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<B>mdocml</B> – mdoc macro compiler |
<B>mdocml</B> – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@) |
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Sources: <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">current</A>, |
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<A HREF="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> |
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<A NAME="description">Description</A> |
<A NAME="description">Description</A> |
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<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <I><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></I>, the roff macro |
<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <I><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></I>, the roff macro |
package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <I><A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></I>, the predominant historical package for |
package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <I><A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></I>, the predominant historical package for |
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HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I> |
HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I> |
pages whilst providing token support for <I>man</I>. |
pages whilst providing token support for <I>man</I>. |
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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 |
Why? groff amounts to over 5 MB of source code, most of which is C++ and GPL version 3. It runs slowly, produces |
uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system. mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A |
uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system. mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A |
CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular). |
CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular). |
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<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A |
<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A |
HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals, XHTML, |
HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals (with |
HTML, PostScript, and PDF. It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project. |
support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF. |
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It also includes <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A> for recoding multibyte manuals, |
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<A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc</A> for emitting only text parts of manuals, |
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<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> for indexing manuals, |
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<A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> (includes whatis mode) for indexed manual search, and |
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<A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> for indexed manual search online. |
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It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project. |
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<I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>. |
<I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>. |
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<A NAME="sources">Sources</A> |
<A NAME="sources">Sources</A> |
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<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any UNIX system, although <A |
<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in ISO C99 and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll need <A |
HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> requires <A CLASS="external" |
HREF="http://www.sqlite.org">sqlite3</A> to build <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> (links to whatis), |
HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A> (this is |
<A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A>, and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>. |
installed by default on all BSD operating systems). The most current version is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, |
To build and install into <I>/usr/local/</I>, just run <CODE>make install</CODE>. |
dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>. If your system doesn't come with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> (see |
Be careful: the <B>preconv</B>, <B>apropos</B>, and <B>whatis</B> binary names are usually taken by existing utilities. |
<Q>Downstream</Q>), run <CODE>make</CODE> to compile and <CODE>make install</CODE> to install into <I>/usr/local</I>. |
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Note that <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> is not yet linked to the build. You must run <CODE>make |
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Current |
Downstream |
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Several systems come bundled with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> utilities. |
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If your system does not appear below, the maintainers have not contacted me and it should not be considered |
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Please <A HREF="#contact">contact us</A> if you plan on maintaining a downstream version! |
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<TD>Source archive</TD> |
<TD>DragonFly BSD</TD> |
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<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</A> |
<A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/contrib/mdocml" CLASS="external">contrib/mdocml</A> (1.12.1 sources) |
(<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</A>) |
<A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/lib/libmandoc" CLASS="external">lib/libmandoc</A> |
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<A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/usr.bin/mandoc" CLASS="external">usr.bin/mandoc</A> (build system) |
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<TD>Online source</TD> |
<TD>FreeBSD 10.0, -CURRENT</TD> |
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<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> |
<A HREF="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/contrib/mdocml/" CLASS="external">contrib/mdocml</A> (1.12.1 sources) |
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<TD>DragonFly BSD</TD> |
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<A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/usr.bin/mandoc" |
<A HREF="http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/textproc/mdocml/" CLASS="external">ports/textproc/mdocml</A> (1.12.1 port) |
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<TD>FreeBSD</TD> |
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<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/mdocml/" |
<A HREF="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/bsd/mdocml/" CLASS="external">src/external/bsd/mdocml</A> (1.12.1 sources plus patches and build system) |
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<TD>NetBSD</TD> |
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<A HREF="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/bsd/mdocml/" |
<A HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/" CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A> (1.12.2 sources and build system) |
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<TD>OpenBSD</TD> |
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<A HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/" |
<A HREF="http://pkgsrc.se/textproc/mdocml" CLASS="external">textproc/mdocml</A> (1.12.2 port) |
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<A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A> |
<A HREF="http://git.minix3.org/?p=minix.git;a=tree;f=external/bsd/mdocml" CLASS="external">external/bsd/mdocml</A> (1.10.9 sources and build system) |
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<A NAME="documentation">Documentation</A> |
<A NAME="documentation">Documentation</A> |
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These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current snapshot. |
These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current release. |
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They are the authoritative documentation for the <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> system. |
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos(1)</A></TD> |
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format and display UNIX manuals |
search the manual page database |
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis(1)</A></TD> |
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index UNIX manuals |
emit only text of UNIX manuals |
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv(1)</A></TD> |
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recode multibyte UNIX manuals |
recode multibyte UNIX manuals |
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mandoc macro compiler library |
mandoc macro compiler library |
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man language reference |
roff table parser library for mandoc |
