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1.2     ! kristaps    1: .\" $Id: mdoclint.1,v 1.1 2009/02/23 13:06:18 kristaps Exp $
1.1       kristaps    2: .\"
                      3: .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
                      6: .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
                      7: .\" above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
                      8: .\" copies.
                      9: .\"
                     10: .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
                     11: .\" WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
                     12: .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
                     13: .\" AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
                     14: .\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
                     15: .\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
                     16: .\" TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
                     17: .\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
                     18: .\"
                     19: .Dd $Mdocdate$
                     20: .Dt mdoclint 1
                     21: .Os
                     22: .\" SECTION
                     23: .Sh NAME
                     24: .Nm mdoclint
                     25: .Nd mdoc macro compiler
                     26: .\" SECTION
                     27: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     28: .Nm mdoclint
1.2     ! kristaps   29: .Op Fl vV
        !            30: .Op Fl f Ns Ar options...
1.1       kristaps   31: .Op Fl W Ns Ar err...
                     32: .Op Ar infile
                     33: .\" SECTION
                     34: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     35: The
                     36: .Nm
                     37: utility parses a BSD
                     38: .Dq mdoc
                     39: manual pages and validates its syntax tree.  The arguments are as
                     40: follows:
1.2     ! kristaps   41: .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX
1.1       kristaps   42: .\" ITEM
                     43: .It Fl v
                     44: Print verbose parsing output.
                     45: .\" ITEM
1.2     ! kristaps   46: .It Fl V
        !            47: Print version and exit.
        !            48: .\" ITEM
        !            49: .It Fl f Ns Ar option...
        !            50: Override default compiler behaviour.  See
        !            51: .Sx Compiler Options
        !            52: for details.
        !            53: .\" ITEM
1.1       kristaps   54: .It Fl W Ns Ar err...
                     55: Print warning messages.  May be set to
                     56: .Fl W Ns Ar all
                     57: for all warnings,
                     58: .Ar compat
                     59: for groff/troff-compatibility warnings, or
                     60: .Ar syntax
                     61: for syntax warnings.  If
                     62: .Fl W Ns Ar error
                     63: is specified, warnings are considered errors and cause utility
                     64: termination.  Multiple
                     65: .Fl W
                     66: arguments may be comma-separated, such as
                     67: .Fl W Ns Ar error,all .
                     68: .\" ITEM
                     69: .It Ar infile
                     70: Read input from
                     71: .Ar infile ,
                     72: which may be
                     73: .Dq \-
                     74: for stdin.
                     75: .El
                     76: .\" PARAGRAPH
                     77: .Pp
                     78: The
                     79: .Nm
                     80: utility is a front-end for
                     81: .Xr mdoc 3 ,
                     82: which parses the
                     83: .Dq mdoc
                     84: input, documented at
                     85: .Xr mdoc 7
                     86: and
                     87: .Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
1.2     ! kristaps   88: into an abstract syntax tree.  By default, it reads from stdin.
1.1       kristaps   89: .\" PARAGRAPH
                     90: .Pp
                     91: .Ex -std mdoclint
1.2     ! kristaps   92: .\" SUB-SECTION
        !            93: .Ss Compiler Options
        !            94: Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the
        !            95: .Fl f
        !            96: flag.  The available options are as follows:
        !            97: .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX
        !            98: .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope
        !            99: When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore
        !           100: scope violations.  This can seriously mangle the resulting tree.
        !           101: .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape
        !           102: Ignore invalid escape sequences.
        !           103: .El
1.1       kristaps  104: .\" PARAGRAPH
                    105: .Pp
1.2     ! kristaps  106: As with the
        !           107: .Fl W
        !           108: flag, multiple
        !           109: .Fl f
        !           110: options may be grouped and delimited with a comma.  Using
        !           111: .Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,ign-escape ,
        !           112: for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors.
1.1       kristaps  113: .\" SECTION
                    114: .Sh EXAMPLES
                    115: To validate this manual page:
                    116: .\" PARAGRAPH
                    117: .Pp
                    118: .D1 % mdoclint \-Wall,error mdoclint.1
                    119: .\" SECTION
                    120: .Sh SEE ALSO
                    121: .Xr mdocterm 1 ,
                    122: .Xr mdoctree 1 ,
                    123: .Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
                    124: .Xr mdoc 7 ,
                    125: .Xr mdoc 3
                    126: .\"
                    127: .Sh AUTHORS
                    128: The
                    129: .Nm
                    130: utility was written by
                    131: .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
                    132: .\" SECTION
                    133: .Sh CAVEATS
                    134: See
                    135: .Xr mdoc 3
                    136: for a list of bugs, caveats, and incomplete macros.