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--- mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1	2008/11/22 14:53:29	1.1
+++ mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1	2008/11/30 12:41:45	1.8
@@ -1,25 +1,62 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mdocml.1,v 1.1 2008/11/22 14:53:29 kristaps Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: mdocml.1,v 1.8 2008/11/30 12:41:45 kristaps Exp $
 .\"
 .\" The following requests are required for all man pages.
 .\"
 .\" Remove `\&' from the line below.
-.Dd $\&Mdocdate$
-.Dt NAME SECTION#
+.Dd $Mdocdate: November 30 2008 $
+.Dt mdocml 1
 .Os
+.\"
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm program
-.Nd one line about what it does
+.Nm mdocml
+.Nd compile manpage source into mark-up language
+.\"
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
-.\" For a program:  program [-abc] file ...
-.Nm program
-.Op Fl abc
-.Ar
+.Nm mdocml
+.Op Fl vW
+.Op Fl f Ar filter
+.Op Fl o Ar outfile
+.Op Ar infile
+.\"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
-utility processes files ...
-something
-something.
+utility parses
+.Xr mdoc
+formatted manual source and passes results into the output filter
+dictated by 
+.Fl f Ar filter .
+The only current output filter is
+.Ar validate ,
+the default.  The arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile,"
+.It Sq Fl o Ar outfile ,
+Place output in 
+.Ar outfile ,
+which may be
+.Qq \-
+for standard output.  The default is standard output.
+.It Ar infile
+Read input from
+.Ar infile ,
+which may be 
+.Qq \-
+for standard input.  The default is standard input.
+.It Fl v 
+Print messages (output depends on filter).
+.It Fl W
+Print warnings (output depends on filter).
+.El
+.Ss Validate Filter
+The validate filter, specified by
+.Fl f Ar validate ,
+is the default filter.  It produces no output, so specifying
+.Fl o Ar outfile
+results in an empty file.
+.Qq Op Op Fl a ) , Fl b ,
+.Bf Em
+.Qq Op Op Fl a ) , Fl b ,
+.Ef
 .\" The following requests should be uncommented and used where appropriate.
 .\" This next request is for sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
 .\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
@@ -31,10 +68,37 @@ something.
 .\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 .\" The next request is for sections 2, 3, and 9 error and signal handling only.
 .\" .Sh ERRORS
-.\" .Sh SEE ALSO
-.\" .Xr foobar 1
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr groff 1 ,
+.Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
+.Xr mdoc 7
 .\" .Sh STANDARDS
 .\" .Sh HISTORY
-.\" .Sh AUTHORS
-.\" .Sh CAVEATS
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written by 
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
+.\"
+.Sh CAVEATS
+Most caveats of
+.Nm
+stem from ambiguities in 
+.Xr mdoc 7
+or the necessary limitations of converting an ad hoc language into
+structured ones:
+.Bl -enum -compact -offset indent
+.It 
+The engine doesn't understand
+.Sq \&Xo
+and
+.Sq \&Xc
+troff macros.
+.It 
+All macro arguments may be quoted, instead of only some.
+.It 
+Blank lines raise warnings.
+.It 
+Non-ascii characters may cause issues.
+.El
 .\" .Sh BUGS