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| DESCRIPTION |
<A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A> |
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<P> |
| <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <Q>-mdoc</Q>, the roff macro package |
<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <Q>-<A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></Q>, the |
| of choice for BSD manual pages, and <Q>-man</Q>, the predominant historical package for UNIX |
roff macro package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <Q>-<A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></Q>, the |
| manuals. The mission of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is to deprecate <A |
predominant historical package for UNIX manuals. The mission of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is to |
| HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU roff implementation, for |
deprecate <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff |
| displaying -mdoc pages whilst providing token support for -man. |
implementation, for displaying -mdoc pages whilst providing token support for -man. |
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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 |
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 |
slowly, produces uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system. mdocml strives to fix |
| this (respectively small, C, ISC-licensed, fast and regular). |
this (respectively small, C, <A CLASS="external" |
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HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular). |
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| The core of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is composed of the <i>libmdoc</i> and <i>libman</i> |
<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>, <A |
| validating compiler libraries. Both are simple, fast libraries operating on memory buffers, so they may |
HREF="man.3.html">libman</A>, and <A HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A> validating compilers; and <A |
| be used for a variety of front-ends (terminal-based, CGI and so on). The primary front-end is <i> |
HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler libraries to format output for UNIX |
| mandoc</i>, which formats manuals for display on the terminal. |
terminals, XHTML, HTML, and PostScript. <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a <A CLASS="external" |
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HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project. |
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<P> |
| The <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> utility is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv |
<I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, |
| Project</A> member. |
<Q>mandoc</Q>. |
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| SOURCES |
<A NAME="sources">SOURCES</A> |
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| Sources correctly build and install on DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and GNU/Linux operating |
<SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is architecture- and system-neutral, written in plain-old C. The most |
| systems, tested variously on i386, AMD64, alpha, and others. The most current version is <SPAN |
current version is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>. A full |
| CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>. A full <A |
<A HREF="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog</A> (<A HREF="ChangeLog.txt">txt</A>) is written with each release. |
| HREF="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog</A> (<A HREF="ChangeLog.txt">txt</A>) is written with each release. |
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| <TD>Online source</TD> |
<TD>Online source</TD> |
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| <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> |
<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> |
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| DOCUMENTATION |
<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 snapshot. |
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| <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation"> |
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation"> |
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| <TR> |
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| <TD><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A> (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.3.html">man(3)</A></TD> |
| <TD>format and display UNIX manuals</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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man macro compiler library |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="man.3.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="man.3.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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<TR> |
| <TD><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A> (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD> |
| <TD>mandoc special characters</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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man language reference |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="man.7.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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| <TD><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A> (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD> |
| <TD>mdoc language reference</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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format and display UNIX manuals |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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| <TD><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A> (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD> |
| <TD>man language reference</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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mandoc special characters |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> | <A |
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HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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</TR> |
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| <TD><A HREF="manuals.7.html">manuals(7)</A> (<A HREF="manuals.7.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.3.html">mdoc(3)</A></TD> |
| <TD>a guide to writing UNIX manuals</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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mdoc macro compiler library |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="mdoc.3.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mdoc.3.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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| <TD><A HREF="mdoc.3.html">mdoc(3)</A> (<A HREF="mdoc.3.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD> |
