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List:       mandoc-source
Subject:    mdocml: When mentioning a function documented elsewhere, .Xr is often
From:       schwarze () mdocml ! bsd ! lv
Date:       2010-10-24 14:49:35
Message-ID: 201010241449.o9OEnZX1004212 () krisdoz ! my ! domain
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Log Message:
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When mentioning a function documented elsewhere, .Xr is often better than .Fn.
Prodded by guenther@, ok jmc@.

Modified Files:
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    mdocml:
        mdoc.7

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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
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