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1.49 ! schwarze 18: .Dd $Mdocdate: July 7 2010 $
1.27 kristaps 19: .Dt MDOC 3
1.1 kristaps 20: .Os
21: .Sh NAME
1.39 kristaps 22: .Nm mdoc ,
1.1 kristaps 23: .Nm mdoc_alloc ,
24: .Nm mdoc_endparse ,
1.38 kristaps 25: .Nm mdoc_free ,
26: .Nm mdoc_meta ,
1.4 kristaps 27: .Nm mdoc_node ,
1.38 kristaps 28: .Nm mdoc_parseln ,
1.20 kristaps 29: .Nm mdoc_reset
1.2 kristaps 30: .Nd mdoc macro compiler library
1.1 kristaps 31: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.38 kristaps 32: .In mandoc.h
1.35 kristaps 33: .In mdoc.h
1.4 kristaps 34: .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_macronames;
35: .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_argnames;
1.1 kristaps 36: .Ft "struct mdoc *"
1.43 kristaps 37: .Fo mdoc_alloc
1.44 kristaps 38: .Fa "struct regset *regs"
1.43 kristaps 39: .Fa "void *data"
40: .Fa "mandocmsg msgs"
41: .Fc
1.26 kristaps 42: .Ft int
1.38 kristaps 43: .Fn mdoc_endparse "struct mdoc *mdoc"
1.1 kristaps 44: .Ft void
1.2 kristaps 45: .Fn mdoc_free "struct mdoc *mdoc"
1.38 kristaps 46: .Ft "const struct mdoc_meta *"
47: .Fn mdoc_meta "const struct mdoc *mdoc"
48: .Ft "const struct mdoc_node *"
49: .Fn mdoc_node "const struct mdoc *mdoc"
1.1 kristaps 50: .Ft int
1.42 kristaps 51: .Fo mdoc_parseln
52: .Fa "struct mdoc *mdoc"
53: .Fa "int line"
54: .Fa "char *buf"
55: .Fc
1.1 kristaps 56: .Ft int
1.38 kristaps 57: .Fn mdoc_reset "struct mdoc *mdoc"
1.1 kristaps 58: .Sh DESCRIPTION
59: The
60: .Nm mdoc
1.33 kristaps 61: library parses lines of
1.17 kristaps 62: .Xr mdoc 7
1.38 kristaps 63: input
64: into an abstract syntax tree (AST).
1.6 kristaps 65: .Pp
1.1 kristaps 66: In general, applications initiate a parsing sequence with
67: .Fn mdoc_alloc ,
1.33 kristaps 68: parse each line in a document with
1.1 kristaps 69: .Fn mdoc_parseln ,
70: close the parsing session with
71: .Fn mdoc_endparse ,
72: operate over the syntax tree returned by
1.33 kristaps 73: .Fn mdoc_node
1.4 kristaps 74: and
75: .Fn mdoc_meta ,
1.1 kristaps 76: then free all allocated memory with
77: .Fn mdoc_free .
1.20 kristaps 78: The
79: .Fn mdoc_reset
80: function may be used in order to reset the parser for another input
1.38 kristaps 81: sequence.
82: See the
1.1 kristaps 83: .Sx EXAMPLES
1.38 kristaps 84: section for a simple example.
1.2 kristaps 85: .Pp
1.33 kristaps 86: This section further defines the
1.6 kristaps 87: .Sx Types ,
1.33 kristaps 88: .Sx Functions
1.6 kristaps 89: and
90: .Sx Variables
1.38 kristaps 91: available to programmers.
92: Following that, the
1.33 kristaps 93: .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree
1.17 kristaps 94: section documents the output tree.
1.6 kristaps 95: .Ss Types
96: Both functions (see
97: .Sx Functions )
98: and variables (see
99: .Sx Variables )
100: may use the following types:
1.37 kristaps 101: .Bl -ohang
1.6 kristaps 102: .It Vt struct mdoc
103: An opaque type defined in
104: .Pa mdoc.c .
105: Its values are only used privately within the library.
106: .It Vt struct mdoc_node
1.38 kristaps 107: A parsed node.
108: Defined in
1.6 kristaps 109: .Pa mdoc.h .
1.33 kristaps 110: See
1.6 kristaps 111: .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree
112: for details.
1.38 kristaps 113: .It Vt mandocmsg
114: A function callback type defined in
115: .Pa mandoc.h .
1.6 kristaps 116: .El
117: .Ss Functions
1.2 kristaps 118: Function descriptions follow:
1.37 kristaps 119: .Bl -ohang
1.2 kristaps 120: .It Fn mdoc_alloc
1.38 kristaps 121: Allocates a parsing structure.
122: The
1.2 kristaps 123: .Fa data
1.40 kristaps 124: pointer is passed to
125: .Fa msgs .
1.38 kristaps 126: Returns NULL on failure.
127: If non-NULL, the pointer must be freed with
1.2 kristaps 128: .Fn mdoc_free .
