* Break input lines at phrase boundaries more often. * Break input lines after commas. * Set multi-word parentheticals on their own input lines. Signed-off-by: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/intro.3 | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/intro.3 b/man3/intro.3 index e85c0677a..1758ccaf8 100644 --- a/man3/intro.3 +++ b/man3/intro.3 @@ -7,20 +7,23 @@ .SH NAME intro \- introduction to library functions .SH DESCRIPTION -Section 3 of the manual describes all library functions excluding the library -functions (system call wrappers) described in Section 2, +Section 3 of the manual describes all library functions +excluding the library functions +(system call wrappers) +described in Section 2, which implement system calls. .PP Many of the functions described in the section are part of the Standard C Library .RI ( libc ). -Some functions are part of other libraries (e.g., +Some functions are part of other libraries +(e.g., the math library, .IR libm , or the real-time library, .IR librt ) -in which case the manual page will indicate the linker -option needed to link against the required library +in which case the manual page will indicate +the linker option needed to link against the required library (e.g., .I \-lm and @@ -32,19 +35,24 @@ In some cases, the programmer must define a feature test macro in order to obtain the declaration of a function from the header file specified in the man page SYNOPSIS section. -(Where required, these feature test macros must be defined before including +(Where required, +these feature test macros must be defined before including .I any header files.) -In such cases, the required macro is described in the man page. -For further information on feature test macros, see +In such cases, +the required macro is described in the man page. +For further information on feature test macros, +see .BR feature_test_macros (7). .\" .\" There .\" are various function groups which can be identified by a letter which .\" is appended to the chapter number: .\" .IP (3C) -.\" These functions, the functions from chapter 2 and from chapter 3S are -.\" contained in the C standard library libc, which will be used by +.\" These functions, +.\" the functions from chapter 2 and from chapter 3S are +.\" contained in the C standard library libc, +.\" which will be used by .\" .BR cc (1) .\" by default. .\" .IP (3S) @@ -55,9 +63,11 @@ For further information on feature test macros, see .\" These functions are contained in the arithmetic library libm. They are .\" used by the .\" .BR f77 (1) -.\" FORTRAN compiler by default, but not by the +.\" FORTRAN compiler by default, +.\" but not by the .\" .BR cc (1) -.\" C compiler, which needs the option \fI\-lm\fP. +.\" C compiler, +.\" which needs the option \fI\-lm\fP. .\" .IP (3F) .\" These functions are part of the FORTRAN library libF77. There are no .\" special compiler flags needed to use these functions. @@ -76,7 +86,9 @@ and its many implementations: 3type .PP This difficult history frequently makes it a poor example to follow -in design, implementation, and presentation. +in design, +implementation, +and presentation. .PP Ideally, a library for the C language @@ -102,8 +114,8 @@ See .BR standards (7). .SH NOTES .SS Authors and copyright conditions -Look at the header of the manual page source for the author(s) and copyright -conditions. +Look at the header of the manual page source +for the author(s) and copyright conditions. Note that these can be different from page to page! .SH SEE ALSO .BR intro (2), -- 2.30.2
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