From f36234fa1ef1295fc6bfaef71f219c10efaf9ae8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 09:13:52 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note that header files should be surrounded by angle brackets (<>). --- man7/man-pages.7 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/man-pages.7 b/man7/man-pages.7 index ff23c7638..d8b59f2a0 100644 --- a/man7/man-pages.7 +++ b/man7/man-pages.7 @@ -383,6 +383,12 @@ are always in italics (e.g., .IR ), except in the SYNOPSIS section, where included files are in bold (e.g., .BR "#include " ). +When referring to a standard include file under +.IR /usr/include , +specify the header file surrounded by angle brackets, +in the usual C way (e.g., +.IR ), + .PP Special macros, which are usually in upper case, are in bold (e.g., .BR MAXINT ).