=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/index.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.145 retrieving revision 1.151 diff -u -p -r1.145 -r1.151 --- mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/10/06 23:15:56 1.145 +++ mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/12/14 23:17:12 1.151 @@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ - mdocml | mdoc macro compiler + mdocml | UNIX manpage compiler

- mdocml – mdoc macro compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@) + mdocml – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)

Sources: current, @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ It also includes preconv, for recoding multibyte manuals; demandoc, for emitting only text parts of manuals; mandocdb, for indexing manuals; and - apropos, for semantic search of manual content. + apropos, whatis, and + man.cgi (via catman) for semantic search of manual content. It is a BSD.lv project.

@@ -54,10 +55,11 @@

mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll need libdb to build apropos and mandocdb (this is installed by default on BSD UNIX + HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos, whatis, man.cgi, catman, and mandocdb (this is installed by default on BSD UNIX systems — see the Makefile if you're running Linux). To build and install into /usr/local/, just - run make install. Be careful: the preconv and apropos binary names are usually taken by - existing utilities. + run make install. Be careful: the preconv, apropos, and whatis binary names are + usually taken by existing utilities.

Binaries @@ -109,6 +111,12 @@ CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc + + pkgsrc + + textproc/mdocml + +

@@ -164,6 +172,16 @@ + whatis(1) + + search the manual page database + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + mandoc(3) mandoc macro compiler library @@ -184,6 +202,16 @@ + man.cgi(7) + + cgi for manpage query and display + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + eqn(7) eqn-mandoc language reference @@ -234,6 +262,16 @@ + catman(8) + + update a man.cgi manpage cache + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + mandocdb(8) index UNIX manuals @@ -253,7 +291,7 @@ TODO for known issues before posting. All lists are subscription-only: send a blank e-mail to the listed address to subscribe. Beyond that, contact Kristaps at kris...@bsd.lv. + this e-mail address">kris...@bsd.lv. Archives are available at Gmane.

@@ -266,7 +304,6 @@ @@ -276,7 +313,6 @@ @@ -286,7 +322,6 @@ @@ -295,9 +330,29 @@ News

- xx-xx-2011: version 1.xx.x + xx-xx-2011: version 1.12.1

+ Significant work on apropos and mandocdb. These tools are + now much more robust and in line with other manpage systems. A whatis implementation is now + handled as an apropos mode. These tools are also able to minimally handle pre-formatted + pages, that is, those already formatted by another utility such as GNU troff. +

+

+ The man.cgi script is also now available for wider testing. It interfaces with mandocdb manuals cached by catman. HTML output is generated + on-the-fly by libmandoc or internal methods to convert pre-formatted pages. +

+

+ Lastly, the mailing list archive for the discuss and tech lists are being hosted by Gmane at gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.user and gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.devel, respectively. +

+

+ 08-10-2011: version 1.12.0 +

+

This version features a new, work-in-progress mandoc output mode: -Tman. This mode allows a system maintainer to distribute man media for older systems that may not natively support mdoc, such as old Solaris systems. @@ -305,7 +360,10 @@

While adding features, an apropos utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox. - This interfaces with mandocdb for semantic search of manual content. + This interfaces with mandocdb for semantic search of manual content. apropos is different from the traditional apropos primarily in allowing keyword search + (such as for functions, utilities, etc.) and regular expressions. + Note that the calling syntax for apropos is likely to change as it settles down.

In documentation news, the mdoc and man manuals have been made @@ -320,38 +378,7 @@ several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in mdoc are now nicer for very long titles.

-

- 02-09-2011: version 1.11.7 -

- Added demandoc utility for stripping away macros and escapes. This replaces the - historical deroff utility. Also improved the mdoc and man manuals. -

-

- 16-08-2011: version 1.11.6 -

-

- Handling of tr macro in roff implemented. This makes Perl documentation much more - readable. Hyphenation is also now enabled in man format documents. Many other general - improvements have been implemented. Furthermore, a 64-bit Windows binary is now available at mdocml-win64.zip and a Mac OS X universal binary is available at mdocml-macosx.zip. -

-

- 24-07-2011: version 1.11.5 -

-

- Significant eqn improvements. mdocml can now parse arbitrary eqn input - (although few GNU extensions are accepted, nor is mixing low-level roff with eqn). See the eqn - manual for details. For the time being, equations are rendered as simple in-line text. The equation parser satisfies - the language specified in the Second - Edition User's Guide. -

-

- This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at /binaries/mdocml-win32.zip. -

-

See cvsweb for historical notes.

@@ -359,7 +386,7 @@ Copyright © 2008–2011 Kristaps Dzonsons, - $Date: 2011/10/06 23:15:56 $ + $Date: 2011/12/14 23:17:12 $

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