Re: Conventions for FreeBSD manual pages

From: Yuri <yuri_at_aetern.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2022 11:04:06 UTC 
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Wed, 2022-04-20 at 11:04 +0300, Yuri wrote:
>> I don't see a question here
> 
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 07:46:54 +0100, Graham Perrin wrote:
>> Please: does FreeBSD have anything like the Linux manual page for 
>> conventions?
> 
> Linux provides several entries related to man pages, FreeBSD does
> provide several entries, too,
> https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=man&apropos=1&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+13.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html
> :
> 
> man(1)
>     display online manual documentation pages
> man(7)
>     legacy formatting language for manual pages
> man.conf(5)
>     man(1) and manpath(1) configuration files
> manctl(8)
>     manipulating manual pages
> mandoc(1)
>     format manual pages
> mandoc_char(7)
>     mandoc special characters
> manpath(1)
>     display search path for manual pages
> 
> The OP is missing a description of a man page's structure as given by
> the Linux "man man-pages". However, the manual sections are provided by
> FreeBSD's "man man", too.
> 

You have taken my answer out of context.