=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/index.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.149 retrieving revision 1.153 diff -u -p -r1.149 -r1.153 --- mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/11/29 11:21:47 1.149 +++ mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2012/03/24 02:07:32 1.153 @@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ Sources: current, cvsweb (archives) - | - Binaries: windows 32-bit, windows 64-bit, mac os x - (archives)
@@ -54,10 +49,11 @@
mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll
need libdb to build apropos, whatis, 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, apropos,
- and whatis binary names are usually taken by existing utilities.
+ 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, apropos, and whatis binary names are
+ usually taken by existing utilities.
- xx-xx-2011: version 1.12.1 + 23-03-2011: version 1.12.1
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. + now much more robust. + 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.
-- 08-10-2011: version 1.12.0 -
- This version features a new, work-in-progress mandoc output mode: -Tman. This mode - allows a system maintainer to distribute man media for older systems that may not natively - support mdoc, such as old Solaris systems. - The -Ofragment option was added to mandoc's -Thtml and -Txhtml modes. + 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.
- While adding features, an apropos utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox. - 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. + The mailing list archive for the discuss and tech lists are being hosted by Gmane at gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.user and gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.devel, respectively.
- In documentation news, the mdoc and man manuals have been made - considerably more readable by adding MACRO OVERVIEW sections, by moving the gory details of the LANGUAGE - SYNTAX to the roff manual, and by moving the very technical MACRO SYNTAX sections - down to the bottom of the page. + Lastly, I'm no longer providing binaries, as nobody has asked for them.
- Furthermore, for tbl, the -Tascii mode horizontal spacing of tables was rewritten - completely. It is now compatible with groff, both - with and without frames and rulers. Nesting of indented blocks is now supported in man, and - several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in mdoc are now - nicer for very long titles. -
-See cvsweb for historical notes.
@@ -352,7 +357,7 @@ Copyright © 2008–2011 Kristaps Dzonsons, - $Date: 2011/11/29 11:21:47 $ + $Date: 2012/03/24 02:07:32 $