=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1,v retrieving revision 1.11 retrieving revision 1.12 diff -u -p -r1.11 -r1.12 --- mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1 2008/11/30 23:05:57 1.11 +++ mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1 2008/12/01 09:25:18 1.12 @@ -1,9 +1,5 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdocml.1,v 1.11 2008/11/30 23:05:57 kristaps Exp $ .\" -.\" The following requests are required for all man pages. -.\" -.\" Remove `\&' from the line below. -.Dd $Mdocdate: November 30 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: December 1 2008 $ .Dt mdocml 1 .Os .\" @@ -23,53 +19,49 @@ The .Nm 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 +formatted manual source and passes results into an output filter. The +only current output filter is .Ar xml , the default. The arguments are as follows: .Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile" .It Fl f Ar filter -The output filter name, which defaults to -.Ar xml . +The output filter name. .It Fl o Ar outfile -Place output in +Write output to .Ar outfile , which may be .Qq \- -for stdout. The default is stdout. +for stdout. .It Fl W -Print compiler warnings to stderr. +Print warnings to stderr. .It Ar infile Read input from .Ar infile , which may be .Qq \- -for stdin. The default is stdin. +for stdin. .El +.Pp +By default, +.Nm +reads from stdin and writes to stdout using the xml filter. +.\" .Ss XML Filter The XML filter, specified by .Fl f Ar xml , is the default filter. It creates an XML document where element names are their respective roff macro names. Each element name has an associated namespace, which is one of -.Qq block , -.Qq inline , +.Qq block or -.Qq special , -corresponding to the display mode of a node. -.\" 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 +.Qq inline , +corresponding to the display mode of a node. The document root is +always the +.Qq mdoc +element, in the default namespace. .\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only. .\" .Sh ENVIRONMENT -.\" .Sh FILES -.\" .Sh EXAMPLES -.\" This next request is for sections 1, 4, 6, and 8 only. -.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS -.\" The next request is for sections 2, 3, and 9 error and signal handling only. -.\" .Sh ERRORS +.\" .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr groff 1 , .Xr mdoc.samples 7 , @@ -91,15 +83,21 @@ or the necessary limitations of converting an ad hoc l structured ones: .Bl -enum -compact -offset indent .It -The engine doesn't understand -.Sq \&Xo +The engine doesn't understand the +.Sq \&Xo , +.Sq \&Xc , +.Sq \&Ns , +.Sq \&No , +.Sq \&Db , +.Sq \&Sm , +.Sq \&Xc , and -.Sq \&Xc -troff macros. +.Sq \&Xo +mdoc macros. .It All macro arguments may be quoted, instead of only some. .It -Blank lines raise warnings. +Blank lines raise errors. .It If terminating punctuation is found, then .Em all