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  10                         <B>mdocml</B> &#8211; mdoc macro compiler
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  12                 <H1>
  13                         <A NAME="description">Description</A>
  14                 </H1>
  15                 <P>
  16                         <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <I><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></I>, the roff macro
  17                         package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <I><A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></I>, the predominant historical package for
  18                         UNIX manuals.  The mission of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is to deprecate <A
  19                         HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I>
  20                         pages whilst providing token support for <I>man</I>.
  21                 </P>
  22                 <P>
  23                         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
  24                         uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system.  mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A
  25                         CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular).
  26                 </P>
  27                 <P>
  28                         <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A
  29                         HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals (with
  30                         support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF.
  31                         It also includes <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A>, for recoding multibyte manuals; and <A
  32                         HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A>, for indexing manuals.
  33                         It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project.
  34                 </P>
  35                 <P>
  36                         <I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>.
  37                 </P>
  38                 <H1>
  39                         <A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
  40                 </H1>
  41                 <P>
  42                         <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any UNIX system, although <A
  43                         HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> requires <A CLASS="external"
  44                         HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A> (this is
  45                         installed by default on all BSD operating systems).
  46                         To compile <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN>, run <CODE>make</CODE>, then <CODE>make install</CODE> to install into
  47                         <I>/usr/local</I>.
  48                         Be aware: if you have an existing <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A> installation,
  49                         this may overwrite its <B>preconv</B> binary.
  50                         The <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> utility is not yet linked to the build.  You must run <CODE>make
  51                         makewhatis</CODE> to build it (it does not install).
  52                 </P>
  53                 <P>
  54                         The most current version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN
  55                         class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>.
  56                 </P>
  57
  58                 <H2>
  59                         Current
  60                 </H2>
  61
  62                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Current Sources">
  63                         <COL WIDTH="175">
  64                         <COL>
  65                         <TBODY>
  66                                 <TR>
  67                                         <TD>Source archive</TD>
  68                                         <TD>
  69                                         <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</A>
  70                                         <SMALL>(<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</A>)</SMALL>
  71                                         </TD>
  72                                 </TR>
  73                                 <TR>
  74                                         <TD>Online source</TD>
  75                                         <TD>
  76                                         <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
  77                                         </TD>
  78                                 </TR>
  79                         </TBODY>
  80                 </TABLE>
  81
  82                 <H2>
  83                         Downstream
  84                 </H2>
  85
  86                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Downstream Sources">
  87                         <COL WIDTH="175">
  88                         <COL>
  89                         <TBODY>
  90                                 <TR>
  91                                         <TD>DragonFly BSD</TD>
  92                                         <TD>
  93                                         <A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/usr.bin/mandoc"
  94                                                 CLASS="external">usr.bin/mandoc</A>
  95                                         </TD>
  96                                 </TR>
  97                                 <TR>
  98                                         <TD>FreeBSD</TD>
  99                                         <TD>
 100                                         <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/mdocml/"
 101                                                 CLASS="external">ports/textproc/mdocml</A>
 102                                         </TD>
 103                                 </TR>
 104                                 <TR>
 105                                         <TD>NetBSD</TD>
 106                                         <TD>
 107                                         <A HREF="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/bsd/mdocml/"
 108                                                 CLASS="external">src/external/bsd/mdocml</A>
 109                                         </TD>
 110                                 </TR>
 111                                 <TR>
 112                                         <TD>OpenBSD</TD>
 113                                         <TD>
 114                                         <A HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/"
 115                                                 CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A>
 116                                         </TD>
 117                                 </TR>
 118                         </TBODY>
 119                 </TABLE>
 120
 121                 <H2>
 122                         Historical
 123                 </H2>
 124
 125                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Archived Sources">
 126                         <COL WIDTH="175">
 127                         <COL>
 128                         <TBODY>
 129                                 <TR>
 130                                         <TD>Source archive</TD>
 131                                         <TD>
 132                                         <A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A>
