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 .Dd $Mdocdate$  .Dd $Mdocdate$
 .Dt MANDOC 1  .Dt MANDOC 1
 .Os  .Os
 .\" SECTION  .
   .
 .Sh NAME  .Sh NAME
 .Nm mandoc  .Nm mandoc
 .Nd format and display UNIX manuals  .Nd format and display UNIX manuals
 .\" SECTION  .
   .
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm mandoc  .Nm mandoc
 .Op Fl V  
 .Op Fl f Ns Ar option...  .Op Fl f Ns Ar option...
 .Op Fl m Ns Ar format  .Op Fl m Ns Ar format
 .Op Fl W Ns Ar err...  .Op Fl O Ns Ar option...
 .Op Fl T Ns Ar output  .Op Fl T Ns Ar output
   .Op Fl V
   .Op Fl W Ns Ar err...
 .Op Ar infile...  .Op Ar infile...
 .\" SECTION  .
   .
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
 utility formats  utility formats
 .Ux  .Ux
 manual pages for display.  The arguments are as follows:  manual pages for display.  The arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX  .
 .\" ITEM  .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl f Ns Ar option...  .It Fl f Ns Ar option...
 Override default compiler behaviour.  See  Comma-separated compiler options.  See
 .Sx Compiler Options  .Sx Compiler Options
 for details.  for details.
 .\" ITEM  .
 .It Fl m  .It Fl m Ns Ar format
 Input format.  See  Input format.  See
 .Sx Input Formats  .Sx Input Formats
 for available formats.  Defaults to  for available formats.  Defaults to
 .Fl m Ns Ar andoc .  .Fl m Ns Ar andoc .
 .\" ITEM  .
 .It Fl T  .It Fl O Ns Ar option...
   Comma-separated output options.  See
   .Sx Output Options
   for details.
   .
   .It Fl T Ns Ar output
 Output format.  See  Output format.  See
 .Sx Output Formats  .Sx Output Formats
 for available formats.  Defaults to  for available formats.  Defaults to
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii .  .Fl T Ns Ar ascii .
 .\" ITEM  .
 .It Fl V  .It Fl V
 Print version and exit.  Print version and exit.
 .\" ITEM  .
 .It Fl W Ns Ar err...  .It Fl W Ns Ar err...
 Print warning messages.  May be set to  Comma-separated warning options.  Use
 .Fl W Ns Ar all  .Fl W Ns Ar all
 for all warnings,  to print warnings,
 .Ar compat  .Fl W Ns Ar error
 for groff/troff-compatibility warnings, or  for warnings to be considered errors and cause utility
 .Ar syntax  termination.  Multiple
 for syntax warnings.  If  
 .Fl W Ns Ar error  
 is specified, warnings are considered errors and cause utility  
 termination.  Multiple  
 .Fl W  .Fl W
 arguments may be comma-separated, such as  arguments may be comma-separated, such as
 .Fl W Ns Ar error,all .  .Fl W Ns Ar error,all .
 .\" ITEM  .
 .It Ar infile...  .It Ar infile...
 Read input from zero or more  Read input from zero or more
 .Ar infile .  .Ar infile .
Line 81  If unspecified, reads from stdin.  If multiple files a
Line 86  If unspecified, reads from stdin.  If multiple files a
 .Nm  .Nm
 will halt with the first failed parse.  will halt with the first failed parse.
 .El  .El
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .
 .Pp  .Pp
 By default,  By default,
 .Nm  .Nm
 reads  reads
 .Xr mdoc 7  .Xr mdoc 7
 or  or
 .Xr man 7  .Xr man 7
 text from stdin, implying  text from stdin, implying
 .Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,  .Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
 and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if  and produces
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii  .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
 were provided.  output.
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Ex -std mandoc  .Ex -std mandoc
 .\" SUB-SECTION  .
 .Ss Punctuation  .
 If punctuation is set apart from words, such as in the phrase  
 .Dq to be \&, or not to be ,  
 it's processed by  
 .Nm  
 according to the following rules.  Opening punctuation  
 .Po  
 .Sq \&( ,  
 .Sq \&[ ,  
 and  
 .Sq \&{  
 .Pc  
 is not followed by a space. Closing punctuation  
 .Po  
 .Sq \&. ,  
 .Sq \&, ,  
 .Sq \&; ,  
 .Sq \&: ,  
 .Sq \&? ,  
 .Sq \&! ,  
 .Sq \&) ,  
 .Sq \&]  
 and  
 .Sq \&}  
 .Pc  
 is not preceded by whitespace.  
