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 .\" $Id$  .\" $Id$
 .\"  .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>  .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@openbsd.org>
 .\"  .\"
 .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any  .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
 .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the  .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
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 .\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.  .\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"  .\"
 .Dd $Mdocdate$  .Dd $Mdocdate$
 .Dt mdocmterm 1  .Dt mdocterm 1
 .Os  .Os
 .\" SECTION  .\" SECTION
 .Sh NAME  .Sh NAME
 .Nm mdocmterm  .Nm mdocterm
 .Nd mdoc macro compiler  .Nd mdoc macro compiler
 .\" SECTION  .\" SECTION
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm mdocmterm  .Nm mdocterm
 .Op Fl v  .Op Fl vV
   .Op Fl f Ns Ar option...
   .Op Fl O Ns Ar option...
 .Op Fl W Ns Ar err...  .Op Fl W Ns Ar err...
 .Op Ar infile  .Op Ar infile
   .Nm mdocterm
   .Op Fl hi
   .Op Fl m Ns Ar name
   .Op Fl n Ns Ar num
   .Op Fl o Ns Ar list
   .Op Fl r Ns Ar cn
   .Op Fl T Ns Ar name
   .Op Ar infile
 .\" SECTION  .\" SECTION
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The  The
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 utility formats a BSD  utility formats a BSD
 .Dq mdoc  .Dq mdoc
 manual page for display on the terminal.  The arguments are as follows:  manual page for display on the terminal.  The arguments are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width "\-Werr... "  .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX
 .\" ITEM  .\" ITEM
 .It Fl v  .It Fl v
 Print verbose parsing output.  Print verbose parsing output.
 .\" ITEM  .\" ITEM
   .It Fl v
   Print version and exit.
   .\" ITEM
   .It Fl f Ns Ar option...
   Override default compiler behaviour.  See
   .Sx Compiler Options
   for details.
   .\" ITEM
   .It Fl O Ns Ar option...
   Front-end options.  See
   .Sx Front-end Options
   for details.
   .\" ITEM
 .It Fl W Ns Ar err...  .It Fl W Ns Ar err...
 Print warning messages.  May be set to  Print warning messages.  May be set to
 .Fl W Ns Ar all  .Fl W Ns Ar all
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 .El  .El
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" PARAGRAPH
 .Pp  .Pp
   If
   .Xr nroff 1
   arguments are supplied on the command line
   .Pq Fl himnorT ,
   these are ignored unless
   .Xr nroff 1
   is invoked on parse failure.
   .\" PARAGRAPH
   .Pp
 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
 utility is a formatting front-end for  utility is a formatting front-end for
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 .Xr mdoc 7  .Xr mdoc 7
 and  and
 .Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,  .Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
 into an abstract syntax tree.  into an abstract syntax tree.
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" PARAGRAPH
 .Pp  .Pp
 By default,  By default,
 .Nm  .Nm
 reads from stdin and prints terminal-encoded output to stdout.  reads from stdin and prints nroff
   .Qq backspace
   terminal-encoded output to stdout, at this time to a fixed column with
   of 78 characters.  If
   .Ar infile
   can't be parsed (isn't valid mdoc, doesn't contain valid syntax, etc.),
   .Xr nroff 1
   is invoked.  If no
   .Xr nroff 1
   command-line argumnets aren't provided,
   .Fl m Ar Ns andoc
   is implied.
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" PARAGRAPH
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Ex -std mdocmterm  .Ex -std mdocterm
 .\" PARAGRAPH  
 .Pp  
 .Nm  
 is  
 .Ud  
 .\" SUB-SECTION  .\" SUB-SECTION
 .Ss Character Escapes  .Ss Front-end Options
 This section documents the character-escapes accepted by  The default behaviour may be overriden with the
 .Xr mdocterm 1 .  .Fl O
 Note that the \\x, \\(xx and \\[n] forms are described here; the \\*(xx,  flag.  The available options are as follows:
 \\*[n] and \\*x forms described in  .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX
 .Xr mdoc.samples 7  .It Fl O Ns Ar nopunt
 are deprecated, but still rendered.  All one- and two-character  Don't punt to
 sequences may be used in the n-character sequence \\[n].  .Xr nroff 1
 .Pp  if
 Note that the  .Ar infile
 .Em Output  may not be parsed.
 column will render differently whether executed with  
 .Xr mdocterm 1  
 or another output filter.  
 .\" PARAGRAPH  
 .Pp  
 Grammatic:  
 .Pp  
 .Bl -tag -width "OutputXXXX" -offset "XXXX" -compact  
 .It Em Output  
 .Em Input (Name)  
 .It \(em  
 \\(em (em-dash)  
 .It \(en  
 \\(en (en-dash)  
 .It \-  
 \\- (hyphen)  
 .It \\  
 \\ (back-slash)  
 .El  .El
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" SUB-SECTION
 .Pp  .Ss Compiler Options
 Enclosures:  Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the
 .Pp  .Fl f
 .Bl -tag -width "OutputXXXX" -offset "XXXX" -compact  flag.  The available options are as follows:
 .It Em Output  .Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX
 .Em Input (Name)  .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope
 .It \(rB  When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore
 \\(rB (right bracket)  scope violations.  This can seriously mangle the resulting tree.
