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1.9     ! kristaps    1: .\"    $Id: texi2mdoc.1,v 1.8 2015/02/23 22:50:11 kristaps Exp $
1.1       kristaps    2: .\"
                      3: .\" Copyright (c) 2015 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
                      6: .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
                      7: .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
                      8: .\"
                      9: .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
                     10: .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
                     11: .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
                     12: .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
                     13: .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
                     14: .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
                     15: .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
                     16: .\"
1.8       kristaps   17: .Dd $Mdocdate: February 23 2015 $
1.1       kristaps   18: .Dt TEXI2MDOC 1
                     19: .Os
                     20: .Sh NAME
                     21: .Nm texi2mdoc
                     22: .Nd convert texinfo documents to mdoc
                     23: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     24: .Nm texi2mdoc
                     25: .Op Fl I Ar dirs
1.8       kristaps   26: .Op Ar file
1.1       kristaps   27: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     28: The
                     29: .Nm
                     30: utility converts
                     31: .%B GNU Texinfo
                     32: documents to
1.2       kristaps   33: .Xr mdoc 7
                     34: mixed with
                     35: .Xr tbl 7
                     36: .Pq if applicable .
1.8       kristaps   37: By default,
                     38: .Nm
                     39: reads from standard input.
1.1       kristaps   40: Its arguments are as follows:
                     41: .Bl -tag -width Ds
                     42: .It Fl I Ar dirs
                     43: Colon-separated directories to search for
                     44: .Li @include
                     45: files.
1.8       kristaps   46: .It Ar file
                     47: A Texinfo input file.
                     48: If specified, the directory of
                     49: .Ar file
                     50: is prepended to the list of
                     51: .Fl I
                     52: directories.
1.1       kristaps   53: .El
                     54: .Pp
                     55: .Nm
                     56: can understand a significant subset of the texinfo language.
                     57: It recognises itself as a
                     58: .Em plaintext
                     59: formatter.
1.2       kristaps   60: The produced document's title is set to the
                     61: .Ar file
                     62: filename and the description is set to the
                     63: .Li @settitle
                     64: command's contents.
1.1       kristaps   65: .\" .Sh CONTEXT
                     66: .\" For section 9 functions only.
                     67: .\" .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
                     68: .\" Not used in OpenBSD.
                     69: .\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
                     70: .\" For sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
                     71: .\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT
                     72: .\" For sections 1, 6, 7, and 8 only.
                     73: .\" .Sh FILES
                     74: .Sh EXIT STATUS
                     75: .Ex -std
                     76: .\" .Sh EXAMPLES
                     77: .\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     78: .\" For sections 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 printf/stderr messages only.
                     79: .\" .Sh ERRORS
                     80: .\" For sections 2, 3, 4, and 9 errno settings only.
                     81: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.3       kristaps   82: .Xr mdoc 7 ,
                     83: .Xr tbl 7
1.1       kristaps   84: .Rs
                     85: .%B GNU Texinfo
                     86: .%U http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/manual/texinfo
                     87: .Re
                     88: .\" .Xr foobar 1
                     89: .\" .Sh STANDARDS
                     90: .\" .Sh HISTORY
1.2       kristaps   91: .Sh AUTHORS
                     92: The
                     93: .Nm
                     94: utility was written by
                     95: .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
1.4       kristaps   96: .Sh CAVEATS
1.7       kristaps   97: The output of
                     98: .Nm
                     99: doesn't play entirely nicely with
                    100: .Xr mdoc 7 .
                    101: It doesn't detect whether a line trailing slash is properly escaped, nor
                    102: does it properly account for how it mingles
                    103: .Sq \&Pp
                    104: with the text.
                    105: Moreover, many commands that might contain useful information (such as
                    106: .Li @footnote )
                    107: are thrown away.
1.9     ! kristaps  108: .Pp
        !           109: Not all accent marks are supported by
        !           110: .Xr mdoc 7 :
        !           111: carons, breves, etc.
1.1       kristaps  112: .\" .Sh BUGS
1.4       kristaps  113: .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
                    114: As a security precaution,
                    115: .Nm
                    116: does not allow the inclusion (via
                    117: .Li @include
                    118: or
1.5       kristaps  119: .Li @verbatiminclude )
1.4       kristaps  120: of absolute paths or paths with
                    121: .Li \&..
                    122: as directory components.
1.1       kristaps  123: .\" Not used in OpenBSD.