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 .Os  .Os
 .Sh NAME  .Sh NAME
 .Nm mandoc ,  .Nm mandoc ,
 .Nm mandoc_escape ,  .Nm man_deroff ,
 .Nm man_meta ,  .Nm man_meta ,
 .Nm man_mparse ,  .Nm man_mparse ,
 .Nm man_node ,  .Nm man_node ,
 .Nm mchars_alloc ,  .Nm mdoc_deroff ,
 .Nm mchars_free ,  
 .Nm mchars_num2char ,  
 .Nm mchars_num2uc ,  
 .Nm mchars_spec2cp ,  
 .Nm mchars_spec2str ,  
 .Nm mdoc_meta ,  .Nm mdoc_meta ,
 .Nm mdoc_node ,  .Nm mdoc_node ,
 .Nm mparse_alloc ,  .Nm mparse_alloc ,
 .Nm mparse_free ,  .Nm mparse_free ,
 .Nm mparse_getkeep ,  .Nm mparse_getkeep ,
 .Nm mparse_keep ,  .Nm mparse_keep ,
   .Nm mparse_open ,
 .Nm mparse_readfd ,  .Nm mparse_readfd ,
 .Nm mparse_reset ,  .Nm mparse_reset ,
 .Nm mparse_result ,  .Nm mparse_result ,
 .Nm mparse_strerror ,  .Nm mparse_strerror ,
 .Nm mparse_strlevel  .Nm mparse_strlevel
   .Nm mparse_wait ,
 .Nd mandoc macro compiler library  .Nd mandoc macro compiler library
 .Sh LIBRARY  .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb mandoc  .Lb libmandoc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS  .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In man.h  .In sys/types.h
 .In mdoc.h  
 .In mandoc.h  .In mandoc.h
 .Ft "enum mandoc_esc"  .Fd "#define ASCII_NBRSP"
 .Fo mandoc_escape  .Fd "#define ASCII_HYPH"
 .Fa "const char **end"  .Fd "#define ASCII_BREAK"
 .Fa "const char **start"  .Ft struct mparse *
 .Fa "int *sz"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft "const struct man_meta *"  
 .Fo man_meta  
 .Fa "const struct man *man"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft "const struct mparse *"  
 .Fo man_mparse  
 .Fa "const struct man *man"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft "const struct man_node *"  
 .Fo man_node  
 .Fa "const struct man *man"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft "struct mchars *"  
 .Fn mchars_alloc  
 .Ft void  
 .Fn mchars_free "struct mchars *p"  
 .Ft char  
 .Fn mchars_num2char "const char *cp" "size_t sz"  
 .Ft int  
 .Fn mchars_num2uc "const char *cp" "size_t sz"  
 .Ft "const char *"  
 .Fo mchars_spec2str  
 .Fa "const struct mchars *p"  
 .Fa "const char *cp"  
 .Fa "size_t sz"  
 .Fa "size_t *rsz"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft int  
 .Fo mchars_spec2cp  
 .Fa "const struct mchars *p"  
 .Fa "const char *cp"  
 .Fa "size_t sz"  
 .Ft "const char *"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft "const struct mdoc_meta *"  
 .Fo mdoc_meta  
 .Fa "const struct mdoc *mdoc"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft "const struct mdoc_node *"  
 .Fo mdoc_node  
 .Fa "const struct mdoc *mdoc"  
 .Fc  
 .Ft void  
 .Fo mparse_alloc  .Fo mparse_alloc
 .Fa "enum mparset type"  .Fa "int options"
 .Fa "enum mandoclevel wlevel"  .Fa "enum mandoclevel wlevel"
 .Fa "mandocmsg msg"  .Fa "mandocmsg mmsg"
 .Fa "void *msgarg"  .Fa "const struct mchars *mchars"
   .Fa "char *defos"
 .Fc  .Fc
 .Ft void  .Ft void
   .Fo (*mandocmsg)
   .Fa "enum mandocerr errtype"
   .Fa "enum mandoclevel level"
   .Fa "const char *file"
   .Fa "int line"
   .Fa "int col"
   .Fa "const char *msg"
   .Fc
   .Ft void
 .Fo mparse_free  .Fo mparse_free
 .Fa "struct mparse *parse"  .Fa "struct mparse *parse"
 .Fc  .Fc
 .Ft void  .Ft const char *
 .Fo mparse_getkeep  .Fo mparse_getkeep
 .Fa "const struct mparse *parse"  .Fa "const struct mparse *parse"
