Manual pages fixes

Taken from Debian with small changes added

Authors: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>, Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>

1 files changed, 37 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/kill.1 b/kill.1
index aef9dbf..df1bdd7 100644
--- a/kill.1
+++ b/kill.1
@@ -10,23 +10,18 @@
 kill \- send a signal to a process
 
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.TS
-l l.
-kill pid ...	Send SIGTERM to every process listed.
-kill -signal pid ...	Send a signal to every process listed.
-kill -s signal pid ...	Send a signal to every process listed.
-kill -l	List all signal names.
-kill -L	List all signal names in a nice table.
-kill -l signal	Convert a signal number into a name.
-kill -V,--version	Show version of program
-.TE
+\fBkill\fR [ \-\fBsignal\fR | \-s \fBsignal\fR ] \fBpid\fR ...
+.br
+\fBkill\fR [ \-L | -V, \-\-version ]
+.br
+\fBkill\fR \-l  [ \fBsignal\fR ]
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The default signal for kill is TERM. Use -l or -L to list available signals.
+The default signal for kill is TERM. Use \-l or \-L to list available signals.
 Particularly useful signals include HUP, INT, KILL, STOP, CONT, and 0.
-Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: -9 -SIGKILL -KILL.
+Alternate signals may be specified in three ways: \-9 \-SIGKILL \-KILL.
 Negative PID values may be used to choose whole process groups; see the
-PGID column in ps command output. A PID of -1 is special; it indicates
+PGID column in ps command output. A PID of \-1 is special; it indicates
 all processes except the kill process itself and init.
 
 .SH SIGNALS
@@ -37,12 +32,11 @@ When known constant, numbers and default behavior are shown.
 lB rB lB lB
 lfCW r l l.
 Name	Num	Action	Description
-.TH
 0	0	n/a	exit code indicates if a signal may be sent
 ALRM	14	exit
 HUP	1	exit
 INT	2	exit
-KILL	9	exit	this signal may not be blocked
+KILL	9	exit	cannot be blocked
 PIPE	13	exit
 POLL		exit
 PROF		exit
@@ -50,15 +44,15 @@ TERM	15	exit
 USR1		exit
 USR2		exit
 VTALRM		exit
-STKFLT		exit	may not be implemented
-PWR		ignore	may exit on some systems
+STKFLT		exit	might not be implemented
+PWR		ignore	might exit on some systems
 WINCH		ignore
 CHLD		ignore
 URG		ignore
-TSTP		stop	may interact with the shell
-TTIN		stop	may interact with the shell
-TTOU		stop	may interact with the shell
-STOP		stop	this signal may not be blocked
+TSTP		stop	might interact with the shell
+TTIN		stop	might interact with the shell
+TTOU		stop	might interact with the shell
+STOP		stop	cannot be blocked
 CONT		restart	continue if stopped, otherwise ignore
 ABRT	6	core
 FPE	8	core
@@ -66,11 +60,11 @@ ILL	4	core
 QUIT	3	core
 SEGV	11	core
 TRAP	5	core
-SYS		core	may not be implemented
-EMT		core	may not be implemented
-BUS		core	core dump may fail
-XCPU		core	core dump may fail
-XFSZ		core	core dump may fail
+SYS		core	might not be implemented
+EMT		core	might not be implemented
+BUS		core	core dump might fail
+XCPU		core	core dump might fail
+XFSZ		core	core dump might fail
 .TE
 
 .SH NOTES
@@ -79,36 +73,30 @@ You may need to run the command described here as /bin/kill to solve
 the conflict.
 
 .SH EXAMPLES
-
-.SS
-.B "kill -9 -1"
-.nf
+.TP
+.B kill \-9 \-1
 Kill all processes you can kill.
-.fi
-.PP
-.SS
-.B "kill -l 11"
-.nf
+.TP
+.B kill \-l 11
 Translate number 11 into a signal name.
-.fi
-.PP
-.SS
-.B "kill -L"
-.nf
+.TP
+.B kill -L
 List the available signal choices in a nice table.
-.fi
-.PP
-.SS
-.B "kill 123 543 2341 3453"
-.nf
+.TP
+.B kill 123 543 2341 3453
 Send the default signal, SIGTERM, to all those processes.
-.fi
-.PP
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-pkill(1) skill(1) kill(2) renice(1) nice(1) signal(7) killall(1)
+.BR pkill (1),
+.BR skill (1),
+.BR kill (2),
+.BR renice (1),
+.BR nice (1),
+.BR signal (7),
+.BR killall (1).
 
 .SH STANDARDS
-This command meets appropriate standards. The -L flag is Linux-specific.
+This command meets appropriate standards. The \-L flag is Linux-specific.
 
 .SH AUTHOR
 Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sf.net> wrote kill in 1999 to replace a