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<TITLE>mdocml | mdoc macro compiler</TITLE>

<TITLE>mdocml | UNIX manpage compiler</TITLE>

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<B>mdocml</B> – mdoc macro compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)

<B>mdocml</B> – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)

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Sources: <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">current</A>,

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<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A

HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals (with

support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF.

It also includes <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A>, for recoding multibyte manuals; and <A

It also includes <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A>, for recoding multibyte manuals;

HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, for indexing manuals.

<A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc</A>, for emitting only text parts of manuals;

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, for indexing manuals; and

<A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> and <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, for semantic search of manual content.

It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project.

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<I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>.

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<A NAME="sources">Sources</A>

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<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system.

<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll

To build and install into <I>/usr/local/</I>, just run <CODE>make install</CODE>.

need <A HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">libdb</A> to build <A

Be aware: if you have an existing groff installation, this may overwrite its <B>preconv</B> binary.

HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A>, <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> (this

The <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> utility is not yet linked to the build; please <A HREF="#contact">contact

is installed by default on BSD UNIX systems — see the <I>Makefile</I> if you're running Linux). To build and

us</A> if you plan to use it.

install into <I>/usr/local/</I>, just run <CODE>make install</CODE>. Be careful: the <B>preconv</B>, <B>apropos</B>,

and <B>whatis</B> binary names are usually taken by existing utilities.

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<A NAME="binaries">Binaries</A>

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Binary archives consist of pre-compiled binaries, manuals, and other necessary files.

Universal (Mac OS X) binaries are compiled for the PCC, i386, and x86_64 architectures.

Windows binaries are compiled with <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.mingw.org">MingW</A> for the 32-bit (i686) and

64-bit (x86_64) architectures.

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Downstream

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Several systems come bundled with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> utilities.

If your system does not appear below, the maintainers have not contacted me and it should not be considered

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<TD>pkgsrc</TD>

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<A HREF="http://pkgsrc.se/textproc/mdocml" CLASS="external">textproc/mdocml</A>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos(1)</A></TD>

search the manual page database

(<A HREF="apropos.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="apropos.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="apropos.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="apropos.1.ps">ps</A>)

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc(1)</A></TD>

emit only text of UNIX manuals

(<A HREF="demandoc.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="demandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="demandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="demandoc.1.ps">ps</A>)

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>

format and display UNIX manuals

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb(8)</A></TD>

index UNIX manuals

(<A HREF="mandocdb.8.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.ps">ps</A>)

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<TR>

<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv(1)</A></TD>

recode multibyte UNIX manuals

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis(1)</A></TD>

search the manual page database

(<A HREF="whatis.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="whatis.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="whatis.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="whatis.1.ps">ps</A>)

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<TR>

<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>

mandoc macro compiler library

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<A HREF="tbl.7.ps">ps</A>)

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<TR>

<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb(8)</A></TD>

index UNIX manuals

(<A HREF="mandocdb.8.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.ps">ps</A>)

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<A NAME="contact">Contact</A>

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Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription). Please check the

Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. Please check the

<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues

before posting. Beyond that, contact Kristaps at <A

before posting. All lists are subscription-only: send a blank e-mail to the listed address to subscribe. Beyond that,

HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal

contact Kristaps at <A HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal

this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.

this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv. Archives are available at <A HREF="http://gmane.org/" CLASS="external">Gmane</A>.

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bug-reports, general questions, and announcements

(<A HREF="/archives/discuss/summary.html">archive</A>)

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patches and system discussions

(<A HREF="/archives/tech/summary.html">archive</A>)

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source commit messages

(<A HREF="/archives/source/summary.html">archive</A>)

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16-08-2011: version 1.11.6

xx-xx-2011: version 1.12.1

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Handling of <B>tr</B> macro in <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> implemented. This makes Perl documentation much more

Significant work on <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>. These tools are

readable. Hyphenation is also now enabled in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> format documents. Many other general

now much more robust and in line with other manpage systems. A <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A> implementation is now

improvements have been implemented. Furthermore, a 64-bit Windows binary is now available at <A

handled as an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> mode.

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">mdocml-win64.zip</A> and a Mac OS X universal binary is available at <A

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-macosx.zip">mdocml-macosx.zip</A>.

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24-07-2011: version 1.11.5

08-10-2011: version 1.12.0

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Significant <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> improvements. <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> can now parse arbitrary eqn input

This version features a new, work-in-progress <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> output mode: -<B>Tman</B>. This mode

(although few GNU extensions are accepted, nor is mixing low-level roff with eqn). See the <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A>

allows a system maintainer to distribute <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> media for older systems that may not natively

manual for details. For the time being, equations are rendered as simple in-line text. The equation parser satisfies

support <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>, such as old Solaris systems.

the language specified in the <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7man/eqn/eqn2e.ps">Second

The -<B>Ofragment</B> option was added to <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>'s -<B>Thtml</B> and -<B>Txhtml</B> modes.

Edition User's Guide</A>.

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This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at <A

While adding features, an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox.

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip</A>.

This interfaces with <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> for semantic search of manual content. <A

HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> is different from the traditional <B>apropos</B> primarily in allowing keyword search

(such as for functions, utilities, etc.) and regular expressions.

Note that the calling syntax for <B>apropos</B> is likely to change as it settles down.

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12-07-2011: version 1.11.4

In documentation news, the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals have been made

considerably more readable by adding <I>MACRO OVERVIEW</I> sections, by moving the gory details of the <I>LANGUAGE

SYNTAX</I> to the <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> manual, and by moving the very technical <I>MACRO SYNTAX</I> sections

down to the bottom of the page.

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Bug-fixes and clean-ups across all systems, especially in <INS><A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A></INS> <DEL>makewhatis</DEL> (note: still not

Furthermore, for <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A>, the -<B>Tascii</B> mode horizontal spacing of tables was rewritten

connected to the general build and must be compiled with <INS><CODE>make mandocdb</CODE></INS> <DEL><CODE>make makewhatis</CODE></DEL>) and the <A

completely. It is now compatible with <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, both

HREF="man.7.html">man</A> parser. This release was significantly assisted by participants in <A CLASS="external"

with and without frames and rulers. Nesting of indented blocks is now supported in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A>, and

HREF="http://www.openbsd.org">OpenBSD</A>'s c2k11. Thanks!

several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> are now

nicer for very long titles.

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See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for

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