From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from krisdoz.my.domain (schwarze@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o9OEnZsQ022232 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:49:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from schwarze@localhost) by krisdoz.my.domain (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o9OEnZX1004212; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:49:35 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:49:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <201010241449.o9OEnZX1004212@krisdoz.my.domain> X-Mailinglist: mdocml-source Reply-To: source@mdocml.bsd.lv MIME-Version: 1.0 From: schwarze@mdocml.bsd.lv To: source@mdocml.bsd.lv Subject: mdocml: When mentioning a function documented elsewhere, .Xr is often X-Mailer: activitymail 1.26, http://search.cpan.org/dist/activitymail/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Log Message: ----------- When mentioning a function documented elsewhere, .Xr is often better than .Fn. Prodded by guenther@, ok jmc@. Modified Files: -------------- mdocml: mdoc.7 Revision Data ------------- Index: mdoc.7 =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/mdoc.7,v retrieving revision 1.161 retrieving revision 1.162 diff -Lmdoc.7 -Lmdoc.7 -u -p -r1.161 -r1.162 --- mdoc.7 +++ mdoc.7 @@ -1871,6 +1871,9 @@ Examples: \&.Fn funcname .Ed .Pp +When referring to a function documented in another manual page, +.Sx \&Xr +is usually preferable. See also .Sx MANUAL STRUCTURE and -- To unsubscribe send an email to source+unsubscribe@mdocml.bsd.lv