=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.1,v retrieving revision 1.243 retrieving revision 1.247 diff -u -p -r1.243 -r1.247 --- mandoc/mandoc.1 2020/04/24 12:02:33 1.243 +++ mandoc/mandoc.1 2020/08/27 15:55:34 1.247 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mandoc.1,v 1.243 2020/04/24 12:02:33 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mandoc.1,v 1.247 2020/08/27 15:55:34 schwarze Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2012, 2014-2020 Ingo Schwarze .\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: April 24 2020 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: August 27 2020 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ The options are as follows: If the standard output is a terminal device and .Fl c is not specified, use -.Xr more 1 +.Xr less 1 to paginate the output, just like .Xr man 1 would. .It Fl c Copy the formatted manual pages to the standard output without using -.Xr more 1 +.Xr less 1 to paginate them. This is the default. It can be specified to override @@ -410,6 +410,30 @@ The file is used for an external style-sheet. This must be a valid absolute or relative URI. +.It Cm tag Ns Op = Ns Ar term +Same syntax and semantics as for +.Sx ASCII Output . +This is implemented by passing a +.Ic file:// +URI ending in a fragment identifier to the pager +rather than passing merely a file name. +When using this argument, use a pager supporting such URIs, for example +.Bd -literal -offset 3n +MANPAGER='lynx -force_html' man -T html -O tag=MANPAGER man +MANPAGER='w3m -T text/html' man -T html -O tag=toc mandoc +.Ed +.Pp +Consequently, for HTML output, this argument does not work with +.Xr more 1 +or +.Xr less 1 . +For example, +.Ql MANPAGER=less man -T html -O tag=toc mandoc +does not work because +.Xr less 1 +does not support +.Ic file:// +URIs. .It Cm toc If an input file contains at least two non-standard sections, print a table of contents near the beginning of the output. @@ -451,10 +475,7 @@ code is not supported. .Pp If the input format of a file is .Xr man 7 , -the input is copied to the output, expanding any -.Xr roff 7 -.Ic so -requests. +the input is copied to the output. The parser is also run, and as usual, the .Fl W level controls which @@ -633,7 +654,7 @@ It never affects the interpretation of input files. Any non-empty value of the environment variable .Ev MANPAGER is used instead of the standard pagination program, -.Xr more 1 ; +.Xr less 1 ; see .Xr man 1 for details. @@ -647,8 +668,7 @@ Specifies the pagination program to use when .Ev MANPAGER is not defined. If neither PAGER nor MANPAGER is defined, -.Xr more 1 -.Fl s +.Xr less 1 is used. Only used if .Fl a