 .Fc  .Fc
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 .Fa "struct mparse *parse"  .Fa "struct mparse *parse"
 .Fc  .Fc
 .Ft "enum mandoclevel"  .Ft "enum mandoclevel"
   .Fo mparse_open
   .Fa "struct mparse *parse"
   .Fa "int *fd"
   .Fa "const char *fname"
   .Fc
   .Ft "enum mandoclevel"
 .Fo mparse_readfd  .Fo mparse_readfd
 .Fa "struct mparse *parse"  .Fa "struct mparse *parse"
 .Fa "int fd"  .Fa "int fd"
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 .Fa "struct mparse *parse"  .Fa "struct mparse *parse"
 .Fa "struct mdoc **mdoc"  .Fa "struct mdoc **mdoc"
 .Fa "struct man **man"  .Fa "struct man **man"
   .Fa "char **sodest"
 .Fc  .Fc
 .Ft "const char *"  .Ft "const char *"
 .Fo mparse_strerror  .Fo mparse_strerror
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 .Fo mparse_strlevel  .Fo mparse_strlevel
 .Fa "enum mandoclevel"  .Fa "enum mandoclevel"
 .Fc  .Fc
 .Vt extern const char * const * man_macronames;  .Ft "enum mandoclevel"
   .Fo mparse_wait
   .Fa "struct mparse *parse"
   .Fc
   .In sys/types.h
   .In mandoc.h
   .In mdoc.h
   .Ft void
   .Fo mdoc_deroff
   .Fa "char **dest"
   .Fa "const struct mdoc_node *node"
   .Fc
   .Ft "const struct mdoc_meta *"
   .Fo mdoc_meta
   .Fa "const struct mdoc *mdoc"
   .Fc
   .Ft "const struct mdoc_node *"
   .Fo mdoc_node
   .Fa "const struct mdoc *mdoc"
   .Fc
 .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_argnames;  .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_argnames;
 .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_macronames;  .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_macronames;
 .Fd "#define ASCII_NBRSP"  .In sys/types.h
 .Fd "#define ASCII_HYPH"  .In mandoc.h
   .In man.h
   .Ft void
   .Fo man_deroff
   .Fa "char **dest"
   .Fa "const struct man_node *node"
   .Fc
   .Ft "const struct man_meta *"
   .Fo man_meta
   .Fa "const struct man *man"
   .Fc
   .Ft "const struct mparse *"
   .Fo man_mparse
   .Fa "const struct man *man"
   .Fc
   .Ft "const struct man_node *"
   .Fo man_node
   .Fa "const struct man *man"
   .Fc
   .Vt extern const char * const * man_macronames;
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The  The
 .Nm mandoc  .Nm mandoc
Line 166  The following describes a general parse sequence:
Line 172  The following describes a general parse sequence:
 .Bl -enum  .Bl -enum
 .It  .It
 initiate a parsing sequence with  initiate a parsing sequence with
   .Xr mchars_alloc 3
   and
 .Fn mparse_alloc ;  .Fn mparse_alloc ;
 .It  .It
 parse files or file descriptors with  parse files with
   .Fn mparse_open
   and
 .Fn mparse_readfd ;  .Fn mparse_readfd ;
 .It  .It
 retrieve a parsed syntax tree, if the parse was successful, with  retrieve a parsed syntax tree, if the parse was successful, with
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 .Fn man_node ;  .Fn man_node ;
 .It  .It
 free all allocated memory with  free all allocated memory with
 .Fn mparse_free ,  .Fn mparse_free
   and
   .Xr mchars_free 3 ,
 or invoke  or invoke
 .Fn mparse_reset  .Fn mparse_reset
 and parse new files.  and parse new files.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  
 The  
 .Nm  
 library also contains routines for translating character strings into glyphs  
 .Pq see Fn mchars_alloc  
 and parsing escape sequences from strings  
 .Pq see Fn mandoc_escape .  
