-.\" $Id: mandoc.3,v 1.2 2011/03/28 21:49:42 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mandoc.3,v 1.26 2014/09/03 23:21:47 schwarze Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\" Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 28 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2014 $
.Dt MANDOC 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mandoc ,
+.Nm man_deroff ,
.Nm man_meta ,
+.Nm man_mparse ,
.Nm man_node ,
+.Nm mdoc_deroff ,
.Nm mdoc_meta ,
.Nm mdoc_node ,
.Nm mparse_alloc ,
.Nm mparse_free ,
+.Nm mparse_getkeep ,
+.Nm mparse_keep ,
+.Nm mparse_open ,
.Nm mparse_readfd ,
.Nm mparse_reset ,
.Nm mparse_result ,
.Nm mparse_strerror ,
.Nm mparse_strlevel
+.Nm mparse_wait ,
.Nd mandoc macro compiler library
+.Sh LIBRARY
+.Lb libmandoc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.In man.h
-.In mdoc.h
+.In sys/types.h
.In mandoc.h
-.Ft "const struct man_meta *"
-.Fo man_meta
-.Fa "const struct man *man"
+.Fd "#define ASCII_NBRSP"
+.Fd "#define ASCII_HYPH"
+.Fd "#define ASCII_BREAK"
+.Ft struct mparse *
+.Fo mparse_alloc
+.Fa "int options"
+.Fa "enum mandoclevel wlevel"
+.Fa "mandocmsg mmsg"
+.Fa "char *defos"
.Fc
-.Ft "const struct man_node *"
-.Fo man_node
-.Fa "const struct man *man"
+.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 "const struct mdoc_meta *"
-.Fo mdoc_meta
-.Fa "const struct mdoc *mdoc"
+.Ft void
+.Fo mparse_free
+.Fa "struct mparse *parse"
.Fc
-.Ft "const struct mdoc_node *"
-.Fo mdoc_node
-.Fa "const struct mdoc *mdoc"
+.Ft const char *
+.Fo mparse_getkeep
+.Fa "const struct mparse *parse"
.Fc
.Ft void
-.Fo mparse_alloc
-.Fa "enum mparset type"
-.Fa "enum mandoclevel wlevel"
-.Fa "mandocmsg msg"
-.Fa "void *msgarg"
+.Fo mparse_keep
+.Fa "struct mparse *parse"
.Fc
-.Ft void
-.Fo mparse_free
+.Ft "enum mandoclevel"
+.Fo mparse_open
.Fa "struct mparse *parse"
+.Fa "int *fd"
+.Fa "const char *fname"
+.Fa "pid_t *child_pid"
.Fc
.Ft "enum mandoclevel"
.Fo mparse_readfd
.Fa "struct mparse *parse"
.Fa "struct mdoc **mdoc"
.Fa "struct man **man"
+.Fa "char **sodest"
.Fc
.Ft "const char *"
.Fo mparse_strerror
.Fo mparse_strlevel
.Fa "enum mandoclevel"
.Fc
-.Vt extern const char * const * man_macronames;
+.Ft "enum mandoclevel"
+.Fo mparse_wait
+.Fa "struct mparse *parse"
+.Fa "pid_t child_pid"
+.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_macronames;
+.In sys/types.h
+.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
The
.Nm mandoc
.Fn mparse_reset
and parse new files.
.El
+.Sh REFERENCE
+This section documents the functions, types, and variables available
+via
+.In mandoc.h ,
+with the exception of those documented in
+.Xr mandoc_escape 3
+and
+.Xr mchars_alloc 3 .
+.Ss Types
+.Bl -ohang
+.It Vt "enum mandocerr"
+A fatal error, error, or warning message during parsing.
+.It Vt "enum mandoclevel"
+A classification of an
+.Vt "enum mandocerr"
+as regards system operation.
+.It Vt "struct mparse"
+An opaque pointer to a running parse sequence.
+Created with
+.Fn mparse_alloc
+and freed with
+.Fn mparse_free .
+This may be used across parsed input if
+.Fn mparse_reset
+is called between parses.
+.It Vt "mandocmsg"
+A prototype for a function to handle fatal error, error, and warning
+messages emitted by the parser.
+.El
+.Ss Functions
+.Bl -ohang
+.It Fn man_deroff
+Obtain a text-only representation of a
+.Vt struct man_node ,
+including text contained in its child nodes.
+To be used on children of the pointer returned from
+.Fn man_node .
+When it is no longer needed, the pointer returned from
+.Fn man_deroff
+can be passed to
+.Xr free 3 .
+.It Fn man_meta
+Obtain the meta-data of a successful
+.Xr man 7
+parse.
+This may only be used on a pointer returned by
+.Fn mparse_result .
+Declared in
+.In man.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa man.c .
+.It Fn man_mparse
+Get the parser used for the current output.
+Declared in
+.In man.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa man.c .
+.It Fn man_node
+Obtain the root node of a successful
+.Xr man 7
+parse.
+This may only be used on a pointer returned by
+.Fn mparse_result .
+Declared in
+.In man.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa man.c .
+.It Fn mdoc_deroff
+Obtain a text-only representation of a
+.Vt struct mdoc_node ,
+including text contained in its child nodes.
+To be used on children of the pointer returned from
+.Fn mdoc_node .
+When it is no longer needed, the pointer returned from
+.Fn mdoc_deroff
+can be passed to
+.Xr free 3 .
