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- mdocml – mdoc macro compiler
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- - DESCRIPTION -+ + + + ++ mdocml – mdoc macro compiler + -- mdocml is a suite of tools compiling “-mdoc”, the roff macro - package for BSD manual pages. The mission of mdocml is to deprecate groff, the GNU roff implementation, for - displaying BSD mdoc pages. - ++ DESCRIPTION +-- Why? groff amounts to over 5 MB of source code, most of which is C++ and all of which is GPL. It runs - slowly, produces uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system. mdocml strives to fix - this (respectively small, C, ISC-licensed, fast and regular). - ++ mdocml is a suite of tools compiling mdoc, the roff macro + package of choice for BSD manual pages, and man, the predominant historical package for + UNIX manuals. The mission of mdocml is to deprecate groff, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying mdoc + pages whilst providing token support for man. + -- The core of mdocml is the libmdoc library, a validating scanner-parser producing - intermediate-form output from -mdoc input. libmdoc is a simple, fast library operating on memory - buffers, so it can be used for a variety of front-ends (terminal-based, CGI and so on). The primary - front-end is mandoc(1), which formats -mdoc manuals for display on the - terminal. - ++ Why? groff amounts to over 5 MB of source code, most of which is C++ and all of which is GPL. It runs slowly, produces + uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system. mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, ISC-licensed, fast and regular). + -- The mandoc(1) utility is intended to deprecate usage of groff for displaying mdoc manuals on the - terminal. - ++ mdocml consists of the libmandoc validating compiler and mandoc, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals, XHTML, + HTML, PostScript, and PDF. It is a BSD.lv project. + -- Please submit patches! Although a significant implementation exists, work - remains for the backend library and especially the front-end utilities. See the contact information below to submit patches and bug reports. - - |
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- - INSTALLING SOURCES -+
+ Disambiguation: mdocml is often referred to by its installed binary, - Sources correctly build and install on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Linux operating systems, tested - variously on i386, AMD64, Alpha and others. - ++ SOURCES +-- The most current version is @VERSION@, dated - @VDATE@. - +
+ mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any UNIX system. The most current
+ version is @VERSION@, dated @VDATE@. If your system doesn't come
+ with mdocml (see
+ Note that makewhatis is not yet linked to the build. You must run - Snapshot source -++ Current +-- CVS sources are checkedout and snapshotted with version updates. These may be found in the /snapshots/ directory. - +
- % cd /tmp + Downstream +-- Snapshot port/pkgsrc -+
- The source snapshot is automatically converted into OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD ports at /ports-openbsd/, /ports-netbsd/ and /ports-freebsd/, respectively. Please read the OpenBSD Ports FAQ, NetBSD pkgsrc guide or FreeBSD Ports Guide first. - ++ Historical +-- OpenBSD port -+
- # pkg_delete mdocml + DOCUMENTATION +-- NetBSD pkgsrc -++ These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current snapshot. + -
- # pkg_delete mdocml
- FreeBSD port -++ CONTACT +-
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- - CONTACT -++ Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription). Please check the + TODO for known issues + before posting. Beyond that, contact Kristaps at kris...@bsd.lv. + -- Please contact Kristaps, kris...@kth.se, with questions, bug reports, patches, and so on. - - -- If you'd like to submit patches, please contact us beforehand in case larger changes are pending but not - checked in. If making a bug report, please make sure it's repeatable on the most current snapshot. - - |
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- Copyright © 2008, 2009 Kristaps Džonsons, $Date: 2009/03/24 10:28:06 $
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+ disc...@mdocml.bsd.lv + | ++ bug-reports, general questions, and announcements + (archive) + | +
+ tec...@mdocml.bsd.lv + | ++ patches and system discussions + (archive) + | +
+ sou...@mdocml.bsd.lv + | ++ source commit messages + (archive) + | +
+ 12-05-2011: version 1.11.2 +
++ Corrected some installation issues in version 1.11.1. + Further migration to libmandoc. + Initial public release (this utility is very much under development) of makewhatis, + initially named mandoc-db. + This utility produces keyword databases of manual content + mandoc-cgi, which features semantic querying of manual content. +
+ ++ 04-04-2011: version 1.11.1 +
++ The earlier libroff, libmdoc, and libman soup have been merged into + a single library, libmandoc, which manages all aspects of + parsing real manuals (from line-handling to tbl parsing). +
++ Beyond this structural change, initial eqn functionality is in + place. For the time being, this is limited to the recognition of equation blocks; + future version of mdocml will expand upon this framework. +
++ As usual, many general fixes and improvements have also occurred. In particular, a great + deal of redundancy and superfluous code has been removed with the merging of the backend + libraries. +
+ ++ 07-01-2011: version 1.10.9 +
++ Many back-end fixes have been implemented: argument handling (quoting), man improvements, error/warning classes, and many more. +
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+ Initial tbl functionality (see the TS
, TE
, and
+ T&
macros in the roff manual) has been
+ merged from tbl.bsd.lv. Output is
+ still minimal, especially for -Thtml and -Txhtml, but manages to at least display data. This means that mandoc now has built-in support for two troff preprocessors via
+ libroff: soelim and tbl.
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+ 24-12-2010: version 1.10.8 +
++ Significant improvements merged from OpenBSD downstream, including +
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+ Also overhauled the -Thtml and -Txhtml output modes. They now display readable output in arbitrary
+ browsers, including text-based ones like lynx. See HTML and XHTML manuals in the DOCUMENTATION section for examples. Attention: available style-sheet classes have been considerably
+ changed! See the example.style.css file for details.
+ Lastly, libmdoc and libman have been
+ cleaned up and reduced in size and complexity.
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+ See cvsweb for + historical notes. +
+ ++ Copyright © 2008–2011 + Kristaps Dzonsons, + $Date: 2011/05/13 00:51:27 $ +
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