 .It \(lB  .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape
 \\(rB (left bracket)  Ignore invalid escape sequences.
 .It \(lq  .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro
 \\(lq (left double-quote)  Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines.
 .It \(rq  
 \\(rq, \\' (right double-quote)  
 .It \(oq  
 \\(lq, \\` (left single-quote)  
 .It \(aq  
 \\(aq (right single-quote, apostrophe)  
 .El  .El
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" PARAGRAPH
 .Pp  .Pp
 Indicatives:  As with the
   .Fl W
   flag, multiple
   .Fl f
   and
   .Fl O
   options may be grouped and delimited with a comma.  Using
   .Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,ign-escape ,
   for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors.
   .\" SUB-SECTION
   .Ss Character Escapes
   The
   .Nm
   utility correctly renders all
   .Sx Special Characters
   in
   .Xr mdoc 7
   in 7-bit ASCII.
 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width "OutputXXXX" -offset "XXXX" -compact  In the general sense,
 .It Em Output  .Nm
 .Em Input (Name)  will make a
 .It \(<-  .Pq best-effort
 \\(<- (left arrow)  to render complex characters; however, if a manual is using considerable
 .It \(->  special characters, some meaning may be lost in translation.
 \\(-> (right arrow)  
 .It \(ua  
 \\(ua (up arrow)  
 .It \(da  
 \\(da (down arrow)  
 .El  
 .\" PARAGRAPH  
 .Pp  
 Mathematical:  
 .Pp  
 .Bl -tag -width "OutputXXXX" -offset "XXXX" -compact  
 .It Em Output  
 .Em Input (Name)  
 .It \(<=  
 \\(<= (less-than-equal)  
 .It \(>=  
 \\(>= (greater-than-equal)  
 .It \(==  
 \\(== (greater-than-equal)  
 .It \(!=  
 \\(!= (not equal)  
 .It \(if  
 \\(if (infinity)  
 .It \(na  
 \\(na (NaN)*  
 .It \(+-  
 \\(+- (plus-minus)  
 .It \(**  
 \\(** (asterisk)  
 .El  
 .\" PARAGRAPH  
 .Pp  
 Diacritics:  
 .Pp  
 .Bl -tag -width "OutputXXXX" -offset "XXXX" -compact  
 .It Em Output  
 .Em Input (Name)  
 .It \(ga  
 \\(ga (accent grave)  
 .It \(aa  
 \\(aa (accent accute)  
 .El  
 .\" PARAGRAPH  
 .Pp  
 Special symbols:  
 .Pp  
 .Bl -tag -width "OutputXXXX" -offset "XXXX" -compact  
 .It Em Output  
 .Em Input (Name)  
 .It \(bu  
 \\(bu (bullet)  
 .It \(ba  
 \\(ba (bar)  
 .It \(co  
 \\(co (copyright)  
 .El  
 .Pp  
 *This is a deviation from the standard, as NaN is usually rendered as  
 \\*(Na, which is a deprecated form.  We introduce \\(na, which follows  
 the more general syntax.  
 .\" SECTION  .\" SECTION
 .Sh EXAMPLES  .Sh EXAMPLES
 To display this manual page:  To display this manual page:
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" PARAGRAPH
 .Pp  .Pp
 .D1 % mdocmterm \-Wall,error mdocmterm.1  .D1 % mdocterm \-Wall,error mdocterm.1
 .\" PARAGRAPH  .\" PARAGRAPH
 .Pp  .Pp
 To pipe a manual page to the pager:  To pipe a manual page to the pager:
 .Pp  .Pp
 .D1 % mdocterm mdocterm.1 | less -R  .D1 % mdocterm mdocterm.1 | less
 .\" SECTION  .\" SECTION
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mdoctree 1 ,  .Xr mdoctree 1 ,
 .Xr mdoclint 1 ,  .Xr mdoclint 1 ,
 .Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,  
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,  .Xr mdoc 7 ,
 .Xr mdoc 3  .Xr mdoc 3
 .\"  .\"
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 The  The
 .Nm  .Nm
 utility was written by  utility was written by
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .  .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@openbsd.org .
 .\" SECTION  .\" SECTION
 .Sh CAVEATS  .Sh CAVEATS
 See  See
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 .Pp  .Pp
 .Bl -bullet -compact  .Bl -bullet -compact
 .It  .It
 Only \-bullet , \-dash , \-enum , \-hyphen , \-tag and \-ohang  The \-hang
 .Sq \&Bl  .Sq \&Bl
 lists are supported.  list is not yet supported.
 .It  .It
 The \-literal and \-unfilled  The \-literal and \-unfilled
 .Sq \&Bd  .Sq \&Bd
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 The  The
 .Sq \&Xo/Xc  .Sq \&Xo/Xc
 pair isn't supported (and never will be).  pair isn't supported (and never will be).
   .It
   The
   .Sq \&Sm
   macro has no effect, yet.
 .El  .El
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