=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/index.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.140 retrieving revision 1.153 diff -u -p -r1.140 -r1.153 --- mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2011/09/02 14:00:09 1.140 +++ mandoc/Attic/index.sgml 2012/03/24 02:07:32 1.153 @@ -3,22 +3,16 @@ - 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, cvsweb (archives) - | - Binaries: windows 32-bit, windows 64-bit, mac os x - (archives)

Description @@ -41,7 +35,9 @@ support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF. It also includes preconv, for recoding multibyte manuals; demandoc, for emitting only text parts of manuals; - and mandocdb, for indexing manuals. + mandocdb, for indexing manuals; and + apropos, whatis, and + man.cgi (via catman) for semantic search of manual content. It is a BSD.lv project.

@@ -51,11 +47,13 @@ Sources

- mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system. - To build and install into /usr/local/, just run make install. - Be aware: if you have an existing groff installation, this may overwrite its preconv binary. - The mandocdb utility is not yet linked to the build; please contact - us if you plan to use it. + mdocml is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll + need libdb to build 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, apropos, and whatis binary names are + usually taken by existing utilities.

Binaries @@ -82,31 +80,39 @@ DragonFly BSD - usr.bin/mandoc + usr.bin/mandoc FreeBSD - ports/textproc/mdocml + ports/textproc/mdocml NetBSD - src/external/bsd/mdocml + src/external/bsd/mdocml OpenBSD - src/usr.bin/mandoc + src/usr.bin/mandoc + + pkgsrc + + textproc/mdocml + + + + Minix3 + + external/bsd/mdocml + +

@@ -122,13 +128,13 @@ - mandoc(1) + apropos(1) - format and display UNIX manuals - (text | - xhtml | - pdf | - ps) + search the manual page database + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) @@ -142,6 +148,16 @@ + mandoc(1) + + format and display UNIX manuals + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + preconv(1) recode multibyte UNIX manuals @@ -152,6 +168,16 @@ + whatis(1) + + search the manual page database + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + mandoc(3) mandoc macro compiler library @@ -172,6 +198,16 @@ + man.cgi(7) + + cgi for manpage query and display + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + eqn(7) eqn-mandoc language reference @@ -222,6 +258,16 @@ + catman(8) + + update a man.cgi manpage cache + (text | + xhtml | + pdf | + ps) + + + mandocdb(8) index UNIX manuals @@ -241,7 +287,7 @@ 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.
@@ -254,7 +300,6 @@ @@ -264,7 +309,6 @@ @@ -274,7 +318,6 @@ @@ -283,35 +326,28 @@ News
- 02-09-2011: version 1.11.7 + 23-03-2011: version 1.12.1
- Added demandoc utility for stripping away macros and escapes. This replaces the - historical `deroff` utility. Also improved the mdoc and man manuals. + Significant work on apropos and mandocdb. These tools are + now much more robust. + 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.
-
- 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. + 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.
-
- 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. + 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.
- This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at /binaries/mdocml-win32.zip. + Lastly, I'm no longer providing binaries, as nobody has asked for them.
See cvsweb for @@ -321,7 +357,7 @@ Copyright © 2008–2011 Kristaps Dzonsons, - $Date: 2011/09/02 14:00:09 $ + $Date: 2012/03/24 02:07:32 $

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