 .Pp  
 If the input is  
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,  
 these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate.  
 .\" SUB-SECTION  
 .Ss Input Formats  .Ss Input Formats
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
Line 144  respectively.  The
Line 119  respectively.  The
 .Xr mdoc 7  .Xr mdoc 7
 format is  format is
 .Em strongly  .Em strongly
 recommended;  recommended;
 .Xr man 7  .Xr man 7
 should only be used for legacy manuals.  should only be used for legacy manuals.
   .
 .Pp  .Pp
 A third option,  A third option,
 .Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,  .Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
 which is also the default, determines encoding on-the-fly: if the first  which is also the default, determines encoding on-the-fly: if the first
 non-comment macro is  non-comment macro is
 .Sq \&.Dd  .Sq \&Dd
 or  or
 .Sq \&.Dt ,  .Sq \&Dt ,
 the  the
 .Xr mdoc 7  .Xr mdoc 7
 parser is used; otherwise, the  parser is used; otherwise, the
 .Xr man 7  .Xr man 7
 parser is used.  parser is used.
   .
 .Pp  .Pp
 If multiple  If multiple
 files are specified with  files are specified with
 .Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,  .Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
 each has its file-type determined this way.  If multiple files are  each has its file-type determined this way.  If multiple files are
 specified and  specified and
 .Fl m Ns Ar doc  .Fl m Ns Ar doc
 or  or
 .Fl m Ns Ar an  .Fl m Ns Ar an
 is specified, then this format is used exclusively.  is specified, then this format is used exclusively.
 .\" .Pp  .
 .\" The following escape sequences are recognised, although the per-format  .
 .\" compiler may not allow certain sequences.  
 .\" .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX  
 .\" .It \efX  
 .\" sets the font mode to X (B, I, R or P, where P resets the font)  
 .\" .It \eX, \e(XX, \e[XN]  
 .\" queries the special-character table for a corresponding symbol  
 .\" .It \e*X, \e*(XX, \e*[XN]  
 .\" deprecated special-character format  
 .\" .El  
 .\" SUB-SECTION  
 .Ss Output Formats  .Ss Output Formats
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
 utility accepts the following  utility accepts the following
 .Fl T  .Fl T
 arguments:  arguments (see
 .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX  .Sx OUTPUT ) :
   .
   .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl T Ns Ar ascii  .It Fl T Ns Ar ascii
 Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline  Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline
 styles.  This is the default.  styles.  This is the default.  See
   .Sx ASCII Output .
   .
   .It Fl T Ns Ar html
   Produce strict HTML-4.01 output, with a sane default style.  See
   .Sx HTML Output .
   .
   .It Fl T Ns Ar xhtml
   Produce strict XHTML-1.0 output, with a sane default style.  See
   .Sx XHTML Output .
   .
 .It Fl T Ns Ar tree  .It Fl T Ns Ar tree
 Produce an indented parse tree.  Produce an indented parse tree.
   .
 .It Fl T Ns Ar lint  .It Fl T Ns Ar lint
 Parse only: produce no output.  Parse only: produce no output.
   Implies
   .Fl W Ns Ar all
   and
   .Fl f Ns Ar strict .
 .El  .El
   .
 .Pp  .Pp
 If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the  If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the
 corresponding filter in-order.  corresponding filter in-order.
 .\" SUB-SECTION  .
   .
 .Ss Compiler Options  .Ss Compiler Options
 Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the  Default compiler behaviour may be overridden with the
 .Fl f  .Fl f
 flag.  flag.
 .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXXXX  .
   .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope  .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope
 When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore  When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore
 scope violations.  This can seriously mangle the resulting tree.  scope violations.  This can seriously mangle the resulting tree.
 .Pq mdoc only  .Pq mdoc only
   .
 .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape  .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape
 Ignore invalid escape sequences.  Ignore invalid escape sequences.
 .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro  This is the default, but the option can be used to override an earlier
 Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for  .Fl f Ns Ar strict .
 .Xr man 7  .
 parsing).  .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape
   Don't ignore invalid escape sequences.
   .
 .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro  .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro
 Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for  Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines.
 .Xr mdoc 7  .
 parsing).  .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars
   Do not ignore disallowed characters.
   .
   .It Fl f Ns Ar strict
   Implies
   .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape ,
   .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro
   and
   .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars .
   .
   .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-errors
   Don't halt when encountering parse errors.  Useful with
   .Fl T Ns Ar lint
   over a large set of manuals passed on the command line.
 .El  .El
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .
   .