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eqn-mandoc language reference |
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD> |
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mandoc special characters |
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD> |
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mdoc language reference |
mdoc language reference |
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roff-mandoc language reference |
roff-mandoc language reference |
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tbl-mandoc language reference |
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<A NAME="contact">Contact</A> |
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Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription). Please check the |
Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. Please check the |
<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues |
<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues |
before posting. Beyond that, contact Kristaps at <A |
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bug-reports, general questions, and announcements |
bug-reports, general questions, and announcements |
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patches and system discussions |
patches and system discussions |
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source commit messages |
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<A NAME="news">News</A> |
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19-05-2011: version 1.11.3 |
xx-xx-2013: version 1.13.0 |
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Introduce locale-encoding of output with the <B>-Tlocale</B> output option and Unicode escaped-character input. |
The <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> tools (<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, <A |
See <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> and <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char</A>, respectively, for details. |
HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> (absorbing whatis), and <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A>) have been re-written to |
This allows for non-ASCII characters (e.g., <I>\[u5000]</I>) to be rendered in the locale's encoding, if said |
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Furthermore, multibyte-encoded documents, such as those in UTF-8, may be on-the-fly recoded as <A |
The <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A> to <A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A> converter, |
HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> input by using the newly-added <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A> utility. |
to be called as <CODE>mandoc -Tman</CODE>, is now fully functional. |
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The <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A> utility now supports the <CODE>-Ios</CODE> (default operating system) |
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input option, and the <CODE>-Tutf8</CODE> output mode now actually works. |
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Corrected some installation issues in version 1.11.1. |
The <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb(8)</A> utility no longer truncates existing databases when starting to build new ones, |
Further migration to <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>. |
but only replaces them when the build actually succeeds. |
Initial public release (this utility is very much under development) of <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A>, |
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This utility produces keyword databases of manual content |
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<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mandoc-cgi/index.html">mandoc-cgi</A>, which features semantic querying of manual content. |
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The <A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A> parser now supports the <EM>PD</EM> macro (paragraph distance), |
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and (for GNU man-ext compatibility only) <EM>EX</EM> (example block) and <EM>EE</EM> (example end). |
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Plus several bugfixes regarding indentation, line breaks, and vertical spacing, |
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and regarding <EM>RS</EM> following <EM>TP</EM>. |
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The <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A> parser now supports the <EM>\f(BI</EM> (bold+italic) font escape, |
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the <EM>\z</EM> (zero cursor advance) escape and the <EM>cc</EM> (change control character) |
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and <EM>it</EM> (input line trap) requests. |
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Plus bugfixes regarding the <EM>\t</EM> (tab) escape, nested escape sequences, and conditional requests. |
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In <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A>, several bugs were fixed related to UTF-8 output of quoting enclosures, |
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delimiter handling, list indentation and horizontal and vertical spacing, |
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formatting of the <EM>Lk</EM>, <EM>%U</EM>, and <EM>%C</EM> macros, |
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plus some bugfixes related to the handling of syntax errors like badly nested font blocks, |
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stray <EM>Ta</EM> macros outside column lists, unterminated <EM>It Xo</EM> blocks, |
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and non-text children of <EM>Nm</EM> blocks. |
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In <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl(7)</A>, the width of horizontal spans and the vertical spacing around tables was corrected, |
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and in <A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A> files, a crash was fixed that was triggered by some particular unclosed <EM>T{</EM> macros. |
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For mandoc developers, we now provide a <A HREF="tbl.3.html">tbl(3)</A> library manual and <CODE>gmdiff</CODE>, |
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a very small, very simplistic groff-versus-mandoc output comparison tool. |
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See <A HREF="NEWS">NEWS</A> for historical notes. |
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04-04-2011: version 1.11.1 |
23-03-2012: version 1.12.1 |
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The earlier <I>libroff</I>, <I>libmdoc</I>, and <I>libman</I> soup have been merged into |
Significant work on <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>. These tools are |
a single library, <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>, which manages all aspects of |
now much more robust. |
parsing real manuals (from line-handling to <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A> parsing). |
A <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A> implementation is now handled as an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> mode. |
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These tools are also able to minimally handle pre-formatted pages, that is, those already formatted by another utility |
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such as GNU troff. |
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Beyond this structural change, initial <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> functionality is in |
The <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> script is also now available for wider testing. It interfaces with <A |
place. For the time being, this is limited to the recognition of equation blocks; |
HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> manuals cached by <A HREF="catman.8.html">catman</A>. HTML output is generated |
future version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> will expand upon this framework. |
on-the-fly by <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> or internal methods to convert pre-formatted pages. |
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As usual, many general fixes and improvements have also occurred. In particular, a great |
The mailing list archive for the discuss and tech lists are being hosted by <A CLASS="external" |
deal of redundancy and superfluous code has been removed with the merging of the backend |
HREF="http://www.gmane.org">Gmane</A> at <A HREF="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.user" |
libraries. |
CLASS="external">gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.user</A> and <A HREF="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.devel" |
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CLASS="external">gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.devel</A>, respectively. |
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Lastly, I'm no longer providing binaries, as nobody has asked for them. |
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See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for |
See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for |
historical notes. |
historical notes. |
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