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.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. |
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.Sh NAME |
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Input format. See |
Input format. See |
.Sx Input Formats |
.Sx Input Formats |
for available formats. Defaults to |
for available formats. Defaults to |
.Fl m Ns Ar doc . |
.Fl m Ns Ar andoc . |
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.It Fl T |
.It Fl T |
Output format. See |
Output format. See |
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.Nm |
.Nm |
reads |
reads |
.Xr mdoc 7 |
.Xr mdoc 7 |
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or |
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.Xr man 7 |
text from stdin, implying |
text from stdin, implying |
.Fl m Ns Ar mdoc , |
.Fl m Ns Ar andoc , |
and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if |
and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if |
.Fl T Ns Ar ascii |
.Fl T Ns Ar ascii |
were provided. |
were provided. |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
.Ex -std mandoc |
.Ex -std mandoc |
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.Ss Reserved Words (mdoc only) |
.Ss Punctuation |
The reserved words described in |
If punctuation is set apart from words, such as in the phrase |
.Xr mdoc 7 |
.Dq to be \&, or not to be , |
are handled according to the following rules: |
it's processed by |
.Bl -enum -offset XXX |
.Nm |
.It |
according to the following rules. Opening punctuation |
Opening delimiters |
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.Po |
.Po |
.Sq \&( , |
.Sq \&( , |
.Sq \&[ , |
.Sq \&[ , |
and |
and |
.Sq \&{ |
.Sq \&{ |
.Pc are not followed by whitespace. |
.Pc |
.It |
is not followed by a space. Closing punctuation |
Closing delimiters |
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.Po |
.Po |
.Sq \&. , |
.Sq \&. , |
.Sq \&, , |
.Sq \&, , |
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Line 124 Closing delimiters |
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.Sq \&] |
.Sq \&] |
and |
and |
.Sq \&} |
.Sq \&} |
.Pc are not preceeded by whitespace. |
.Pc |
.El |
is not preceded by whitespace. |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
Note that reserved words only register as such as if they appear as |
If the input is |
standalone tokens, either in parsed lines or streams of text. Thus, the |
.Xr mdoc 7 , |
following fragment: |
these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate. |
.Bd -literal -offset XXXX |
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this self is not that of the waking , empirically real man |
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\&...correctly adjusts the comma spacing to |
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.Dq this self is not that of the waking , empirically real man . |
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However, if the comma were part of |
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.Dq ,empirically , |
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it would not. |
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.Ss Input Formats |
.Ss Input Formats |
The |
The |
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.Xr man 7 |
.Xr man 7 |
should only be used for legacy manuals. |
should only be used for legacy manuals. |
.Pp |
.Pp |
The following escape sequences are recognised, although the per-format |
A third option, |
compiler may not allow certain sequences. |
.Fl m Ns Ar andoc , |
.Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX |
which is also the default, determines encoding on-the-fly: if the first |
.It \efX |
non-comment macro is |
sets the font mode to X (B, I, R or P, where P resets the font) |
.Sq \&.Dd |
.It \eX, \e(XX, \e[XN] |
or |
queries the special-character table for a corresponding symbol |
.Sq \&.Dt , |
.It \e*X, \e*(XX, \e*[XN] |
the |
deprecated special-character format |
.Xr mdoc 7 |
.El |
parser is used; otherwise, the |
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parser is used. |
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.Pp |
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files are specified with |
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each has its file-type determined this way. If multiple files are |
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specified and |
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.Fl m Ns Ar doc |
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or |
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.Fl m Ns Ar an |
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is specified, then this format is used exclusively. |
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.\" The following escape sequences are recognised, although the per-format |
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.\" compiler may not allow certain sequences. |
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.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX |
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.\" sets the font mode to X (B, I, R or P, where P resets the font) |
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.\" .It \eX, \e(XX, \e[XN] |
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.\" queries the special-character table for a corresponding symbol |
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.\" .It \e*X, \e*(XX, \e*[XN] |
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.\" deprecated special-character format |
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.\" .El |
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.Ss Output Formats |
.Ss Output Formats |
The |
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utility accepts the following |
utility accepts the following |
.Fl T |
.Fl T |
arguments: |
arguments: |
.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX |
.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX |
.It Ar ascii |
.It Fl T Ns Ar ascii |
Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline |
Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline |
styles. This is the default. |
styles. This is the default. |
.It Ar tree |
.It Fl T Ns Ar tree |
Produce an indented parse tree. |
Produce an indented parse tree. |
.It Ar lint |
.It Fl T Ns Ar lint |
Parse only: produce no output. |
Parse only: produce no output. |
.El |
.El |
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.Pp |
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If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the |
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corresponding filter in-order. |
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.Ss Compiler Options |
.Ss Compiler Options |
Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the |
Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the |
.Fl f |
.Fl f |
flag. |
flag. |
.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX |
.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope |
.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope |
When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore |
When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore |
scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resulting tree. |
scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resulting tree. |
Line 200 scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resul |
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Line 215 scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resul |
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.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape |
.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape |
Ignore invalid escape sequences. |
Ignore invalid escape sequences. |
.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro |
.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro |
Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines. |
Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for |
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parsing). |
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.It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro |
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Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for |
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.Xr mdoc 7 |
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parsing). |
.El |
.El |
.\" PARAGRAPH |
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.Pp |
.Pp |
Line 213 options may be grouped and delimited with a comma. Us |
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Line 234 options may be grouped and delimited with a comma. Us |
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for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors. |
for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors. |
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.Sh EXAMPLES |
.Sh EXAMPLES |
To page this manual page on the terminal: |
To page manuals to the terminal: |
.\" PARAGRAPH |
.\" PARAGRAPH |
.Pp |
.Pp |
.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error mandoc.1 2>&1 | less |
.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error mandoc.1 2>&1 | less |
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.D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
.Sh SEE ALSO |
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.\" |
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