+.It Fn mdoc_meta
+Obtain the meta-data of a successful
+.Xr mdoc
+parse.
+This may only be used on a pointer returned by
+.Fn mparse_result .
+Declared in
+.In mdoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa mdoc.c .
+.It Fn mdoc_node
+Obtain the root node of a successful
+.Xr mdoc
+parse.
+This may only be used on a pointer returned by
+.Fn mparse_result .
+Declared in
+.In mdoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa mdoc.c .
+.It Fn mparse_alloc
+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 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
+.Fn mparse_reset
+is called between parses.
+.Fn mparse_free
+must be called to free the memory allocated by this function.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_free
+Free all memory allocated by
+.Fn mparse_alloc .
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_getkeep
+Acquire the keep buffer.
+Must follow a call of
+.Fn mparse_keep .
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_keep
+Instruct the parser to retain a copy of its parsed input.
+This can be acquired with subsequent
+.Fn mparse_getkeep
+calls.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_open
+If the
+.Fa fname
+ends in
+.Pa .gz ,
+open with
+.Xr gunzip 1 ;
+otherwise, with
+.Xr open 2 .
+Return a file descriptor open for reading in
+.Fa fd ,
+or -1 on failure.
+It can be passed to
+.Fn mparse_readfd
+or used directly.
+If applicable, return the
+.Xr gunzip 1
+child process ID in
+.Fa child_pid ,
+or otherwise 0.
+If non-zero, it should be passed to
+.Fn mparse_wait
+after completing the parse sequence.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_readfd
+Parse a file or file descriptor.
+If
+.Va fd
+is -1,
+.Va fname
+is opened for reading.
+Otherwise,
+.Va fname
+is assumed to be the name associated with
+.Va fd .
+This may be called multiple times with different parameters; however,
+.Fn mparse_reset
+should be invoked between parses.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_reset
+Reset a parser so that
+.Fn mparse_readfd
+may be used again.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_result
+Obtain the result of a parse.
+Only successful parses
+.Po
+i.e., those where
+.Fn mparse_readfd
+returned less than MANDOCLEVEL_FATAL
+.Pc
+should invoke this function, in which case one of the three pointers will
+be filled in.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_strerror
+Return a statically-allocated string representation of an error code.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_strlevel
+Return a statically-allocated string representation of a level code.
+Declared in
+.In mandoc.h ,
+implemented in
+.Pa read.c .
+.It Fn mparse_wait
+Bury a
+.Xr gunzip 1
+child process
+.Fa child_pid
+that was spawned with
+.Fn mparse_open .
+To be called after the parse sequence is complete.
+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
+.Ss Variables
+.Bl -ohang
+.It Va man_macronames
+The string representation of a man macro as indexed by
+.Vt "enum mant" .
+.It Va mdoc_argnames
+The string representation of a mdoc macro argument as indexed by
+.Vt "enum mdocargt" .
+.It Va mdoc_macronames
+The string representation of a mdoc macro as indexed by
+.Vt "enum mdoct" .
+.El
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
This section consists of structural documentation for
.Xr mdoc 7
and
.Xr man 7
-syntax trees.
+syntax trees and strings.
+.Ss Man and Mdoc Strings
+Strings may be extracted from mdoc and man meta-data, or from text
+nodes (MDOC_TEXT and MAN_TEXT, respectively).
+These strings have special non-printing formatting cues embedded in the
+text itself, as well as
+.Xr roff 7
+escapes preserved from input.
+Implementing systems will need to handle both situations to produce
+human-readable text.
+In general, strings may be assumed to consist of 7-bit ASCII characters.
+.Pp
+The following non-printing characters may be embedded in text strings:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Dv ASCII_NBRSP
+A non-breaking space character.
+.It Dv ASCII_HYPH
+A soft hyphen.
+.It Dv ASCII_BREAK
+A breakable zero-width space.
+.El
+.Pp
+Escape characters are also passed verbatim into text strings.
+An escape character is a sequence of characters beginning with the
+backslash
+.Pq Sq \e .
+To construct human-readable text, these should be intercepted with
+.Xr mandoc_escape 3
+and converted with one the functions described in
+.Xr mchars_alloc 3 .
.Ss Man Abstract Syntax Tree
This AST is governed by the ontological rules dictated in
.Xr man 7
.It ELEMENT
\(<- ELEMENT | TEXT*
.It TEXT
-\(<- [[:alpha:]]*
+\(<- [[:ascii:]]*
.El
.Pp
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 .
.Ss Mdoc Abstract Syntax Tree
This AST is governed by the ontological
.It TAIL
\(<- mnode*
.It TEXT
-\(<- [[:printable:],0x1e]*
+\(<- [[:ascii:]]*
.El
.Pp
Of note are the TEXT nodes following the HEAD, BODY and TAIL nodes of
.Pp
The
.Xr mdoc 7
-syntax tree accomodates for broken block structures as well.
+syntax tree accommodates for broken block structures as well.
The ENDBODY node is available to end the formatting associated
with a given block before the physical end of that block.
It has a non-null
.Xr mandoc 1
are unable to render them in any meaningful way.
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.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mandoc 1 ,
+.Xr mandoc_escape 3 ,
+.Xr mandoc_malloc 3 ,
+.Xr mchars_alloc 3 ,
.Xr eqn 7 ,
.Xr man 7 ,
+.Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
.Xr mdoc 7 ,
.Xr roff 7 ,
.Xr tbl 7
The
.Nm
library was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv .
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