| <TD>mdoc macro compiler library</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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mdoc language reference |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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</TR> |
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| <TD><A HREF="man.3.html">man(3)</A> (<A HREF="man.3.txt">text</A>)</TD> |
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.3.html">roff(3)</A></TD> |
| <TD>man macro compiler library</TD> |
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roff macro compiler library |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="roff.3.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="roff.3.ps">postscript</A>) |
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</SPAN> |
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD> |
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<TD VALIGN="top"> |
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roff-mandoc language reference |
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: smaller;"> |
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(<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="roff.7.ps">postscript</A>) |
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See <Q><A CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">Writing UNIX Manual Pages</A></Q> for a general |
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introduction to manpages and mdoc. |
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| CONTACT |
<A NAME="contact">CONTACT</A> |
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| For all issues related to <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN>, contact Kristaps Dzonsons, kris<A |
Please use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. Beyond that, contact |
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Kristaps at <A |
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| TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address">...</A>@bsd.lv. |
TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv. |
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| You may also subscribe to several mailing lists (these require subscription, which is moderated). An |
You may also subscribe to several mailing lists (these require subscription, which is |
| archive is not yet available. |
moderated). An archive is not yet available on-line, although you may request one once |
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subscribed. |
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</TD> |
| <TD>discussions and announcements</TD> |
<TD>bug-reports, general questions, and announcements</TD> |
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| <TD>source commit messages</TD> |
<TD>source commit messages</TD> |
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| NEWS |
<A NAME="news">NEWS</A> |
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<DIV CLASS="news"> |
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<SPAN CLASS="date">12-07-2010</SPAN>: |
| <TBODY> |
version 1.10.4 |
| <TR> |
</P> |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">13-05-2010</SPAN></TD> |
<P> |
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Lots of features developed during both <A CLASS="external" |
| Fixed handling of <Q>\*(Ba</Q> escape. Backed out <SPAN |
HREF="http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/mandoc_ps/">Summer of Code</A> and the |
| CLASS="flag">-fno-ign-chars</SPAN> (pointless complexity). Fixed erroneous |
<A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.openbsd.org">OpenBSD</A> c2k10 hackathon: |
| breaking of literal lines. Fixed SYNOPSIS breaking lines before non-initial |
</P> |
| macros. Changed default section ordering. Most importantly, the framework for |
<UL> |
| end-of-sentence double-spacing is in place, now implemented for the |
<LI>minimal <Q>ds</Q> <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> symbols are supported</LI> |
| <Q>end-of-sentence, end-of-line</Q> rule. This is a stable roll-back point |
<LI><Q>Bk</Q> <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> support</LI> |
| before the mandoc hackathon in Rostock! |
<LI>beautified SYNOPSIS section output</LI> |
| Version: <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.25</SPAN>. |
<LI>variable font-width and paper-size support in <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> |
| </TR> |
-Tps output</LI> |
| <TR> |
<LI>acceptance of scope-block breakage in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></LI> |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">09-05-2010</SPAN></TD> |
<LI>clarify error message status</LI> |
| <TD VALIGN="top"> |
<LI>many minor bug-fixes and formatting issues resolved</LI> |
| Rolled back break-at-hyphen. <SPAN CLASS="flag">-DUGLY</SPAN> is now the |
</UL> |
| default (no feature splits!). Free-form text is not de-chunked any more: lines |
</DIV> |
| are passed whole-sale into the front-end, including whitespace. Added mailing |
<DIV CLASS="news"> |
| lists. Lastly, <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is the focus of two <A |
<P> |
| CLASS="external" HREF="http://socghop.appspot.com/">Google Summer of Code</A> |
<SPAN CLASS="date">19-06-2010</SPAN>: |
| projects this year: <Q><A CLASS="external" |
version 1.10.2 |
| HREF="http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/mandoc_ps/">mandoc -Tps</A></Q> |
</P> |
| (NetBSD) and <Q><A CLASS="external" |
<P> |
| HREF="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2010Projects">BSD-licensed |
Small release featuring text-decoration in <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tps</SPAN> output, a few |
| Text-Processing Tools</A></Q> (FreeBSD). |
minor relaxations of errors, and some optimisations. |
| Version: <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.24</SPAN>. |
</P> |
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| </TR> |
<DIV CLASS="news"> |
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<P> |
| <TR> |
<SPAN CLASS="date">07-06-2010</SPAN>: |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">07-04-2010</SPAN></TD> |
version 1.10.1 |
| <TD VALIGN="top"> |
</P> |
| <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> has been linked to the <A CLASS="external" |
<P> |
| HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html#20100403">OpenBSD build</a>. This |
This primarily focusses on the <Q>Bl</Q> and <Q>It</Q> macros described in <A |
| version incorporates many small changes, mostly from patches by OpenBSD, |
HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>. Multi-line column support is now fully compatible with |
| allowing crufty manuals to slip by with warnings instead of erroring-out. Some |
groff, as are implicit list entries for columns. Removed manuals.7 in favour of <A |
| subtle semantic issues, such as punctuation scope, have also been fixed. |
CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">http://manpages.bsd.lv</A>. The way we |
