=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.1,v retrieving revision 1.7 retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -p -r1.7 -r1.8 --- mandoc/mandoc.1 2009/03/23 09:42:43 1.7 +++ mandoc/mandoc.1 2009/03/23 15:41:09 1.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.7 2009/03/23 09:42:43 kristaps Exp $ +.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.8 2009/03/23 15:41:09 kristaps Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" @@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ .\" SECTION .Sh NAME .Nm mandoc -.Nd format and display BSD manuals +.Nd format and display UNIX manuals .\" SECTION .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm mandoc .Op Fl V .Op Fl f Ns Ar option... +.Op Fl m Ns Ar format .Op Fl W Ns Ar err... .Op Fl T Ns Ar output .Op Ar infile... @@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -utility formats a BSD -.Dq mdoc -manual page for display. The arguments are as follows: +utility formats +.Ux +manual pages for display. The arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX .\" ITEM .It Fl f Ns Ar option... @@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ Override default compiler behaviour. See .Sx Compiler Options for details. .\" ITEM +.It Fl m +Input format. See +.Sx Input Formats +for available formats. Defaults to +.Fl m Ns Ar mdoc . +.\" ITEM .It Fl T Output format. See .Sx Output Formats @@ -80,15 +87,18 @@ will halt with the first failed parse. .Pp By default, .Nm -reads from stdin and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout -as if +reads +.Xr mdoc 7 +text from stdin, implying +.Fl m Ns Ar mdoc , +and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if .Fl T Ns Ar ascii were provided. .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp .Ex -std mandoc .\" SUB-SECTION -.Ss Reserved Words +.Ss Reserved Words (mdoc only) The reserved words described in .Xr mdoc 7 are handled according to the following rules: @@ -132,6 +142,30 @@ However, if the comma were part of .Dq ,empirically , it would not. .\" SUB-SECTION +.Ss Input Formats +The +.Nm +utility accepts +.Xr mdoc 7 +and +.Xr man 7 +input with +.Fl m Ns Ar mdoc +and +.Fl m Ns Ar man , +respectively. The +.Xr mdoc 7 +format is +.Em strongly +recommended; +.Xr man 7 +should only be used for legacy manuals. +.Pp +Note that the +.Fl m Ns Ar man +option is experimental and only works with +.Fl T Ns Ar tree . +.\" SUB-SECTION .Ss Output Formats The .Nm @@ -156,6 +190,7 @@ flag. .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. +.Pq mdoc only .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape Ignore invalid escape sequences. .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro