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<B>mdocml</B> – mdoc macro compiler

<B>mdocml</B> – mdoc macro compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)

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Sources: <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">current</A>,

<A HREF="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>

(<A HREF="/snapshots/">archives</A>)

Binaries: <A

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">windows 32-bit</A>, <A

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">windows 64-bit</A>, <A

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-macosx.zip">mac os x</A>

(<A HREF="/binaries/">archives</A>)

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<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

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>

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

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).

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<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.

It also includes <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A>, for recoding multibyte manuals;

<A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc</A>, for emitting only text parts of manuals;

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, for indexing manuals; and

<A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A>, for semantic search of manual content.

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>.

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<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 plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll

HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> requires <A CLASS="external"

need <A HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">libdb</A> to build <A

HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A> (this is

HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> (this is installed by default on BSD UNIX

installed by default on all BSD operating systems). The most current version is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>,

systems — see the <I>Makefile</I> if you're running Linux). To build and install into <I>/usr/local/</I>, just

dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>. If your system doesn't come with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> (see

run <CODE>make install</CODE>. Be careful: the <B>preconv</B> and <B>apropos</B> binary names are usually taken by

<Q>Downstream</Q>), run <CODE>make</CODE> to compile and <CODE>make install</CODE> to install into <I>/usr/local</I>.

existing utilities.

Note that <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> is not yet linked to the build. You must run <CODE>make

makewhatis</CODE> to build it (it does not install).

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Current

<A NAME="binaries">Binaries</A>

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Binary archives consist of pre-compiled binaries, manuals, and other necessary files.

Universal (Mac OS X) binaries are compiled for the PCC, i386, and x86_64 architectures.

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Windows binaries are compiled with <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.mingw.org">MingW</A> for the 32-bit (i686) and

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64-bit (x86_64) architectures.

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<TD>Source archive</TD>

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<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</A>

(<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</A>)

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<TD>Online source</TD>

<TD>

<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>

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Downstream

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Several systems come bundled with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> utilities.

If your system does not appear below, the maintainers have not contacted me and it should not be considered

<Q>official</Q>.

Please <A HREF="#contact">contact us</A> if you plan on maintaining a downstream version!

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Historical

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<TD>Source archive</TD>

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<A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A>

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<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.

They are the authoritative documentation for the <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> system.

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos(1)</A></TD>

search the manual page database

(<A HREF="apropos.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="apropos.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="apropos.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="apropos.1.ps">ps</A>)

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc(1)</A></TD>

emit only text of UNIX manuals

(<A HREF="demandoc.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="demandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="demandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="demandoc.1.ps">ps</A>)

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>

format and display UNIX manuals

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(<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">ps</A>)

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis(1)</A></TD>

<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv(1)</A></TD>

index UNIX manuals

recode multibyte UNIX manuals

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(<A HREF="preconv.1.txt">text</A> |

(<A HREF="makewhatis.1.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="preconv.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="makewhatis.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="preconv.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="makewhatis.1.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="preconv.1.ps">ps</A>)

<A HREF="makewhatis.1.ps">postscript</A>)

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>

mandoc macro compiler library

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(<A HREF="mandoc.3.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc.3.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc.3.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc.3.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="mandoc.3.ps">ps</A>)

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man language reference

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(<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="man.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="man.7.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="man.7.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="man.7.ps">ps</A>)

</SMALL>

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</TR>

<TR>

eqn-mandoc language reference

<SMALL>

(<A HREF="eqn.7.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="eqn.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="eqn.7.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="eqn.7.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="eqn.7.ps">ps</A>)

</SMALL>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD>

mandoc special characters

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(<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">ps</A>)

</SMALL>

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<TR>

mdoc language reference

<SMALL>

(<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mdoc.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mdoc.7.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">ps</A>)

</SMALL>

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</TR>

<TR>

roff-mandoc language reference

<SMALL>

(<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="roff.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="roff.7.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="roff.7.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="roff.7.ps">ps</A>)

</SMALL>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

tbl-mandoc language reference

<SMALL>

(<A HREF="tbl.7.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="tbl.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="tbl.7.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="tbl.7.ps">postscript</A>)

<A HREF="tbl.7.ps">ps</A>)

</SMALL>

</TD>

</TR>

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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb(8)</A></TD>

index UNIX manuals

(<A HREF="mandocdb.8.txt">text</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.xhtml">xhtml</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.pdf">pdf</A> |

<A HREF="mandocdb.8.ps">ps</A>)

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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

before posting. Beyond that, contact Kristaps at <A

before posting. All lists are subscription-only: send a blank e-mail to the listed address to subscribe. Beyond that,

HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal

contact Kristaps at <A HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal

this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.

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bug-reports, general questions, and announcements

<SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/discuss/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>

(<A HREF="/archives/discuss/">archive</A>)

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patches and system discussions

<SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/tech/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>

(<A HREF="/archives/tech/">archive</A>)

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source commit messages

<SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/source/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>

(<A HREF="/archives/source/">archive</A>)

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19-05-2011: version 1.11.3

08-10-2011: version 1.12.0

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Introduce locale-encoding of output with the <B>-Tlocale</B> output option and Unicode escaped-character input.

This version features a new, work-in-progress <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> output mode: -<B>Tman</B>. This mode

See <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> and <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char</A>, respectively, for details.

allows a system maintainer to distribute <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> media for older systems that may not natively

This allows for non-ASCII characters (e.g., <I>\[u5000]</I>) to be rendered in the locale's encoding, if said

support <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>, such as old Solaris systems.

environment supports wide-character encoding (if it does not, <B>-Tascii</B> is used instead).

The -<B>Ofragment</B> option was added to <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>'s -<B>Thtml</B> and -<B>Txhtml</B> modes.

Locale support can be turned off at compile time by removing <I>-DUSE_WCHAR</I> in the <I>Makefile</I>, in which case

<B>-Tlocale</B> is always a synonym for <B>-Tascii</B>.

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While adding features, an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox.

This interfaces with <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> for semantic search of manual content. <A

HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> is different from the traditional <B>apropos</B> primarily in allowing keyword search

(such as for functions, utilities, etc.) and regular expressions.

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In documentation news, the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals have been made

considerably more readable by adding <I>MACRO OVERVIEW</I> sections, by moving the gory details of the <I>LANGUAGE

SYNTAX</I> to the <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> manual, and by moving the very technical <I>MACRO SYNTAX</I> sections

down to the bottom of the page.

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Furthermore, for <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A>, the -<B>Tascii</B> mode horizontal spacing of tables was rewritten

completely. It is now compatible with <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, both

with and without frames and rulers. Nesting of indented blocks is now supported in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A>, and

several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> are now

nicer for very long titles.

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12-05-2011: version 1.11.2

02-09-2011: version 1.11.7

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Corrected some installation issues in version 1.11.1.

Added <A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc</A> utility for stripping away macros and escapes. This replaces the

Further migration to <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>.

historical <CODE>deroff</CODE> utility. Also improved the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals.

Initial public release (this utility is very much under development) of <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A>,

initially named mandoc-db.

This utility produces keyword databases of manual content

<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mandoc-cgi/index.html">mandoc-cgi</A>, which features semantic querying of manual content.

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04-04-2011: version 1.11.1

16-08-2011: version 1.11.6

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The earlier <I>libroff</I>, <I>libmdoc</I>, and <I>libman</I> soup have been merged into

Handling of <B>tr</B> macro in <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> implemented. This makes Perl documentation much more

a single library, <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>, which manages all aspects of

readable. Hyphenation is also now enabled in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> format documents. Many other general

parsing real manuals (from line-handling to <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A> parsing).

improvements have been implemented. Furthermore, a 64-bit Windows binary is now available at <A

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">mdocml-win64.zip</A> and a Mac OS X universal binary is available at <A

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-macosx.zip">mdocml-macosx.zip</A>.

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24-07-2011: version 1.11.5

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Beyond this structural change, initial <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> functionality is in

Significant <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> improvements. <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> can now parse arbitrary eqn input

place. For the time being, this is limited to the recognition of equation blocks;

(although few GNU extensions are accepted, nor is mixing low-level roff with eqn). See the <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A>

future version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> will expand upon this framework.

manual for details. For the time being, equations are rendered as simple in-line text. The equation parser satisfies

the language specified in the <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7man/eqn/eqn2e.ps">Second

Edition User's Guide</A>.

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As usual, many general fixes and improvements have also occurred. In particular, a great

This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at <A

deal of redundancy and superfluous code has been removed with the merging of the backend

HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip</A>.

libraries.

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See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for

historical notes.

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