=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1,v retrieving revision 1.9 retrieving revision 1.13 diff -u -p -r1.9 -r1.13 --- mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1 2008/11/30 18:50:44 1.9 +++ mandoc/Attic/mdocml.1 2008/12/01 15:32:36 1.13 @@ -1,9 +1,5 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mdocml.1,v 1.9 2008/11/30 18:50:44 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 .\" @@ -13,7 +9,7 @@ .\" .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm mdocml -.Op Fl vW +.Op Fl W .Op Fl f Ar filter .Op Fl o Ar outfile .Op Ar infile @@ -21,49 +17,49 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION 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 -.Ar validate , +utility parses mdoc 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 Sq Fl o Ar outfile , -Place output in +.Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile" +.It Fl f Ar filter +The output filter name. +.It Fl o Ar outfile +Write output to .Ar outfile , which may be .Qq \- -for standard output. The default is standard output. +for stdout. +.It Fl W +Print warnings to stderr. .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). +for stdin. .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. -.\" 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 +.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 +or +.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 , @@ -85,15 +81,21 @@ 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