=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.1,v retrieving revision 1.56 retrieving revision 1.57 diff -u -p -r1.56 -r1.57 --- mandoc/mandoc.1 2010/03/29 10:10:35 1.56 +++ mandoc/mandoc.1 2010/04/08 07:40:03 1.57 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.56 2010/03/29 10:10:35 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.57 2010/04/08 07:40:03 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: March 29 2010 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: April 8 2010 $ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os . @@ -40,41 +40,50 @@ The .Nm utility formats .Ux -manual pages for display. The arguments are as follows: +manual pages for display. +The arguments are as follows: . .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl f Ns Ar option... -Comma-separated compiler options. See +Comma-separated compiler options. +See .Sx Compiler Options for details. . .It Fl m Ns Ar format -Input format. See +Input format. +See .Sx Input Formats -for available formats. Defaults to +for available formats. +Defaults to .Fl m Ns Ar andoc . . .It Fl O Ns Ar option... -Comma-separated output options. See +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 -for available formats. Defaults to +for available formats. +Defaults to .Fl T Ns Ar ascii . . .It Fl V Print version and exit. . .It Fl W Ns Ar err... -Comma-separated warning options. Use +Comma-separated warning options. +Use .Fl W Ns Ar all to print warnings, .Fl W Ns Ar error for warnings to be considered errors and cause utility -termination. Multiple +termination. +Multiple .Fl W arguments may be comma-separated, such as .Fl W Ns Ar error,all . @@ -82,7 +91,8 @@ arguments may be comma-separated, such as .It Ar infile... Read input from zero or more .Ar infile . -If unspecified, reads from stdin. If multiple files are specified, +If unspecified, reads from stdin. +If multiple files are specified, .Nm will halt with the first failed parse. .El @@ -115,7 +125,8 @@ input with .Fl m Ns Ar doc and .Fl m Ns Ar an , -respectively. The +respectively. +The .Xr mdoc 7 format is .Em strongly @@ -141,7 +152,8 @@ parser is used. If multiple files are specified with .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 .Fl m Ns Ar doc or @@ -160,15 +172,19 @@ arguments (see .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl T Ns Ar ascii Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline -styles. This is the default. See +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 +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 +Produce strict XHTML-1.0 output, with a sane default style. +See .Sx XHTML Output . . .It Fl T Ns Ar tree @@ -195,7 +211,8 @@ flag. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope 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 . .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape @@ -220,8 +237,8 @@ and .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars . . .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-errors -When parsing multiple files, don't halt when one errors out. Useful -with +When parsing multiple files, don't halt when one errors out. +Useful with .Fl T Ns Ar lint over a large set of manuals passed on the command line. .El @@ -237,7 +254,8 @@ accepts output options: .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 +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 @@ -246,9 +264,11 @@ for example, .Ar ../src/%I.html , is used as a template for linked header files (usually via the .Sq \&In -macro). Instances of +macro). +Instances of .Sq \&%I -are replaced with the include filename. The default is not to present a +are replaced with the include filename. +The default is not to present a hyperlink. .It Fl O Ns Ar man=fmt The string @@ -257,12 +277,14 @@ for example, .Ar ../html%S/%N.%S.html , is used as a template for linked manuals (usually via the .Sq \&Xr -macro). Instances of +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 +If no section is included, section 1 is assumed. +The default is not to present a hyperlink. .El . @@ -276,7 +298,8 @@ a body composed of sections and sub-sections, and a fo The text style of output characters (non-macro characters, punctuation, and white-space) is dictated by context. .Pp -White-space is generally stripped from input. This can be changed with +White-space is generally stripped from input. +This can be changed with character escapes (specified in .Xr mandoc_char 7 ) or literal modes (specified in @@ -330,7 +353,8 @@ 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 +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 @@ -346,8 +370,9 @@ 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 +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 @@ -374,7 +399,7 @@ output modes are identical. To page manuals to the terminal: . .Pp -.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2>&1 | less +.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2\*(Gt&1 | less .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less . .Pp @@ -382,7 +407,7 @@ To produce HTML manuals with .Ar style.css as the style-sheet: .Pp -.D1 % mandoc \-Thtml -Ostyle=style.css mdoc.7 > mdoc.7.html +.D1 % mandoc \-Thtml -Ostyle=style.css mdoc.7 \*(Gt mdoc.7.html .Pp To check over a large set of manuals: . @@ -425,7 +450,8 @@ the .Xr mdoc 7 macro does not underline when scoped under an .Sq \&It -in the FILES section. This behaves correctly in +in the FILES section. +This behaves correctly in .Nm . . .It @@ -467,8 +493,10 @@ The 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 +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 @@ -491,9 +519,9 @@ lists render similarly. . . .Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr man 7 , .Xr mandoc_char 7 , -.Xr mdoc 7 , -.Xr man 7 +.Xr mdoc 7 . .Sh AUTHORS The @@ -519,7 +547,8 @@ and .Fl T Ns Ar xhtml , the maximum size of an element attribute is determined by .Dv BUFSIZ , -which is usually 1024 bytes. Be aware of this when setting long link +which is usually 1024 bytes. +Be aware of this when setting long link formats, e.g., .Fl O Ns Ar style=really/long/link . .