Details from man-pages(7) that are used:
Formatting conventions (general)
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Filenames (whether pathnames, or references to header files) are always
in italics (e.g., <stdio.h>), except in the SYNOPSIS section, where in‐
cluded files are in bold (e.g., #include <stdio.h>). When referring to
a standard header file include, specify the header file surrounded by
angle brackets, in the usual C way (e.g., <stdio.h>).
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Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/13843)
CLA: trivial
Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12320)
OpenSSL uses some POD directives masquerading as 'comment'
('=for comment' etc). This is abusive and confusing. Instead, we use
our own keyword.
=for openssl whatever
=begin openssl
whatever
=end openssl
(we have never used the multiline form, but might start one day)
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10048)
Details from man-pages(7) that are used:
Formatting conventions for manual pages describing functions
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Variable names should, like argument names, be specified in italics.
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Formatting conventions (general)
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Special macros, which are usually in uppercase, are in bold.
Exception: don't boldface NULL.
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Additionally, expanded some lists to make better use of POD formatting.
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/10043)
While stereotyped repetitions are frowned upon in literature, they
serve a useful purpose in manual pages, because it is easier for
the user to find certain information if it is always presented in
the same way. For that reason, this commit harmonizes the varying
formulations in the HISTORY section about which functions, flags,
etc. were added in which OpenSSL version.
It also attempts to make the pod files more grep friendly by
avoiding to insert line breaks between the symbol names and the
corresponding version number in which they were introduced
(wherever possible). Some punctuation and typographical errors
were fixed on the way.
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/7854)
Move manpages to manX directories
Add Windows/VMS install fix from Richard Levitte
Update README
Fix typo's
Remove some duplicates
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
