=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/index.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.144 retrieving revision 1.147 diff -u -p -r1.144 -r1.147 --- mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/10/06 23:06:31 1.144 +++ mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/10/08 13:01:44 1.147 @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ It also includes preconv, for recoding multibyte manuals; demandoc, for emitting only text parts of manuals; mandocdb, for indexing manuals; and - apropos, for semantic search of manual content. + apropos, for semantic search of manual content (both mandocdb and apropos are + still experimental). It is a BSD.lv project.
@@ -52,11 +53,12 @@ Sources
- mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system.
- To build and install into /usr/local/, just run make install
.
- Be aware: if you have an existing groff installation, this may overwrite its preconv binary.
- The mandocdb utility is not yet linked to the build; please contact
- us if you plan to use it.
+ mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll
+ need libdb to build apropos and mandocdb (this is installed by default on BSD UNIX
+ systems — see the Makefile if you're running Linux). To build and install into /usr/local/, just
+ run make install
. Be careful: the preconv and apropos binary names are usually taken by
+ existing utilities.
- xx-xx-2011: version 1.xx.x + 08-10-2011: version 1.12.0
This version features a new, work-in-progress mandoc output mode: -Tman. This mode @@ -304,7 +306,10 @@
While adding features, an apropos utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox. - This interfaces with mandocdb for semantic search of manual content. + This interfaces with mandocdb for semantic search of manual content. apropos is different from the traditional apropos primarily in allowing keyword search + (such as for functions, utilities, etc.) and regular expressions. + Note that the calling syntax for apropos is likely to change as it settles down.
In documentation news, the mdoc and man manuals have been made @@ -336,21 +341,7 @@ HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">mdocml-win64.zip and a Mac OS X universal binary is available at mdocml-macosx.zip.
-- 24-07-2011: version 1.11.5 -
- Significant eqn improvements. mdocml can now parse arbitrary eqn input - (although few GNU extensions are accepted, nor is mixing low-level roff with eqn). See the eqn - manual for details. For the time being, equations are rendered as simple in-line text. The equation parser satisfies - the language specified in the Second - Edition User's Guide. -
-- This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at /binaries/mdocml-win32.zip. -
-See cvsweb for historical notes.
@@ -358,7 +349,7 @@ Copyright © 2008–2011 Kristaps Dzonsons, - $Date: 2011/10/06 23:06:31 $ + $Date: 2011/10/08 13:01:44 $