Delete "typedef ... date" (see style(9)).

In the man page Use ".Pp" instead of blank lines, adopt English
and stress that the Julian->Gregorian switch took place at
different dates in different countries.
Suggested by: Garrett.

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libcalendar/calendar.3 b/lib/libcalendar/calendar.3
index 0ac6544..bbf5ede 100644
--- a/lib/libcalendar/calendar.3
+++ b/lib/libcalendar/calendar.3
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.\"	$Id: calendar.3,v 1.1.1.1 1997/12/04 10:41:49 helbig Exp $
+.\"	$Id: calendar.3,v 1.2 1997/12/07 19:04:08 helbig Exp $
 .\"
 .Dd November 29, 1997
 .Dt CALENDAR 3
@@ -40,20 +40,20 @@
 .Nd Calendar arithmetic for the Christian era.
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Fd #include <calendar.h>
-.Ft date *
-.Fn easterg "int year" "date *dt"
-.Ft date *
-.Fn easterog "int year" "date *dt"
-.Ft date *
-.Fn easteroj "int year" "date *dt"
-.Ft date *
-.Fn gdate "int nd" "date *dt"
-.Ft date *
-.Fn jdate "int nd" "date *dt"
+.Ft struct date *
+.Fn easterg "int year" "struct date *dt"
+.Ft struct date *
+.Fn easterog "int year" "struct date *dt"
+.Ft struct date *
+.Fn easteroj "int year" "struct date *dt"
+.Ft struct date *
+.Fn gdate "int nd" "struct date *dt"
+.Ft struct date *
+.Fn jdate "int nd" "struct date *dt"
 .Ft int
-.Fn ndaysg "date *dt"
+.Fn ndaysg "struct date *dt"
 .Ft int
-.Fn ndaysj "date *dt"
+.Fn ndaysj "struct date *dt"
 .Ft int
 .Fn week "int nd" "int *year"
 .Ft int
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
 These functions provide calendar arithmetic for a large range of years,
 starting at March 1st, year zero (i. e. 1 B.C.) and ending way beyond
 year 100000.
-
+.Pp
 Programs should be linked with
 .Fl lcalendar .
-
+.Pp
 The functions
 .Fn easterg ,
 .Fn easterog
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ The result returned by
 is the date in Gregorian Calendar, whereas
 .Fn easteroj
 returns the date in Julian Calendar.
-
+.Pp
 The functions 
 .Fn gdate ,
 .Fn jdate ,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ of a date and the "number of days" representation, which is better suited
 for calculations. The days are numbered from March 1st year 1 B.C., starting
 with zero, so the number of a day gives the number of days since March 1st,
 year 1 B.C. The conversions work for nonnegative day numbers only.
-
+.Pp
 The
 .Fn gdate
 and
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ store the date corresponding to the day number
 into the structure pointed at by
 .Fa dt
 and return a pointer to this structure.
-
+.Pp
 The
 .Fn ndaysg
 and
@@ -120,19 +120,19 @@ and
 functions
 return the day number of the date pointed at by
 .Fa dt .
-
+.Pp
 The
 .Fn gdate
 and
 .Fn ndaysg
 functions
-assume Gregorian Calendar after October 4th 1582 and Julian Calendar before,
+assume Gregorian Calendar after October 4, 1582 and Julian Calendar before,
 whereas
 .Fn jdate
 and
 .Fn ndaysj
 assume Julian Calendar throughout.
-
+.Pp
 The two calendars differ by the definition of the leap year. The
 Julian Calendar says every year that is a multiple of four is a
 leap year. The Gregorian Calendar excludes years that are multiples of
@@ -140,9 +140,13 @@ leap year. The Gregorian Calendar excludes years that are multiples of
 This means the years 1700, 1800, 1900, 2100 are not leap years
 and the year 2000 is
 a leap year.
-The new rules were inaugurated on October 4th 1582 by deleting ten
-days following this date.
-
+The new rules were inaugurated on October 4, 1582 by deleting ten
+days following this date. Most catholic countries adopted the new
+calendar by the end of the 16th century, whereas others stayed with
+the Julian Calendar until the 20th century. The United Kingdom and
+their colonies switched on September 2, 1752. They already had to
+delete 11 days.
+.Pp
 The function
 .Fn week
 returns the number of the week which contains the day numbered
@@ -154,15 +158,15 @@ The weeks are numbered per year starting with week 1, which is the
 first week in a year that includes more than three days of the year.
 Weeks start on Monday.
 This function is defined for Gregorian Calendar only.
-
+.Pp
 The function
 .Fn weekday
 returns the weekday (Mo = 0 .. Su = 6) of the day numbered 
 .Fa nd .
-
-The type
+.Pp
+The structure
 .Fa date
-is a structure defined in
+is defined in
 .Aq Pa calendar.h .
 It contains these fields:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ int y;          /\(** year (0000 - ????) \(**/
 int m;          /\(** month (1 - 12) \(**/
 int d;          /\(** day of month (1 - 31) \(**/
 .Ed
-
+.Pp
 The year zero is written as "1 B.C." by historians and "0" by astronomers
 and in this library.
 .Sh SEE ALSO