 .Sh REFERENCE  .Sh REFERENCE
 This section documents the functions, types, and variables available  This section documents the functions, types, and variables available
 via  via
 .In mandoc.h .  .In mandoc.h ,
   with the exception of those documented in
   .Xr mandoc_escape 3
   and
   .Xr mchars_alloc 3 .
 .Ss Types  .Ss Types
 .Bl -ohang  .Bl -ohang
 .It Vt "enum mandoc_esc"  
 An escape sequence classification.  
 .It Vt "enum mandocerr"  .It Vt "enum mandocerr"
 A fatal error, error, or warning message during parsing.  A fatal error, error, or warning message during parsing.
 .It Vt "enum mandoclevel"  .It Vt "enum mandoclevel"
 A classification of an  A classification of an
 .Vt "enum mandoclevel"  .Vt "enum mandocerr"
 as regards system operation.  as regards system operation.
 .It Vt "struct mchars"  .It Vt "struct mchars"
 An opaque pointer to an object allowing for translation between  An opaque pointer to a a character table.
 character strings and glyphs.  Created with
 See  .Xr mchars_alloc 3
 .Fn mchars_alloc .  and freed with
 .It Vt "enum mparset"  .Xr mchars_free 3 .
 The type of parser when reading input.  
 This should usually be  
 .Dv MPARSE_AUTO  
 for auto-detection.  
 .It Vt "struct mparse"  .It Vt "struct mparse"
 An opaque pointer to a running parse sequence.  An opaque pointer to a running parse sequence.
 Created with  Created with
Line 231  messages emitted by the parser.
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 .El  .El
 .Ss Functions  .Ss Functions
 .Bl -ohang  .Bl -ohang
 .It Fn mandoc_escape  .It Fn man_deroff
 Scan an escape sequence, i.e., a character string beginning with  Obtain a text-only representation of a
 .Sq \e .  .Vt struct man_node ,
 Pass a pointer to the character after the  including text contained in its child nodes.
 .Sq \e  To be used on children of the pointer returned from
 as  .Fn man_node .
 .Va end ;  When it is no longer needed, the pointer returned from
 it will be set to the supremum of the parsed escape sequence unless  .Fn man_deroff
 returning  can be passed to
 .Dv ESCAPE_ERROR ,  .Xr free 3 .
 in which case the string is bogus and should be  
 thrown away.  
 If not  
 .Dv ESCAPE_ERROR  
 or  
 .Dv ESCAPE_IGNORE ,  
 .Va start  
 is set to the first relevant character of the substring (font, glyph,  
 whatever) of length  
 .Va sz .  
 Both  
 .Va start  
 and  
 .Va sz  
 may be  
 .Dv NULL .  
 Declared in  
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa mandoc.c .  
 .It Fn man_meta  .It Fn man_meta
 Obtain the meta-data of a successful parse.  Obtain the meta-data of a successful
   .Xr man 7
   parse.
 This may only be used on a pointer returned by  This may only be used on a pointer returned by
 .Fn mparse_result .  .Fn mparse_result .
 Declared in  Declared in
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 implemented in  implemented in
 .Pa man.c .  .Pa man.c .
 .It Fn man_node  .It Fn man_node
 Obtain the root node of a successful parse.  Obtain the root node of a successful
   .Xr man 7
   parse.
 This may only be used on a pointer returned by  This may only be used on a pointer returned by
 .Fn mparse_result .  .Fn mparse_result .
 Declared in  Declared in
 .In man.h ,  .In man.h ,
 implemented in  implemented in
 .Pa man.c .  .Pa man.c .
 .It Fn mchars_alloc  .It Fn mdoc_deroff
 Allocate an  Obtain a text-only representation of a
 .Vt "struct mchars *"  .Vt struct mdoc_node ,
 object for translating special characters into glyphs.  including text contained in its child nodes.
 See  To be used on children of the pointer returned from
 .Xr mandoc_char 7  .Fn mdoc_node .
 for an overview of special characters.  When it is no longer needed, the pointer returned from
 The object must be freed with  .Fn mdoc_deroff
 .Fn mchars_free .  can be passed to
 Declared in  .Xr free 3 .
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa chars.c .  
 .It Fn mchars_free  
 Free an object created with  
 .Fn mchars_alloc .  
 Declared in  
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa chars.c .  
 .It Fn mchars_num2char  
 Convert a character index (e.g., the \eN\(aq\(aq escape) into a  
 printable ASCII character.  