   .Ss Output Options
   For the time being, only
   .Fl T Ns Ar html
   and
   .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml
   accepts output options:
   .Bl -tag -width Ds
   .It Fl O Ns Ar style=style.css
   The file
   .Ar style.css
   is used for an external style-sheet.  This must be a valid absolute or
   relative URI.
   .It Fl O Ns Ar includes=fmt
   The string
   .Ar fmt ,
   for example,
   .Ar ../src/%I.html ,
   is used as a template for linked header files (usually via the
   .Sq \&In
   macro).  Instances of
   .Sq \&%I
   are replaced with the include filename.  The default is not to present a
   hyperlink.
   .It Fl O Ns Ar man=fmt
   The string
   .Ar fmt ,
   for example,
   .Ar ../html%S/%N.%S.html ,
   is used as a template for linked manuals (usually via the
   .Sq \&Xr
   macro).  Instances of
   .Sq \&%N
   and
   .Sq %S
   are replaced with the linked manual's name and section, respectively.
   If no section is included, section 1 is assumed.  The default is not to
   present a hyperlink.
   .El
   .
   .
   .Sh OUTPUT
   This section documents output details of
   .Nm .
   In general, output conforms to the traditional manual style of a header,
   a body composed of sections and sub-sections, and a footer.
 .Pp  .Pp
 As with the  The text style of output characters (non-macro characters, punctuation,
 .Fl W  and white-space) is dictated by context.
 flag, multiple  .Pp
 .Fl f  White-space is generally stripped from input.  This can be changed with
 options may be grouped and delimited with a comma.  Using  character escapes (specified in
 .Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,ign-escape ,  .Xr mandoc_char 7 )
 for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors.  or literal modes (specified in
 .\" SECTION  .Xr mdoc 7
   and
   .Xr man 7 ) .
   .Pp
   If non-macro punctuation is set apart from words, such as in the phrase
   .Dq to be \&, or not to be ,
   it's processed by
   .Nm ,
   regardless of output format, according to the following rules:  opening
   punctuation
   .Po
   .Sq \&( ,
   .Sq \&[ ,
   and
   .Sq \&{
   .Pc
   is not followed by a space; closing punctuation
   .Po
   .Sq \&. ,
   .Sq \&, ,
   .Sq \&; ,
   .Sq \&: ,
   .Sq \&? ,
   .Sq \&! ,
   .Sq \&) ,
   .Sq \&]
   and
   .Sq \&}
   .Pc
   is not preceded by white-space.
   .
   .Pp
   If the input is
   .Xr mdoc 7 ,
   however, these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate.
   .
   .
   .Ss ASCII Output
   Output produced by
   .Fl T Ns Ar ascii ,
   which is the default, is rendered in standard 7-bit ASCII documented in
   .Xr ascii 7 .
   .Pp
   Font styles are applied by using back-spaced encoding such that an
   underlined character
   .Sq c
   is rendered as
   .Sq _ Ns \e[bs] Ns c ,
   where
   .Sq \e[bs]
   is the back-space character number 8.  Emboldened characters are rendered as
   .Sq c Ns \e[bs] Ns c .
   .Pp
   The special characters documented in
   .Xr mandoc_char 7
   are rendered best-effort in an ASCII equivalent.
   .Pp
   Output width is limited to 78 visible columns unless literal input lines
   exceed this limit.
   .
   .
   .Ss HTML Output
   Output produced by
   .Fl T Ns Ar html
   conforms to HTML-4.01 strict.
   .Pp
   Font styles and page structure are applied using CSS2.  By default, no
   font style is applied to any text, although CSS2 is hard-coded to format
   the basic structure of output.
   .Pp
   The
   .Pa example.style.css
   file documents the range of styles applied to output and, if used, will
   cause rendered documents to appear as they do in
   .Fl T Ns Ar ascii .
   .Pp
   Special characters are rendered in decimal-encoded UTF-8.
   .
   .
   .Ss XHTML Output
   Output produced by
   .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml
   conforms to XHTML-1.0 strict.
   .Pp
   See
   .Sx HTML Output
   for details; beyond generating XHTML tags instead of HTML tags, these
   output modes are identical.
   .
   .
 .Sh EXAMPLES  .Sh EXAMPLES
 To page manuals to the terminal:  To page manuals to the terminal:
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .
 .Pp  .Pp
 .D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error mandoc.1 2>&1 | less  .D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2>&1 | less
 .Pp  
 .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less  .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less
 .\" SECTION  .
