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- <TITLE>mdocml | mdoc macro compiler</TITLE>
+ <TITLE>mdocml | UNIX manpage compiler</TITLE>
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- <B>mdocml</B> – mdoc macro compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)
+ <B>mdocml</B> – UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)
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Sources: <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">current</A>,
It also includes <A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv</A>, for recoding multibyte manuals;
<A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc</A>, for emitting only text parts of manuals;
<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, for indexing manuals; and
- <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A>, for semantic search of manual content.
+ <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> and <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, for semantic search of manual content.
It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project.
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<A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
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- <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system.
- To build and install into <I>/usr/local/</I>, just run <CODE>make install</CODE>.
- Be aware: if you have an existing groff installation, this may overwrite its <B>preconv</B> binary.
- The <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> utility is not yet linked to the build; please <A HREF="#contact">contact
- us</A> if you plan to use it.
+ <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll
+ need <A HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">libdb</A> to build <A
+ HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A>, <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> (this
+ is installed by default on BSD UNIX systems — see the <I>Makefile</I> if you're running Linux). To build and
+ install into <I>/usr/local/</I>, just run <CODE>make install</CODE>. Be careful: the <B>preconv</B>, <B>apropos</B>,
+ and <B>whatis</B> binary names are usually taken by existing utilities.
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<A NAME="binaries">Binaries</A>
CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A>
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+ <TR>
+ <TD>pkgsrc</TD>
+ <TD>
+ <A HREF="http://pkgsrc.se/textproc/mdocml" CLASS="external">textproc/mdocml</A>
+ </TD>
+ </TR>
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<A HREF="preconv.1.ps">ps</A>)
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+ <TR>
+ <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis(1)</A></TD>
+ <TD VALIGN="top">
+ search the manual page database
+ (<A HREF="whatis.1.txt">text</A> |
+ <A HREF="whatis.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
+ <A HREF="whatis.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
+ <A HREF="whatis.1.ps">ps</A>)
+ </TD>
+ </TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>
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<A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues
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- this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.
+ this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv. Archives are available at <A HREF="http://gmane.org/" CLASS="external">Gmane</A>.
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<A NAME="news">News</A>
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- xx-xx-2011: version 1.xx.x
+ xx-xx-2011: version 1.12.1
+ </P>
+ <P>
+ Significant work on <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>. These tools are
+ now much more robust and in line with other manpage systems. A <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A> implementation is now
+ handled as an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> mode.
+ </P>
+ <P CLASS="news">
+ 08-10-2011: version 1.12.0
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This version features a new, work-in-progress <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> output mode: -<B>Tman</B>. This mode
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While adding features, an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox.
- This interfaces with <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> for semantic search of manual content.
+ This interfaces with <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> for semantic search of manual content. <A
+ HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> is different from the traditional <B>apropos</B> primarily in allowing keyword search
+ (such as for functions, utilities, etc.) and regular expressions.
+ Note that the calling syntax for <B>apropos</B> is likely to change as it settles down.
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In documentation news, the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals have been made
several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> are now
nicer for very long titles.
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- <P CLASS="news">
- 02-09-2011: version 1.11.7
- </P>
- <P>
- Added <A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc</A> utility for stripping away macros and escapes. This replaces the
- historical <CODE>deroff</CODE> utility. Also improved the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals.
- </P>
- <P CLASS="news">
- 16-08-2011: version 1.11.6
- </P>
- <P>
- Handling of <B>tr</B> macro in <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> implemented. This makes Perl documentation much more
- readable. Hyphenation is also now enabled in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> format documents. Many other general
- improvements have been implemented. Furthermore, a 64-bit Windows binary is now available at <A
- HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">mdocml-win64.zip</A> and a Mac OS X universal binary is available at <A
- HREF="/binaries/mdocml-macosx.zip">mdocml-macosx.zip</A>.
- </P>
- <P CLASS="news">
- 24-07-2011: version 1.11.5
- </P>
- <P>
- Significant <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> improvements. <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> can now parse arbitrary eqn input
- (although few GNU extensions are accepted, nor is mixing low-level roff with eqn). See the <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A>
- manual for details. For the time being, equations are rendered as simple in-line text. The equation parser satisfies
- the language specified in the <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.kohala.com/start/troff/v7man/eqn/eqn2e.ps">Second
- Edition User's Guide</A>.
- </P>
- <P>
- This is also the first release featuring a distributed Windows binary, available at <A
- HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip</A>.
- </P>
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See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
historical notes.
<SMALL>
Copyright © 2008–2011
<A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>,
- $Date: 2011/10/06 23:06:31 $
+ $Date: 2011/11/29 11:21:47 $
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