Annotation of texi2mdoc/texi2mdoc.1, Revision 1.9
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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.
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