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  10                         <B>mdocml</B> &#8211; mdoc macro compiler
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  12
  13                 <H1>
  14                         <A NAME="description">Description</A>
  15                 </H1>
  16
  17                 <P>
  18                         <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <I><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></I>, the roff macro
  19                         package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <I><A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></I>, the predominant historical package for
  20                         UNIX manuals.  The mission of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is to deprecate <A
  21                         HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I>
  22                         pages whilst providing token support for <I>man</I>.
  23                 </P>
  24
  25                 <P>
  26                         Why?  groff amounts to over 5 MB of source code, most of which is C++ and all of which is GPL.  It runs slowly, produces
  27                         uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system.  mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A
  28                         CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular).
  29                 </P>
  30
  31                 <P>
  32                         <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A
  33                         HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals, XHTML,
  34                         HTML, PostScript, and PDF.  It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project.
  35                 </P>
  36
  37                 <P>
  38                         <I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>.
  39                 </P>
  40
  41                 <H1>
  42                         <A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
  43                 </H1>
  44
  45                 <P>
  46                         <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any UNIX system, although <A
  47                         HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> requires <A CLASS="external"
  48                         HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A> (this is
  49                         installed by default on all BSD operating systems).  The most current version is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>,
  50                         dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>.  If your system doesn't come with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> (see
  51                         <Q>Downstream</Q>), run <CODE>make</CODE> to compile and <CODE>make install</CODE> to install into <I>/usr/local</I>.
  52                         Note that <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> is not yet linked to the build.  You must run <CODE>make
  53                         makewhatis</CODE> to build it (it does not install).
  54                 </P>
  55
  56                 <H2>
  57                         Current
  58                 </H2>
  59
  60                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Current Sources">
  61                         <COL WIDTH="175">
  62                         <COL>
  63                         <TBODY>
  64                                 <TR>
  65                                         <TD>Source archive</TD>
  66                                         <TD>
  67                                         <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</A>
  68                                         (<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</A>)
  69                                         </TD>
  70                                 </TR>
  71                                 <TR>
  72                                         <TD>Online source</TD>
  73                                         <TD>
  74                                         <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
  75                                         </TD>
  76                                 </TR>
  77                         </TBODY>
  78                 </TABLE>
  79
  80                 <H2>
  81                         Downstream
  82                 </H2>
  83
  84                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Downstream Sources">
  85                         <COL WIDTH="175">
  86                         <COL>
  87                         <TBODY>
  88                                 <TR>
  89                                         <TD>DragonFly BSD</TD>
  90                                         <TD>
  91                                         <A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/usr.bin/mandoc"
  92                                                 CLASS="external">usr.bin/mandoc</A>
  93                                         </TD>
  94                                 </TR>
  95                                 <TR>
  96                                         <TD>FreeBSD</TD>
  97                                         <TD>
  98                                         <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/mdocml/"
  99                                                 CLASS="external">ports/textproc/mdocml</A>
 100                                         </TD>
 101                                 </TR>
 102                                 <TR>
 103                                         <TD>NetBSD</TD>
 104                                         <TD>
 105                                         <A HREF="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/bsd/mdocml/"
 106                                                 CLASS="external">src/external/bsd/mdocml</A>
 107                                         </TD>
 108                                 </TR>
 109                                 <TR>
 110                                         <TD>OpenBSD</TD>
 111                                         <TD>
 112                                         <A HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/"
 113                                                 CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A>
 114                                         </TD>
 115                                 </TR>
 116                         </TBODY>
 117                 </TABLE>
 118
 119                 <H2>
 120                         Historical
 121                 </H2>
 122
 123                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Archived Sources">
 124                         <COL WIDTH="175">
 125                         <COL>
 126                         <TBODY>
 127                                 <TR>
 128                                         <TD>Source archive</TD>
 129                                         <TD>
 130                                         <A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A>