1.20 kristaps 129: .It Fn mdoc_reset
1.38 kristaps 130: Reset the parser for another parse routine.
131: After its use,
1.20 kristaps 132: .Fn mdoc_parseln
1.38 kristaps 133: behaves as if invoked for the first time.
134: If it returns 0, memory could not be allocated.
1.2 kristaps 135: .It Fn mdoc_free
1.38 kristaps 136: Free all resources of a parser.
137: The pointer is no longer valid after invocation.
1.2 kristaps 138: .It Fn mdoc_parseln
1.38 kristaps 139: Parse a nil-terminated line of input.
140: This line should not contain the trailing newline.
141: Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.
142: The input buffer
1.2 kristaps 143: .Fa buf
144: is modified by this function.
145: .It Fn mdoc_endparse
1.38 kristaps 146: Signals that the parse is complete.
147: Note that if
1.2 kristaps 148: .Fn mdoc_endparse
149: is called subsequent to
1.4 kristaps 150: .Fn mdoc_node ,
1.38 kristaps 151: the resulting tree is incomplete.
152: Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.
1.4 kristaps 153: .It Fn mdoc_node
1.38 kristaps 154: Returns the first node of the parse.
155: Note that if
1.2 kristaps 156: .Fn mdoc_parseln
157: or
158: .Fn mdoc_endparse
159: return 0, the tree will be incomplete.
1.4 kristaps 160: .It Fn mdoc_meta
1.38 kristaps 161: Returns the document's parsed meta-data.
162: If this information has not yet been supplied or
1.4 kristaps 163: .Fn mdoc_parseln
164: or
165: .Fn mdoc_endparse
166: return 0, the data will be incomplete.
167: .El
1.6 kristaps 168: .Ss Variables
1.4 kristaps 169: The following variables are also defined:
1.37 kristaps 170: .Bl -ohang
1.4 kristaps 171: .It Va mdoc_macronames
172: An array of string-ified token names.
173: .It Va mdoc_argnames
174: An array of string-ified token argument names.
1.2 kristaps 175: .El
1.6 kristaps 176: .Ss Abstract Syntax Tree
1.33 kristaps 177: The
1.6 kristaps 178: .Nm
1.17 kristaps 179: functions produce an abstract syntax tree (AST) describing input in a
1.38 kristaps 180: regular form.
181: It may be reviewed at any time with
1.6 kristaps 182: .Fn mdoc_nodes ;
183: however, if called before
184: .Fn mdoc_endparse ,
185: or after
1.33 kristaps 186: .Fn mdoc_endparse
1.6 kristaps 187: or
188: .Fn mdoc_parseln
1.33 kristaps 189: fail, it may be incomplete.
1.18 kristaps 190: .Pp
191: This AST is governed by the ontological
1.17 kristaps 192: rules dictated in
193: .Xr mdoc 7
1.33 kristaps 194: and derives its terminology accordingly.
1.17 kristaps 195: .Qq In-line
196: elements described in
197: .Xr mdoc 7
1.33 kristaps 198: are described simply as
1.17 kristaps 199: .Qq elements .
1.6 kristaps 200: .Pp
1.33 kristaps 201: The AST is composed of
1.6 kristaps 202: .Vt struct mdoc_node
203: nodes with block, head, body, element, root and text types as declared
204: by the
205: .Va type
1.38 kristaps 206: field.
207: Each node also provides its parse point (the
1.6 kristaps 208: .Va line ,
209: .Va sec ,
210: and
211: .Va pos
212: fields), its position in the tree (the
213: .Va parent ,
214: .Va child ,
1.45 schwarze 215: .Va nchild ,
1.33 kristaps 216: .Va next
1.6 kristaps 217: and
1.33 kristaps 218: .Va prev
1.45 schwarze 219: fields) and some type-specific data, in particular, for nodes generated
220: from macros, the generating macro in the
221: .Va tok
222: field.
1.6 kristaps 223: .Pp
224: The tree itself is arranged according to the following normal form,
225: where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes.
226: .Pp
1.37 kristaps 227: .Bl -tag -width "ELEMENTXX" -compact
1.6 kristaps 228: .It ROOT
229: \(<- mnode+
230: .It mnode
231: \(<- BLOCK | ELEMENT | TEXT
232: .It BLOCK
1.41 kristaps 233: \(<- HEAD [TEXT] (BODY [TEXT])+ [TAIL [TEXT]]
1.6 kristaps 234: .It ELEMENT
235: \(<- TEXT*
236: .It HEAD
1.45 schwarze 237: \(<- mnode*
1.6 kristaps 238: .It BODY
1.45 schwarze 239: \(<- mnode* [ENDBODY mnode*]
1.6 kristaps 240: .It TAIL
1.45 schwarze 241: \(<- mnode*
1.6 kristaps 242: .It TEXT
1.38 kristaps 243: \(<- [[:printable:],0x1e]*
1.6 kristaps 244: .El
1.2 kristaps 245: .Pp
1.6 kristaps 246: Of note are the TEXT nodes following the HEAD, BODY and TAIL nodes of
1.41 kristaps 247: the BLOCK production: these refer to punctuation marks.
