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About mdocml, the portable mandoc distribution

About the portable mandoc distribution

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The mandoc manpage compiler toolset is a suite of tools compiling

The mandoc manpage compiler toolset (formerly called "mdocml")

mdoc(7), the roff(7) macro language of choice for BSD manual pages,

is a suite of tools compiling mdoc(7), the roff(7) macro language

and man(7), the predominant historical language for UNIX manuals.

of choice for BSD manual pages, and man(7), the predominant

historical language for UNIX manuals.

It includes a man(1) manual viewer and additional tools.

For general information, see <http://mdocml.bsd.lv/>.

For general information, see <http://mandoc.bsd.lv/>.

In case you have questions or want to provide feedback, read

<http://mdocml.bsd.lv/contact.html>. Consider subscribing to the

<http://mandoc.bsd.lv/contact.html>. Consider subscribing to the

discuss@ mailing list mentioned on that page. If you intend to

help with the development of mandoc, consider subscribing to the

tech@ mailing list, too.

Enjoy using the mandoc toolset!

Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, February 2017

Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, July 2017

Installation

Line 25 Before manually installing mandoc on your system, plea

Line 27 Before manually installing mandoc on your system, plea

whether the newest version of mandoc is already installed by default

or available via a binary package or a ports system. A list of the

latest bundled and ported versions of mandoc for various operating

systems is maintained at <http://mdocml.bsd.lv/ports.html>.

systems is maintained at <http://mandoc.bsd.lv/ports.html>.

Regarding how packages and ports are maintained for your operating

system, please consult your operating system documentation.

Line 35 To install mandoc manually, the following steps are ne

Line 37 To install mandoc manually, the following steps are ne

run the command "echo BUILD_CGI=1 >> configure.local".

Then run "cp cgi.h.example cgi.h" and edit cgi.h as desired.

2. If you also want to build the new catman(8) utility, run the

2. If you also want to build the catman(8) utility, run the

command "echo BUILD_CATMAN=1 >> configure.local". Note that it

is unlikely to be a drop-in replacement providing the same

functionality as your system's "catman", if your operating

Line 75 command like "make DESTDIR=... install". Read the *-i

Line 77 command like "make DESTDIR=... install". Read the *-i

in the "Makefile" to understand how DESTDIR is used.

9. Run the command "sudo makewhatis" to build mandoc.db(5) databases

in all the directory trees configured in step 6. Whenever installing

in all the directory trees configured in step 3. Whenever installing

new manual pages, re-run makewhatis(8) to update the databases, or

apropos(1) will not find the new pages.

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