 131                                         </TD>
 132                                 </TR>
 133                         </TBODY>
 134                 </TABLE>
 135
 136                 <H1>
 137                         <A NAME="documentation">Documentation</A>
 138                 </H1>
 139
 140                 <P>
 141                         These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current snapshot.
 142                 </P>
 143
 144                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation">
 145                         <COL WIDTH="175">
 146                         <COL>
 147                         <TBODY>
 148                                 <TR>
 149                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>
 150                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 151                                                 format and display UNIX manuals
 152                                                 <SMALL>
 153                                                         (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> |
 154                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 155                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
 156                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">postscript</A>)
 157                                                 </SMALL>
 158                                         </TD>
 159                                 </TR>
 160                                 <TR>
 161                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis(1)</A></TD>
 162                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 163                                                 index UNIX manuals
 164                                                 <SMALL>
 165                                                         (<A HREF="makewhatis.1.txt">text</A> |
 166                                                         <A HREF="makewhatis.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 167                                                         <A HREF="makewhatis.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
 168                                                         <A HREF="makewhatis.1.ps">postscript</A>)
 169                                                 </SMALL>
 170                                         </TD>
 171                                 </TR>
 172                                 <TR>
 173                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>
 174                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 175                                                 mandoc macro compiler library
 176                                                 <SMALL>
 177                                                         (<A HREF="mandoc.3.txt">text</A> |
 178                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.3.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 179                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.3.pdf">pdf</A> |
 180                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.3.ps">postscript</A>)
 181                                                 </SMALL>
 182                                         </TD>
 183                                 </TR>
 184                                 <TR>
 185                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD>
 186                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 187                                                 man language reference
 188                                                 <SMALL>
 189                                                         (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> |
 190                                                         <A HREF="man.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 191                                                         <A HREF="man.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 192                                                         <A HREF="man.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 193                                                 </SMALL>
 194                                         </TD>
 195                                 </TR>
 196                                 <TR>
 197                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn(7)</A></TD>
 198                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 199                                                 eqn-mandoc language reference
 200                                                 <SMALL>
 201                                                         (<A HREF="eqn.7.txt">text</A> |
 202                                                         <A HREF="eqn.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 203                                                         <A HREF="eqn.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 204                                                         <A HREF="eqn.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 205                                                 </SMALL>
 206                                         </TD>
 207                                 </TR>
 208                                 <TR>
 209                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD>
 210                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 211                                                 mandoc special characters
 212                                                 <SMALL>
 213                                                         (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> |
 214                                                         <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 215                                                         <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 216                                                         <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 217                                                 </SMALL>
 218                                         </TD>
 219                                 </TR>
 220                                 <TR>
 221                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD>
 222                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 223                                                 mdoc language reference
 224                                                 <SMALL>
 225                                                         (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> |
 226                                                         <A HREF="mdoc.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 227                                                         <A HREF="mdoc.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 228                                                         <A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 229                                                 </SMALL>
 230                                         </TD>
 231                                 </TR>
 232                                 <TR>
 233                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD>
 234                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 235                                                 roff-mandoc language reference
 236                                                 <SMALL>
 237                                                         (<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> |
 238                                                         <A HREF="roff.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 239                                                         <A HREF="roff.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 240                                                         <A HREF="roff.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 241                                                 </SMALL>
 242                                         </TD>
 243                                 </TR>
 244                                 <TR>
 245                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl(7)</A></TD>
 246                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 247                                                 tbl-mandoc language reference
 248                                                 <SMALL>
 249                                                         (<A HREF="tbl.7.txt">text</A> |
 250                                                         <A HREF="tbl.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 251                                                         <A HREF="tbl.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 252                                                         <A HREF="tbl.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 253                                                 </SMALL>
 254                                         </TD>
 255                                 </TR>
 256                         </TBODY>
 257                 </TABLE>
 258
 259                 <H1>
 260                         <A NAME="contact">Contact</A>
 261                 </H1>
 262
 263                 <P>
 264                         Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription).  Please check the
 265                         <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues
 266                         before posting.  Beyond that, contact Kristaps at <A
 267                         HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&amp;c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal
 268                         this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.
 269                 </P>
 270
 271                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Mailing Lists">
 272                         <COL WIDTH="175">
 273                         <COL>
 274                         <TBODY>
 275                                 <TR>
 276                                         <TD>
 277                                                 disc<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
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 279                                         </TD>
 280                                         <TD>
 281                                                 bug-reports, general questions, and announcements
 282                                                 <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/discuss/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
 283                                         </TD>
 284                                 </TR>
 285                                 <TR>
 286                                         <TD>
 287                                                 tec<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
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 289                                         </TD>
 290                                         <TD>
 291                                                 patches and system discussions
 292                                                 <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/tech/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
 293                                         </TD>
 294                                 </TR>
 295                                 <TR>
 296                                         <TD>
 297                                                 sou<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
 298                                                 HREF="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/d?k=01prQrAZhhl2EbIwVcRfABsQ==&amp;c=KtTW4Yic9xk-8g40KzJoca4fR3MYXv28g8NC6OQV-T8=">...</A>@mdocml.bsd.lv
 299                                         </TD>
 300                                         <TD>
 301                                                 source commit messages
 302                                                 <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/source/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
 303                                         </TD>
 304                                 </TR>
 305                         </TBODY>
 306                 </TABLE>
 307
 308                 <H1>
 309                         <A NAME="news">News</A>
 310                 </H1>
 311
 312                 <P CLASS="news">
 313                         12-05-2011: version 1.11.2
 314                 </P>
 315                 <P>
 316                         Corrected some installation issues in version 1.11.1.
 317                         Further migration to <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>.
 318                         Initial public release (this utility is very much under development) of <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A>,
 319                         initially named mandoc-db.
 320                         This utility produces keyword databases of manual content
 321                         <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mandoc-cgi/index.html">mandoc-cgi</A>, which features semantic querying of manual content.
 322                 </P>
 323
 324                 <P CLASS="news">
 325                         04-04-2011: version 1.11.1
 326                 </P>
 327                 <P>
 328                         The earlier <I>libroff</I>, <I>libmdoc</I>, and <I>libman</I> soup have been merged into
 329                         a single library, <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>, which manages all aspects of
 330                         parsing real manuals (from line-handling to <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A> parsing).
 331                 </P>
 332                 <P>
 333                         Beyond this structural change, initial <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> functionality is in
 334                         place.  For the time being, this is limited to the recognition of equation blocks;
 335                         future version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> will expand upon this framework.
 336                 </P>
 337                 <P>
 338                         As usual, many general fixes and improvements have also occurred.  In particular, a great
 339                         deal of redundancy and superfluous code has been removed with the merging of the backend
 340                         libraries.
 341                 </P>
 342
 343                 <P>
 344                         See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
 345                         historical notes.
 346                 </P>
 347
 348                 <P CLASS="foot">
 349                         <SMALL>
 350                                 Copyright &#169; 2008&#8211;2011
 351                                 <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>,
 352                                 $Date: 2011/05/14 23:41:50 $
 353                         </SMALL>
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