* manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax
@ 2008-10-28 19:01 Jan Engelhardt
2008-10-28 19:01 ` manpage: explain what rule-specification is Jan Engelhardt
2008-10-29 8:48 ` manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax Patrick McHardy
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2008-10-28 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kaber; +Cc: Netfilter Developer Mailing List
commit c70cc8d8004b9571e85c2b33e85262f8238b3df3
Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Date: Tue Oct 28 14:07:10 2008 -0400
manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax
This makes it (IMO) easier to follow when the terminal is small and the
command line specifications begin to wrap.
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
---
iptables.8.in | 18 +++++++++---------
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in
index 9decfe7..1d2ffec 100644
--- a/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables.8.in
@@ -26,23 +26,23 @@
iptables \- administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB-A\fP|\fB-D\fP} \fIchain rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-I\fP [\fIrulenum\fP] \fIrule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-R\fP \fIrulenum rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-D\fP \fIchain rulenum\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-S\fP [\fIchain\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB-F\fP|\fB-L\fP|\fB-Z\fP} [\fIchain\fP] [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-N\fP \fIchain\fP
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-X\fP [\fIchain\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-P\fP \fIchain target\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
-.br
+.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-E\fP \fIold-chain-name new-chain-name\fP
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBIptables\fP is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the
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2008-10-28 19:01 manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax Jan Engelhardt
@ 2008-10-28 19:01 ` Jan Engelhardt
2008-10-29 8:49 ` Patrick McHardy
2008-10-29 8:48 ` manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax Patrick McHardy
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From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2008-10-28 19:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kaber; +Cc: Netfilter Developer Mailing List
commit 7ce5d4839ec877440b2d1b58c2fcfa378fcc4cc7
Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Date: Tue Oct 28 14:59:19 2008 -0400
manpage: explain what rule-specification is
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
---
iptables.8.in | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iptables.8.in b/iptables.8.in
index 1d2ffec..9947da4 100644
--- a/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables.8.in
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
.SH NAME
iptables \- administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB-A\fP|\fB-D\fP} \fIchain rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] {\fB-A\fP|\fB-D\fP} \fIchain\fP \fIrule-specification\fP
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-I\fP [\fIrulenum\fP] \fIrule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-I\fP [\fIrulenum\fP] \fIrule-specification\fP
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-R\fP \fIrulenum rule-specification\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-R\fP \fIrulenum rule-specification\fP
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-D\fP \fIchain rulenum\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-D\fP \fIchain rulenum\fP
.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-S\fP [\fIchain\fP]
.PP
@@ -41,9 +41,15 @@ iptables \- administration tool for IPv4 packet filtering and NAT
.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-X\fP [\fIchain\fP]
.PP
-\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-P\fP \fIchain target\fP [\fIoptions...\fP]
+\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-P\fP \fIchain target\fP
.PP
\fBiptables\fP [\fB-t\fP \fItable\fP] \fB-E\fP \fIold-chain-name new-chain-name\fP
+.PP
+rule-specification = [\fImatches...\fP] [\fItarget\fP]
+.PP
+match = \fB-m\fP \fImatchname\fP [\fIper-match-options\fP]
+.PP
+target = \fB-j\fP \fItargetname\fP [\fIper-target-options\fP]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBIptables\fP is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the
tables of IPv4 packet
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2008-10-28 19:01 manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax Jan Engelhardt
2008-10-28 19:01 ` manpage: explain what rule-specification is Jan Engelhardt
@ 2008-10-29 8:48 ` Patrick McHardy
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From: Patrick McHardy @ 2008-10-29 8:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Engelhardt; +Cc: Netfilter Developer Mailing List
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> commit c70cc8d8004b9571e85c2b33e85262f8238b3df3
> Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
> Date: Tue Oct 28 14:07:10 2008 -0400
>
> manpage: use separate paragraphs for command syntax
>
> This makes it (IMO) easier to follow when the terminal is small and the
> command line specifications begin to wrap.
Applied, thanks.
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