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* mandoc: Explain what the fields in mandoc messages mean,  rather than
@ 2018-12-20 18:24 schwarze
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From: schwarze @ 2018-12-20 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Log Message:
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Explain what the fields in mandoc messages mean, 
rather than merely specifying the message syntax.
Gap in documentation found while looking at a bug 
report from Raf Czlonka <rczlonka at gmail dot com>.

Modified Files:
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    mandoc:
        mandoc.1

Revision Data
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Index: mandoc.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvs/mandoc/mandoc/mandoc.1,v
retrieving revision 1.232
retrieving revision 1.233
diff -Lmandoc.1 -Lmandoc.1 -u -p -r1.232 -r1.233
--- mandoc.1
+++ mandoc.1
@@ -714,13 +714,29 @@ Messages displayed by
 follow this format:
 .Bd -ragged -offset indent
 .Nm :
-.Ar file : Ns Ar line : Ns Ar column : level : message : macro args
+.Ar file : Ns Ar line : Ns Ar column : level : message : macro arguments
 .Pq Ar os
 .Ed
 .Pp
-Line and column numbers start at 1.
+The first three fields identify the
+.Ar file
+name,
+.Ar line
+number, and
+.Ar column
+number of the input file where the message was triggered.
+The line and column numbers start at 1.
 Both are omitted for messages referring to an input file as a whole.
-Macro names and arguments are omitted where meaningless.
+All
+.Ar level
+and
+.Ar message
+strings are explained below.
+The name of the
+.Ar macro
+triggering the message and its
+.Ar arguments
+are omitted where meaningless.
 The
 .Ar os
 operating system specifier is omitted for messages that are relevant
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