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1.1       kristaps    1: .\"    $OpenBSD: mdoc.template,v 1.10 2007/05/31 22:10:19 jmc Exp $
                      2: .\"
                      3: .\" The following requests are required for all man pages.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\" Remove `\&' from the line below.
1.2       kristaps    6: .Dd $Mdocdate$
                      7: .Dt mdocml 1
1.1       kristaps    8: .Os
1.3       kristaps    9: .\"
1.1       kristaps   10: .Sh NAME
1.2       kristaps   11: .Nm mdocml
                     12: .Nd compile manpage source into mark-up language
1.3       kristaps   13: .\"
1.1       kristaps   14: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.2       kristaps   15: .Nm mdocml
1.7       kristaps   16: .Op Fl vW
                     17: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.2       kristaps   18: .Op Fl o Ar outfile
                     19: .Op Ar infile
1.3       kristaps   20: .\"
1.1       kristaps   21: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     22: The
                     23: .Nm
1.7       kristaps   24: utility parses
                     25: .Xr mdoc
                     26: formatted manual source and passes results into the output filter
                     27: dictated by
                     28: .Fl f Ar filter .
                     29: The only current output filter is
                     30: .Ar validate ,
                     31: the default.  The arguments are as follows:
1.8       kristaps   32: .Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile,"
                     33: .It Sq Fl o Ar outfile ,
1.2       kristaps   34: Place output in
                     35: .Ar outfile ,
                     36: which may be
1.6       kristaps   37: .Qq \-
1.2       kristaps   38: for standard output.  The default is standard output.
                     39: .It Ar infile
                     40: Read input from
                     41: .Ar infile ,
                     42: which may be
1.6       kristaps   43: .Qq \-
1.2       kristaps   44: for standard input.  The default is standard input.
1.8       kristaps   45: .It Fl v
1.7       kristaps   46: Print messages (output depends on filter).
1.6       kristaps   47: .It Fl W
1.7       kristaps   48: Print warnings (output depends on filter).
1.2       kristaps   49: .El
1.7       kristaps   50: .Ss Validate Filter
                     51: The validate filter, specified by
                     52: .Fl f Ar validate ,
                     53: is the default filter.  It produces no output, so specifying
                     54: .Fl o Ar outfile
                     55: results in an empty file.
1.1       kristaps   56: .\" The following requests should be uncommented and used where appropriate.
                     57: .\" This next request is for sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
                     58: .\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
                     59: .\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only.
                     60: .\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT
                     61: .\" .Sh FILES
                     62: .\" .Sh EXAMPLES
                     63: .\" This next request is for sections 1, 4, 6, and 8 only.
                     64: .\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     65: .\" The next request is for sections 2, 3, and 9 error and signal handling only.
                     66: .\" .Sh ERRORS
1.3       kristaps   67: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     68: .Xr groff 1 ,
                     69: .Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
                     70: .Xr mdoc 7
1.1       kristaps   71: .\" .Sh STANDARDS
                     72: .\" .Sh HISTORY
1.3       kristaps   73: .Sh AUTHORS
                     74: The
                     75: .Nm
                     76: utility was written by
1.9     ! kristaps   77: .An Em Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
1.3       kristaps   78: .\"
                     79: .Sh CAVEATS
1.7       kristaps   80: Most caveats of
1.3       kristaps   81: .Nm
1.7       kristaps   82: stem from ambiguities in
                     83: .Xr mdoc 7
                     84: or the necessary limitations of converting an ad hoc language into
                     85: structured ones:
                     86: .Bl -enum -compact -offset indent
                     87: .It
                     88: The engine doesn't understand
1.3       kristaps   89: .Sq \&Xo
                     90: and
                     91: .Sq \&Xc
                     92: troff macros.
1.7       kristaps   93: .It
                     94: All macro arguments may be quoted, instead of only some.
                     95: .It
                     96: Blank lines raise warnings.
                     97: .It
1.9     ! kristaps   98: If terminating punctuation is found, then
        !            99: .Em all
        !           100: remaining tokens are flushed after line scope is closed, not just the
        !           101: last one.
1.7       kristaps  102: .El
1.1       kristaps  103: .\" .Sh BUGS