1.38 kristaps 248: Furthermore, although a TEXT node will generally have a non-zero-length
249: string, in the specific case of
1.8 kristaps 250: .Sq \&.Bd \-literal ,
1.6 kristaps 251: an empty line will produce a zero-length string.
1.41 kristaps 252: Multiple body parts are only found in invocations of
253: .Sq \&Bl \-column ,
254: where a new body introduces a new phrase.
1.46 kristaps 255: .Ss Badly-nested Blocks
256: The ENDBODY node is available to end the formatting associated
257: with a given block before the physical end of that block.
258: It has a non-null
1.45 schwarze 259: .Va end
260: field, is of the BODY
261: .Va type ,
262: has the same
263: .Va tok
264: as the BLOCK it is ending, and has a
265: .Va pending
266: field pointing to that BLOCK's BODY node.
267: It is an indirect child of that BODY node
268: and has no children of its own.
269: .Pp
270: An ENDBODY node is generated when a block ends while one of its child
271: blocks is still open, like in the following example:
272: .Bd -literal -offset indent
273: \&.Ao ao
274: \&.Bo bo ac
275: \&.Ac bc
276: \&.Bc end
277: .Ed
278: .Pp
279: This example results in the following block structure:
280: .Bd -literal -offset indent
281: BLOCK Ao
282: HEAD Ao
283: BODY Ao
284: TEXT ao
285: BLOCK Bo, pending -> Ao
286: HEAD Bo
287: BODY Bo
288: TEXT bo
289: TEXT ac
290: ENDBODY Ao, pending -> Ao
291: TEXT bc
292: TEXT end
293: .Ed
294: .Pp
1.46 kristaps 295: Here, the formatting of the
296: .Sq \&Ao
297: block extends from TEXT ao to TEXT ac,
298: while the formatting of the
299: .Sq \&Bo
300: block extends from TEXT bo to TEXT bc.
301: It renders as follows in
1.45 schwarze 302: .Fl T Ns Cm ascii
303: mode:
1.46 kristaps 304: .Pp
1.45 schwarze 305: .Dl <ao [bo ac> bc] end
1.46 kristaps 306: .Pp
307: Support for badly-nested blocks is only provided for backward
1.45 schwarze 308: compatibility with some older
309: .Xr mdoc 7
310: implementations.
1.46 kristaps 311: Using badly-nested blocks is
312: .Em strongly discouraged :
313: the
314: .Fl T Ns Cm html
315: and
316: .Fl T Ns Cm xhtml
317: front-ends are unable to render them in any meaningful way.
318: Furthermore, behaviour when encountering badly-nested blocks is not
319: consistent across troff implementations, especially when using multiple
320: levels of badly-nested blocks.
1.2 kristaps 321: .Sh EXAMPLES
322: The following example reads lines from stdin and parses them, operating
1.33 kristaps 323: on the finished parse tree with
1.2 kristaps 324: .Fn parsed .
1.37 kristaps 325: This example does not error-check nor free memory upon failure.
326: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.44 kristaps 327: struct regset regs;
1.2 kristaps 328: struct mdoc *mdoc;
1.31 kristaps 329: const struct mdoc_node *node;
1.2 kristaps 330: char *buf;
331: size_t len;
332: int line;
333:
1.44 kristaps 334: bzero(®s, sizeof(struct regset));
1.2 kristaps 335: line = 1;
1.49 ! schwarze 336: mdoc = mdoc_alloc(®s, NULL, NULL);
1.37 kristaps 337: buf = NULL;
338: alloc_len = 0;
1.2 kristaps 339:
1.37 kristaps 340: while ((len = getline(&buf, &alloc_len, stdin)) >= 0) {
341: if (len && buflen[len - 1] = '\en')
342: buf[len - 1] = '\e0';
343: if ( ! mdoc_parseln(mdoc, line, buf))
344: errx(1, "mdoc_parseln");
345: line++;
1.2 kristaps 346: }
347:
348: if ( ! mdoc_endparse(mdoc))
1.37 kristaps 349: errx(1, "mdoc_endparse");
1.4 kristaps 350: if (NULL == (node = mdoc_node(mdoc)))
1.37 kristaps 351: errx(1, "mdoc_node");
1.2 kristaps 352:
353: parsed(mdoc, node);
354: mdoc_free(mdoc);
355: .Ed
1.38 kristaps 356: .Pp
357: Please see
358: .Pa main.c
359: in the source archive for a rigorous reference.
1.17 kristaps 360: .Sh SEE ALSO
1.20 kristaps 361: .Xr mandoc 1 ,
1.14 kristaps 362: .Xr mdoc 7
1.2 kristaps 363: .Sh AUTHORS
364: The
365: .Nm
1.38 kristaps 366: library was written by
1.37 kristaps 367: .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
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