| Lastly, some issues with <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Thtml</SPAN> have been fixed, which |
handle the SYNOPSIS section (see the SYNOPSIS documentation in <A |
| prompted an update to the <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">online</A> <A |
HREF="mdoc.7.html#x4d414e55414cx20x535452554354555245">MANUAL STRUCTURE</A>) has also |
| HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">manual</A> <A HREF="man.7.html">pages</A> style |
been considerably simplified compared to groff's method. Furthermore, the <SPAN |
| layout. Version: <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.23</SPAN>. |
CLASS="flag">-Owidth=width</SPAN> output option has been added to <SPAN |
| </TD> |
CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN> (see <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>). Lastly, initial |
| </TR> |
PostScript output has been added with the <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tps</SPAN> option to <A |
| <TR> |
HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>. It's brutally simple at the moment: fixed-font, with |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">31-03-2010</SPAN></TD> |
no font decorations. |
| <TD VALIGN="top"> |
</P> |
| Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.22</SPAN>: adjusted merge of the significant work |
</DIV> |
| by Ingo Schwarze in getting <Q>Xo</Q> blocks (block full implicit, e.g., |
<DIV CLASS="news"> |
| <Q>It</Q> for non-columnar lists) to work properly. This isn't enabled by |
<P> |
| default: you must specify <SPAN CLASS="flag">-DUGLY</SPAN> as a compiler flag |
<SPAN CLASS="date">29-05-2010</SPAN>: |
| (see the Makefile for details). |
version 1.10.0 |
| </TD> |
</P> |
| </TR> |
<P> |
| <TR> |
Release consisting of the results from the m2k10 hackathon and up-merge from OpenBSD. |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">30-03-2010</SPAN></TD> |
This requires a significant note of thanks to Ingo Schwarze (OpenBSD) and Joerg |
| <TD VALIGN="top"> |
Sonnenberger (NetBSD) for their hard work, and again to Joerg for hosting m2k10. |
| Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.20</SPAN>: more efforts to get roff instructions |
Highlights (mostly cribbed from Ingo's m2k10 report) follow in no particular order: |
| in -man documents under control. Note that roff instructions embedded in |
</P> |
| line-scoped, next-line macros (e.g. <Q>B</Q>) are not supported. Leading |
<UL> |
| punctuation for -mdoc macros, such as <Q>Fl ( ( a</Q>, are now correctly |
<LI>a <A HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A> preprocessor in front of <A |
| handled. |
HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.3.html">libman</A> stripping out |
| </TD> |
<A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> instructions;</LI> |
| </TR> |
<LI>end-of-sentence (EOS) detection in free-form and macro lines;</LI> |
| <TR> |
<LI>correct handling of tab-separated columnar lists in <SPAN |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">27-03-2010</SPAN></TD> |
CLASS="flag">-mdoc</SPAN>;</LI> |
| <TD VALIGN="top"> |
<LI>improved main calling routines to optionally use mmap() for better |
| Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.18</SPAN>: many fixes (largely pertaining to |
performance;</LI> |
| scope) and improvements (e.g., handling of apostrophe-control macros, which |
<LI>cleaned up exiting when invoked as <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tlint</SPAN> or over |
| fixes the strange <Q>BR</Q> seen in some macro output) to handling roff |
multiple files with <SPAN CLASS="flag">-fign-errors</SPAN>;</LI> |
| instructions in -man documents. |
<LI>error and warning message handling re-written to be unified for <A |
| </TD> |
HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A>, <A HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>, and <A |
| </TR> |
HREF="man.3.html">libman</A>;</LI> |
| <TR> |
<LI>handling of badly-nested explicit-scoped macros;</LI> |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">25-03-2010</SPAN></TD> |
<LI>improved free-form text parsing in <A HREF="man.3.html">libman</A> and <A |
| <TD VALIGN="top"> |
HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>;</LI> |
| Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.17</SPAN> highlights: accept <A |
<LI>significant GNU troff compatibility improvements in <SPAN |
| HREF="http://perldoc.perl.org/" CLASS="external">perlpod</A> standard preamble. |
CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN>, largely in terms of spacing;</LI> |
| Also accept (and discard) <Q>de</Q>, <Q>dei</Q>, <Q>am</Q>, <Q>ami</Q>, and |
<LI>a regression framework for making sure the many fragilities of GNU troff |
| <Q>ig</Q> roff macro blocks. |
aren't trampled in subsequent work;</LI> |
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<LI>support for <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN> breaking at hyphens |
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encountered in free-form text;</LI> |
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<LI>and many more minor fixes and improvements (no really, consult <A |
| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">22-03-2010</SPAN></TD> |
HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> and see |
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for yourself!).</LI> |
| Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.16</SPAN> highlights: inspired by patches and bug |
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| reports by Ingo Schwarze, allowed <SPAN CLASS="flag">-man</SPAN> to accept |
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| non-printing elements to be nested within next-line scopes, such as <Q>br</Q> |
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| within <Q>B</Q> or <Q>TH</Q>, which is valid roff. Longsoon architecture also |
See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for |
| noted and Makefile cleaned up. |
historical notes. |
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| <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">18-02-2010</SPAN></TD> |
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| Moved to our new <A HREF="http://bsd.lv" CLASS="external">BSD.lv</A> home. |
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| Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.15</SPAN> highlights: XHTML is now an acceptable |
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| output mode for <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A>; <Q>Xr</Q> made more |
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| compatible with groff; <Q>Vt</Q> fixed when invoked in SYNOPSIS; <Q>\\</Q> |
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| escape removed; end-of-line white-space detected for all lines; subtle bug |
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| fixed in list display for some modes; compatibility layer checked in for |
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| compilation in diverse UNIX systems; and column lengths handled correctly. |
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