 Returns \e0 (the nil character) if the input sequence is malformed.  
 Declared in  
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa chars.c .  
 .It Fn mchars_num2uc  
 Convert a hexadecimal character index (e.g., the \e[uNNNN] escape) into  
 a Unicode codepoint.  
 Returns \e0 (the nil character) if the input sequence is malformed.  
 Declared in  
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa chars.c .  
 .It Fn mchars_spec2cp  
 Convert a special character into a valid Unicode codepoint.  
 Returns \-1 on failure or a non-zero Unicode codepoint on success.  
 Declared in  
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa chars.c .  
 .It Fn mchars_spec2str  
 Convert a special character into an ASCII string.  
 Returns  
 .Dv NULL  
 on failure.  
 Declared in  
 .In mandoc.h ,  
 implemented in  
 .Pa chars.c .  
 .It Fn mdoc_meta  .It Fn mdoc_meta
 Obtain the meta-data of a successful parse.  Obtain the meta-data of a successful
   .Xr mdoc
   parse.
 This may only be used on a pointer returned by  This may only be used on a pointer returned by
 .Fn mparse_result .  .Fn mparse_result .
 Declared in  Declared in
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 implemented in  implemented in
 .Pa mdoc.c .  .Pa mdoc.c .
 .It Fn mdoc_node  .It Fn mdoc_node
 Obtain the root node of a successful parse.  Obtain the root node of a successful
   .Xr mdoc
   parse.
 This may only be used on a pointer returned by  This may only be used on a pointer returned by
 .Fn mparse_result .  .Fn mparse_result .
 Declared in  Declared in
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 .Pa mdoc.c .  .Pa mdoc.c .
 .It Fn mparse_alloc  .It Fn mparse_alloc
 Allocate a parser.  Allocate a parser.
   The arguments have the following effect:
   .Bl -tag -offset 5n -width inttype
   .It Ar options
   When the
   .Dv MPARSE_MDOC
   or
   .Dv MPARSE_MAN
   bit is set, only that parser is used.
   Otherwise, the document type is automatically detected.
   .Pp
   When the
   .Dv MPARSE_SO
   bit is set,
   .Xr roff 7
   .Ic \&so
   file inclusion requests are always honoured.
   Otherwise, if the request is the only content in an input file,
   only the file name is remembered, to be returned in the
   .Fa sodest
   argument of
   .Fn mparse_result .
   .Pp
   When the
   .Dv MPARSE_QUICK
   bit is set, parsing is aborted after the NAME section.
   This is for example useful in
   .Xr makewhatis 8
   .Fl Q
   to quickly build minimal databases.
   .It Ar wlevel
   Can be set to
   .Dv MANDOCLEVEL_FATAL ,
   .Dv MANDOCLEVEL_ERROR ,
   or
   .Dv MANDOCLEVEL_WARNING .
   Messages below the selected level will be suppressed.
   .It Ar mmsg
   A callback function to handle errors and warnings.
   See
   .Pa main.c
   for an example.
   .It Ar mchars
   An opaque pointer to a a character table obtained from
   .Xr mchars_alloc 3 .
   .It Ar defos
   A default string for the
   .Xr mdoc 7
   .Sq \&Os
   macro, overriding the
   .Dv OSNAME
   preprocessor definition and the results of
   .Xr uname 3 .
   .El
   .Pp
 The same parser may be used for multiple files so long as  The same parser may be used for multiple files so long as
 .Fn mparse_reset  .Fn mparse_reset
 is called between parses.  is called between parses.
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 .In mandoc.h ,  .In mandoc.h ,
 implemented in  implemented in
 .Pa read.c .  .Pa read.c .
 .It Fn mparse_readfd  .It Fn mparse_open
 Parse a file or file descriptor.  If the
   .Fa fname
   ends in
   .Pa .gz ,
   open with
   .Xr gunzip 1 ;
   otherwise, with
   .Xr open 2 .
 If  If
 .Va fd  .Xr open 2
 is -1,  fails, append
 .Va fname  .Pa .gz
 is opened for reading.  and try with
 Otherwise,  .Xr gunzip 1 .
 .Va fname  Return a file descriptor open for reading in
 is assumed to be the name associated with  .Fa fd ,
 .Va fd .  or -1 on failure.