 133                                         </TD>
 134                                 </TR>
 135                         </TBODY>
 136                 </TABLE>
 137
 138                 <H1>
 139                         <A NAME="documentation">Documentation</A>
 140                 </H1>
 141
 142                 <P>
 143                         These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current snapshot.
 144                 </P>
 145
 146                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation">
 147                         <COL WIDTH="175">
 148                         <COL>
 149                         <TBODY>
 150                                 <TR>
 151                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>
 152                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 153                                                 format and display UNIX manuals
 154                                                 <SMALL>
 155                                                         (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> |
 156                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 157                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
 158                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">postscript</A>)
 159                                                 </SMALL>
 160                                         </TD>
 161                                 </TR>
 162                                 <TR>
 163                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis(1)</A></TD>
 164                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 165                                                 index UNIX manuals
 166                                                 <SMALL>
 167                                                         (<A HREF="makewhatis.1.txt">text</A> |
 168                                                         <A HREF="makewhatis.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 169                                                         <A HREF="makewhatis.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
 170                                                         <A HREF="makewhatis.1.ps">postscript</A>)
 171                                                 </SMALL>
 172                                         </TD>
 173                                 </TR>
 174                                 <TR>
 175                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv(1)</A></TD>
 176                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 177                                                 recode multibyte UNIX manuals
 178                                                 <SMALL>
 179                                                         (<A HREF="preconv.1.txt">text</A> |
 180                                                         <A HREF="preconv.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 181                                                         <A HREF="preconv.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
 182                                                         <A HREF="preconv.1.ps">postscript</A>)
 183                                                 </SMALL>
 184                                         </TD>
 185                                 </TR>
 186                                 <TR>
 187                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>
 188                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 189                                                 mandoc macro compiler library
 190                                                 <SMALL>
 191                                                         (<A HREF="mandoc.3.txt">text</A> |
 192                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.3.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 193                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.3.pdf">pdf</A> |
 194                                                         <A HREF="mandoc.3.ps">postscript</A>)
 195                                                 </SMALL>
 196                                         </TD>
 197                                 </TR>
 198                                 <TR>
 199                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD>
 200                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 201                                                 man language reference
 202                                                 <SMALL>
 203                                                         (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> |
 204                                                         <A HREF="man.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 205                                                         <A HREF="man.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 206                                                         <A HREF="man.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 207                                                 </SMALL>
 208                                         </TD>
 209                                 </TR>
 210                                 <TR>
 211                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn(7)</A></TD>
 212                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 213                                                 eqn-mandoc language reference
 214                                                 <SMALL>
 215                                                         (<A HREF="eqn.7.txt">text</A> |
 216                                                         <A HREF="eqn.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 217                                                         <A HREF="eqn.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 218                                                         <A HREF="eqn.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 219                                                 </SMALL>
 220                                         </TD>
 221                                 </TR>
 222                                 <TR>
 223                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD>
 224                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 225                                                 mandoc special characters
 226                                                 <SMALL>
 227                                                         (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> |
 228                                                         <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 229                                                         <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 230                                                         <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 231                                                 </SMALL>
 232                                         </TD>
 233                                 </TR>
 234                                 <TR>
 235                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD>
 236                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 237                                                 mdoc language reference
 238                                                 <SMALL>
 239                                                         (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> |
 240                                                         <A HREF="mdoc.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 241                                                         <A HREF="mdoc.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 242                                                         <A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 243                                                 </SMALL>
 244                                         </TD>
 245                                 </TR>
 246                                 <TR>
 247                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD>
 248                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 249                                                 roff-mandoc language reference
 250                                                 <SMALL>
 251                                                         (<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> |
 252                                                         <A HREF="roff.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 253                                                         <A HREF="roff.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 254                                                         <A HREF="roff.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 255                                                 </SMALL>
 256                                         </TD>
 257                                 </TR>
 258                                 <TR>
 259                                         <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl(7)</A></TD>
 260                                         <TD VALIGN="top">
 261                                                 tbl-mandoc language reference
 262                                                 <SMALL>
 263                                                         (<A HREF="tbl.7.txt">text</A> |
 264                                                         <A HREF="tbl.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
 265                                                         <A HREF="tbl.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
 266                                                         <A HREF="tbl.7.ps">postscript</A>)
 267                                                 </SMALL>
 268                                         </TD>
 269                                 </TR>
 270                         </TBODY>
 271                 </TABLE>
 272
 273                 <H1>
 274                         <A NAME="contact">Contact</A>
 275                 </H1>
 276
 277                 <P>
 278                         Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription).  Please check the
 279                         <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues
 280                         before posting.  Beyond that, contact Kristaps at <A
 281                         HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&amp;c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal
 282                         this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.
