Alex
Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man7/ascii.7 | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/ascii.7 b/man7/ascii.7 index 1bba7bbaa..71e89384b 100644 --- a/man7/ascii.7 +++ b/man7/ascii.7 @@ -134,9 +134,7 @@ F: / ? O _ o DEL .fi .SH NOTES .SS History -An -.B ascii -manual page appeared in Version 7 of AT&T UNIX. +/etc/ascii (VII) appears in the UNIX Programmer's Manual. .PP On older terminals, the underscore code is displayed as a left arrow, called backarrow, the caret is displayed as an up-arrow and the vertical
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