- mdocml – mdoc macro compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)
+ mdocml – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)
Sources: current,
@@ -42,8 +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 (both mandocdb and apropos are
- still experimental).
+ apropos, whatis, and
+ man.cgi (via catman) for semantic search of manual content.
It is a BSD.lv project.
@@ -55,10 +55,11 @@
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
+ HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos, whatis, man.cgi, catman, 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.
+ run make install. Be careful: the preconv, apropos, and whatis binary names are
+ usually taken by existing utilities.
index UNIX manuals
@@ -254,7 +291,7 @@
TODO for known issues
before posting. All lists are subscription-only: send a blank e-mail to the listed address to subscribe. Beyond that,
contact Kristaps at kris...@bsd.lv.
+ this e-mail address">kris...@bsd.lv. Archives are available at Gmane.
@@ -267,7 +304,6 @@
bug-reports, general questions, and announcements
- (archive)
+ Significant work on apropos and mandocdb. These tools are
+ now much more robust and in line with other manpage systems. A whatis implementation is now
+ handled as an apropos mode. These tools are also able to minimally handle pre-formatted
+ pages, that is, those already formatted by another utility such as GNU troff.
+
+
+ The man.cgi script is also now available for wider testing. It interfaces with mandocdb manuals cached by catman. HTML output is generated
+ on-the-fly by libmandoc or internal methods to convert pre-formatted pages.
+
+
08-10-2011: version 1.12.0
@@ -324,24 +372,7 @@
several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in mdoc are now
nicer for very long titles.
-
- 02-09-2011: version 1.11.7
-
- Added demandoc utility for stripping away macros and escapes. This replaces the
- historical deroff utility. Also improved the mdoc and man manuals.
-
-
- 16-08-2011: version 1.11.6
-
-
- Handling of tr macro in roff implemented. This makes Perl documentation much more
- readable. Hyphenation is also now enabled in man format documents. Many other general
- improvements have been implemented. Furthermore, a 64-bit Windows binary is now available at mdocml-win64.zip and a Mac OS X universal binary is available at mdocml-macosx.zip.
-