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diff --git a/manual/glossary.me b/manual/glossary.me new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd5316e --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/glossary.me @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.\" Copyright (C), 1995, Graeme W. Wilford. (Wilf.) +.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Colin Watson. +.\" +.\" You may distribute under the terms of the GNU General Public +.\" License as specified in the file COPYING that comes with the +.\" man-db distribution. +.\" +.\" Thu Sep 21 19:22:47 BST 1995 Wilf. (G.Wilford@ee.surrey.ac.uk) +.\" +.ip "manual page" +A file containing descriptions related to the use of a function or program +or the structure of a file. +The name of the file is formed from the title of +the manual page followed by a period followed by the name of the section +that it resides in, optionally followed by an extension. +The format of the file is \*N and may be compressed, +having a suitable compression extension appended. +.ip "cat page" +A formatted manual page suitable for viewing on a vt100-type terminal. +.ip "stray cat page" +A cat page that does not have a relative manual page on the system, i.e. only +the cat page was supplied or the manual page was removed after the cat page +had been created. +.ip section +Each manual page or cat page hierarchy is divided into sections, each +section having its own directory. +Manual page hierarchy section names +begin with \(oqman\(cq and cat page sections with \(oqcat\(cq. +.ip extension +A package may provide manual pages with filenames ending in a +package-specific extension name. +This allows manual pages with the same +title to coexist in the same manual page hierarchy and section without +sharing the same filename. +It also provides a further mechanism for man +to select the correct manual page. +.ip "manual page hierarchy" +A directory tree divided into manual page sections, each containing a +collection of manual pages. +.ip "cat page hierarchy" +A directory tree divided into cat page sections, each containing a +collection of cat pages. +.ip "traditional cat page hierarchy" +The same location as the manual page hierarchy. +.ip "alternate cat page hierarchy" +A separate location to that of the traditional cat page hierarchy. +.ip "traditional cat page" +A cat page located in a traditional cat page hierarchy. +.ip "alternate cat page" +A cat page located in an alternate cat page hierarchy. |