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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -p -r1.12 -r1.19
--- mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1	2008/12/01 09:25:18	1.12
+++ mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1	2008/12/05 22:34:30	1.19
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2008 $
-.Dt mdocml 1
+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 5 2008 $
+.Dt mdocml 1 alpha
 .Os
 .\"
 .Sh NAME
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .\"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm mdocml
-.Op Fl W
+.Op Fl vW
 .Op Fl f Ar filter
 .Op Fl o Ar outfile
 .Op Ar infile
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility parses
-.Xr mdoc
-formatted manual source and passes results into an output filter.  The
-only current output filter is
+utility parses mdoc formatted manual source and passes results into an
+output filter.  The current output filters are
+.Ar html
+and
 .Ar xml ,
-the default.  The arguments are as follows:
+the default.  Arguments common to all filters follow:
 .Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile"
 .It Fl f Ar filter
 The output filter name.
@@ -49,18 +49,62 @@ reads from stdin and writes to stdout using the xml fi
 .Ss XML Filter
 The XML filter, specified by
 .Fl f Ar xml ,
-is the default filter.  It creates an XML document where element names are
-their respective roff macro names.  Each element name has an associated
+is the default filter.  This filter has no additional arguments.
+.Pp
+The XML filter creates an XML document where element names are their respective
+roff macro names.  Each element name has an associated
 namespace, which is one of 
-.Qq block 
+.Qq block ,
+.Qq head ,
+.Qq body ,
 or
 .Qq inline ,
 corresponding to the display mode of a node.  The document root is
 always the
 .Qq mdoc
-element, in the default namespace.
-.\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only.
-.\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT
+element, in the default namespace; the 
+.Qq head
+namespace is for block headers (such as 
+.Sq .Ss
+and
+.Sq .Sh ) ;
+the
+.Qq body
+namespace is for block bodies; and the
+.Qq inline
+namespace is for in-line elements (such as
+.Sq .Em ) .
+.Ss HTML Filter
+The HTML filter, specified by
+.Fl f Ar html ,
+accepts the following filter-specific arguments:
+.Bl -tag -width "\-c css"
+.It Fl c Ar css
+The CSS file location, which defaults to 
+.Ar mdocml.css .
+.It Fl e
+Whether to embed the CSS file into the HTML prologue.
+.El
+.\" 
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+To produce an HTML4-strict document 
+.Pa mdocml.html
+for
+.Pa mdocml.1 
+with the default, embedded style-sheet:
+.Pp
+.D1 % mdocml -fhtml -e -o mdocml.html mdocml.1 
+.Pp
+To create an XML document on standard output from
+.Pa mdocml.1
+with the default namespace identifiers
+.Li head ,
+.Li body ,
+.Li block 
+and
+.Li inline :
+.Pp
+.D1 % mdocml mdocml.1 
 .\"
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr groff 1 ,
@@ -84,12 +128,8 @@ structured ones:
 .Bl -enum -compact -offset indent
 .It 
 The engine doesn't understand the
-.Sq \&Xo ,
-.Sq \&Xc ,
-.Sq \&Ns ,
 .Sq \&No ,
 .Sq \&Db ,
-.Sq \&Sm ,
 .Sq \&Xc ,
 and
 .Sq \&Xo
@@ -104,4 +144,9 @@ If terminating punctuation is found, then 
 remaining tokens are flushed after line scope is closed, not just the
 last one.
 .El
+.Pp
+The roff engine in 
+.Nm
+produces text in-line; thus, output may already be partially written by
+the time an error is encountered.
 .\" .Sh BUGS