   .Pp
   To produce HTML manuals with
   .Ar style.css
   as the style-sheet:
   .Pp
   .D1 % mandoc \-Thtml -Ostyle=style.css mdoc.7 > mdoc.7.html
   .Pp
   To check over a large set of manuals:
   .
   .Pp
   .Dl % mandoc \-Tlint \-fign-errors `find /usr/src -name \e*\e.[1-9]`
   .
   .
   .Sh COMPATIBILITY
   This section summarises
   .Nm
   compatibility with
   .Xr groff 1 .
   Each input and output format is separately noted.
   .
   .
   .Ss ASCII Compatibility
   .Bl -bullet -compact
   .It
   The
   .Sq \e~
   special character doesn't produce expected behaviour in
   .Fl T Ns Ar ascii .
   .
   .It
   The
   .Sq \&Bd \-literal
   and
   .Sq \&Bd \-unfilled
   macros of
   .Xr mdoc 7
   in
   .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
   are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
   .
   .It
   In
   .Xr groff 1 ,
   the
   .Sq \&Pa
   .Xr mdoc 7
   macro does not underline when scoped under an
   .Sq \&It
   in the FILES section.  This behaves correctly in
   .Nm .
   .
   .It
   A list or display following
   .Sq \&Ss
   .Xr mdoc 7
   macro in
   .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
   does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with
   .Sq \&Sh .
   .
   .It
   The
   .Sq \&na
   .Xr man 7
   macro in
   .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
   has no effect.
   .
   .It
   Words aren't hyphenated.
   .
   .It
   In normal mode (not a literal block), blocks of spaces aren't preserved,
   so double spaces following sentence closure are reduced to a single space;
   .Xr groff 1
   retains spaces.
   .
   .It
   Sentences are unilaterally monospaced.
   .El
   .
   .
   .Ss HTML/XHTML Compatibility
   .Bl -bullet -compact
   .It
   The
   .Sq \efP
   escape will revert the font to the previous
   .Sq \ef
   escape, not to the last rendered decoration, which is now dictated by
   CSS instead of hard-coded.  It also will not span past the current
   scope, for the same reason.  Note that in
   .Sx ASCII Output
   mode, this will work fine.
   .It
   The
   .Xr mdoc 7
   .Sq \&Bl \-hang
   and
   .Sq \&Bl \-tag
   list types render similarly (no break following overreached left-hand
   side) due to the expressive constraints of HTML.
   .
   .It
   The
   .Xr man 7
   .Sq IP
   and
   .Sq TP
   lists render similarly.
   .El
   .
   .
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,  .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,  .Xr mdoc 7 ,
 .Xr man 7  .Xr man 7
 .\"  .
 .Sh AUTHORS  .Sh AUTHORS
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
 utility was written by  utility was written by
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .  .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
 .\" SECTION  .
   .
 .Sh CAVEATS  .Sh CAVEATS
 The  The
 .Nm  .Fl T Ns Ar html
 utility in  and
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii  .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml
 mode doesn't yet know how to display the following:  CSS2 styling used for
   .Fl m Ns Ar doc
   input lists does not render properly in older browsers, such as Internet
   Explorer 6 and earlier.
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bl -bullet -compact  In
 .It  .Fl T Ns Ar html
 The \-hang  and
 .Sq \&.Bl  .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml ,
 list is not yet supported.  the maximum size of an element attribute is determined by
 .El  .Dv BUFSIZ ,
   which is usually 1024 bytes.  Be aware of this when setting long link
   formats, e.g.,
   .Fl O Ns Ar style=really/long/link .
 .Pp  .Pp
 Other macros still aren't supported by virtue of nobody complaining  The
 about their absence.  Please report any omissions: this is a work in  .Fl T Ns Ar html
 progress.  and
   .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml
   output modes don't render the
   .Sq \es
   font size escape documented in
   .Xr mdoc 7
   and
   .Xr man 7 .
 .Pp  .Pp
 The following list documents differences between traditional  Nesting elements within next-line element scopes of
 .Xr nroff 1  .Fl m Ns Ar an ,
 output and  such as
 .Nm :  .Sq br
 .Pp  within an empty
 .Bl -bullet -compact  .Sq B ,
 .It  will confuse
 A list of display following  .Fl T Ns Ar html
 .Sq \&.Ss  and
 does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with  .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml
 .Sq \&.Sh .  and cause them to forget the formatting of the prior next-line scope.
 .It  
 Special characters don't follow the current font style.  
 .\" LIST-ITEM  
 .It  
 The \-literal and \-unfilled  
 .Sq \&.Bd  
 displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.  
 .El  
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