 283                 </P>
 284
 285                 <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Mailing Lists">
 286                         <COL WIDTH="175">
 287                         <COL>
 288                         <TBODY>
 289                                 <TR>
 290                                         <TD>
 291                                                 disc<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
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 293                                         </TD>
 294                                         <TD>
 295                                                 bug-reports, general questions, and announcements
 296                                                 <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/discuss/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
 297                                         </TD>
 298                                 </TR>
 299                                 <TR>
 300                                         <TD>
 301                                                 tec<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
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 303                                         </TD>
 304                                         <TD>
 305                                                 patches and system discussions
 306                                                 <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/tech/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
 307                                         </TD>
 308                                 </TR>
 309                                 <TR>
 310                                         <TD>
 311                                                 sou<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
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 313                                         </TD>
 314                                         <TD>
 315                                                 source commit messages
 316                                                 <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/source/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
 317                                         </TD>
 318                                 </TR>
 319                         </TBODY>
 320                 </TABLE>
 321
 322                 <H1>
 323                         <A NAME="news">News</A>
 324                 </H1>
 325
 326                 <P CLASS="news">
 327                         19-05-2011: version 1.11.3
 328                 </P>
 329                 <P>
 330                         Introduce locale-encoding of output with the <B>-Tlocale</B> output option and Unicode escaped-character input.
 331                         See <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> and <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char</A>, respectively, for details.
 332                         This allows for non-ASCII characters (e.g., <I>\[u5000]</I>) to be rendered in the locale's encoding, if said
 333                         environment supports wide-character encoding (if it does not, <B>-Tascii</B> is used instead).
 334                         Locale support can be turned off at compile time by removing <I>-DUSE_WCHAR</I> in the <I>Makefile</I>, in which case
 335                         <B>-Tlocale</B> is always a synonym for <B>-Tascii</B>.
 336                 </P>
 337                 <P>
 338                         Furthermore, multibyte-encoded documents, such as those in UTF-8, may be on-the-fly recoded as <A
 339                         HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> input by using the newly-added <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A> utility.
 340                         Note: in the future, this feature may be integrated into <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>.
 341                 </P>
 342
 343                 <P CLASS="news">
 344                         12-05-2011: version 1.11.2
 345                 </P>
 346                 <P>
 347                         Corrected some installation issues in version 1.11.1.
 348                         Further migration to <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>.
 349                         Initial public release (this utility is very much under development) of <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A>,
 350                         initially named mandoc-db.
 351                         This utility produces keyword databases of manual content
 352                         <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mandoc-cgi/index.html">mandoc-cgi</A>, which features semantic querying of manual content.
 353                 </P>
 354
 355                 <P CLASS="news">
 356                         04-04-2011: version 1.11.1
 357                 </P>
 358                 <P>
 359                         The earlier <I>libroff</I>, <I>libmdoc</I>, and <I>libman</I> soup have been merged into
 360                         a single library, <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>, which manages all aspects of
 361                         parsing real manuals (from line-handling to <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A> parsing).
 362                 </P>
 363                 <P>
 364                         Beyond this structural change, initial <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> functionality is in
 365                         place.  For the time being, this is limited to the recognition of equation blocks;
 366                         future version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> will expand upon this framework.
 367                 </P>
 368                 <P>
 369                         As usual, many general fixes and improvements have also occurred.  In particular, a great
 370                         deal of redundancy and superfluous code has been removed with the merging of the backend
 371                         libraries.
 372                 </P>
 373
 374                 <P>
 375                         See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
 376                         historical notes.
 377                 </P>
 378
 379                 <P CLASS="foot">
 380                         <SMALL>
 381                                 Copyright &#169; 2008&#8211;2011
 382                                 <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>,
 383                                 $Date: 2011/05/26 20:23:01 $
 384                         </SMALL>
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