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<B>mdocml</B> – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@) |
<B>mdocml</B> – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@) |
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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 |
UNIX manuals. The mission of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is to deprecate <A |
UNIX manuals. |
HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I> |
It is small, ISO C, <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, and quite fast. |
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 GPL version 3. It runs slowly, produces |
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uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system. mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A |
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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 (with |
HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals (with |
support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF. |
support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF. |
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<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, for indexing manuals; and |
<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, for indexing manuals; and |
<A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A>, <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, and |
<A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A>, <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, and |
<A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> (via <A HREF="catman.8.html">catman</A>) for semantic search of manual content. |
<A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> (via <A HREF="catman.8.html">catman</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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<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> has predominantly been developed on OpenBSD |
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and is both an <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/">OpenBSD</A> |
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and a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project. |
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We strive to support all interested free operating systems, in particular |
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<A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</A>, |
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<A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.dragonflybsd.org/">DragonFly</A>, |
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<A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</A>, |
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<A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.minix3.org/">Minix 3</A>, |
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and <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.gnu.org/">GNU</A>/Linux, |
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as well as all systems running the <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.pkgsrc.org/">pkgsrc</A> portable package build system. |
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All of these projects have helped to make <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> better, by providing feedback and advice, |
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bug reports, and patches. |
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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>. |