 This may be called multiple times with different parameters; however,  It can be passed to
   .Fn mparse_readfd
   or used directly.
   Declared in
   .In mandoc.h ,
   implemented in
   .Pa read.c .
   .It Fn mparse_readfd
   Parse a file descriptor opened with
   .Xr open 2
   or
   .Fn mparse_open .
   Pass the associated filename in
   .Va fname .
   Calls
   .Fn mparse_wait
   before returning.
   This function may be called multiple times with different parameters; however,
 .Fn mparse_reset  .Fn mparse_reset
 should be invoked between parses.  should be invoked between parses.
 Declared in  Declared in
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 .Fn mparse_readfd  .Fn mparse_readfd
 returned less than MANDOCLEVEL_FATAL  returned less than MANDOCLEVEL_FATAL
 .Pc  .Pc
 should invoke this function, in which case one of the two pointers will  should invoke this function, in which case one of the three pointers will
 be filled in.  be filled in.
 Declared in  Declared in
 .In mandoc.h ,  .In mandoc.h ,
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 .In mandoc.h ,  .In mandoc.h ,
 implemented in  implemented in
 .Pa read.c .  .Pa read.c .
   .It Fn mparse_wait
   Bury a
   .Xr gunzip 1
   child process that was spawned with
   .Fn mparse_open .
   To be called after the parse sequence is complete.
   Not needed after
   .Fn mparse_readfd ,
   but does no harm in that case, either.
   Returns
   .Dv MANDOCLEVEL_OK
   on success and
   .Dv MANDOCLEVEL_SYSERR
   on failure, that is, when
   .Xr wait 2
   fails, or when
   .Xr gunzip 1
   died from a signal or exited with non-zero status.
   Declared in
   .In mandoc.h ,
   implemented in
   .Pa read.c .
 .El  .El
 .Ss Variables  .Ss Variables
 .Bl -ohang  .Bl -ohang
Line 474  The following non-printing characters may be embedded 
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 A non-breaking space character.  A non-breaking space character.
 .It Dv ASCII_HYPH  .It Dv ASCII_HYPH
 A soft hyphen.  A soft hyphen.
   .It Dv ASCII_BREAK
   A breakable zero-width space.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 Escape characters are also passed verbatim into text strings.  Escape characters are also passed verbatim into text strings.
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Line 532  An escape character is a sequence of characters beginn
 backslash  backslash
 .Pq Sq \e .  .Pq Sq \e .
 To construct human-readable text, these should be intercepted with  To construct human-readable text, these should be intercepted with
 .Fn mandoc_escape  .Xr mandoc_escape 3
 and converted with one of  and converted with one the functions described in
 .Fn mchars_num2char ,  .Xr mchars_alloc 3 .
 .Fn mchars_spec2str ,  
 and so on.  
 .Ss Man Abstract Syntax Tree  .Ss Man Abstract Syntax Tree
 This AST is governed by the ontological rules dictated in  This AST is governed by the ontological rules dictated in
 .Xr man 7  .Xr man 7
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 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 The only elements capable of nesting other elements are those with  The only elements capable of nesting other elements are those with
 next-lint scope as documented in  next-line scope as documented in
 .Xr man 7 .  .Xr man 7 .
 .Ss Mdoc Abstract Syntax Tree  .Ss Mdoc Abstract Syntax Tree
 This AST is governed by the ontological  This AST is governed by the ontological
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 .Xr mandoc 1  .Xr mandoc 1
 are unable to render them in any meaningful way.  are unable to render them in any meaningful way.
 Furthermore, behaviour when encountering badly-nested blocks is not  Furthermore, behaviour when encountering badly-nested blocks is not
 consistent across troff implementations, especially when using  multiple  consistent across troff implementations, especially when using multiple
 levels of badly-nested blocks.  levels of badly-nested blocks.
 .Sh SEE ALSO  .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,  .Xr mandoc 1 ,
   .Xr mandoc_escape 3 ,
   .Xr mandoc_malloc 3 ,
   .Xr mchars_alloc 3 ,
 .Xr eqn 7 ,  .Xr eqn 7 ,
 .Xr man 7 ,  .Xr man 7 ,
 .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,  .Xr mandoc_char 7 ,

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