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.\" Copyright (c) 2015 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 22 2017 $
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.Dt MAN.CONF 5
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm man.conf
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.Nd configuration file for man
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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This is the configuration file
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for the
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.Xr man 1 ,
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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and
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.Xr makewhatis 8
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utilities.
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Its presence, and all directives, are optional.
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.Pp
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This file is an ASCII text file.
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Leading whitespace on lines, lines starting with
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.Sq # ,
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and blank lines are ignored.
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Words are separated by whitespace.
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The first word on each line is the name of a configuration directive.
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.Pp
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The following directives are supported:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Ic manpath Ar path
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Override the default search
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.Ar path
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for
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.Xr man 1 ,
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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and
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.Xr makewhatis 8 .
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It can be used multiple times to specify multiple paths,
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with the order determining the manual page search order.
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.Pp
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Each path is a tree containing subdirectories
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whose names consist of the strings
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.Sq man
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and/or
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.Sq cat
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followed by the names of sections, usually single digits.
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The former are supposed to contain unformatted manual pages in
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.Xr mdoc 7
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and/or
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.Xr man 7
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format; file names should end with the name of the section
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preceded by a dot.
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The latter should contain preformatted manual pages;
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file names should end with
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.Ql .0 .
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.Pp
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Creating a
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.Xr mandoc.db 5
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database with
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.Xr makewhatis 8
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in each directory configured with
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.Ic manpath
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is recommended and necessary for
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.Xr apropos 1
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to work, and also for
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on operating systems like
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that install each manual page with only one file name in the file system,
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even if it documents multiple utilities or functions.
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.It Ic output Ar option Op Ar value
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Configure the default value of an output option.
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These directives are overridden by the
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.Fl O
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command line options of the same names.
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For details, see the
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.Xr mandoc 1
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manual.
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.Bl -column fragment integer "ascii, utf8" -compact
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.It Ar option Ta Ar value Ta used by Fl T Ta purpose
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.It Ta Ta Ta
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.It Ic fragment Ta none Ta Cm html Ta print only body
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.It Ic includes Ta string Ta Cm html Ta path to header files
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.It Ic indent Ta integer Ta Cm ascii , utf8 Ta left margin
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.It Ic man Ta string Ta Cm html Ta path for \&Xr links
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.It Ic paper Ta string Ta Cm ps , pdf Ta paper size
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.It Ic style Ta string Ta Cm html Ta CSS file
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.It Ic width Ta integer Ta Cm ascii , utf8 Ta right margin
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.El
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.It Ic _whatdb Ar path Ns Cm /whatis.db
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This directive provides the same functionality as
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.Ic manpath ,
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but using a historic and misleading syntax.
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It is kept for backward compatibility for now,
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but will eventually be removed.
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.El
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.Sh FILES
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.Pa /etc/man.conf
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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The following configuration file reproduces the defaults:
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installing it is equivalent to not having a
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.Nm
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file at all.
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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manpath /usr/share/man
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manpath /usr/X11R6/man
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manpath /usr/local/man
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr apropos 1 ,
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.Xr makewhatis 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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A relatively complicated
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.Nm
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file format first appeared in
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.Bx 4.3 Reno .
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For
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org
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