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--- a/index.sgml
+++ b/index.sgml
@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@
        <HEAD>
                <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
                <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="index.css" TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="all">
        <HEAD>
                <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8">
                <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="index.css" TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="all">
-               <TITLE>mdocml | mdoc macro compiler</TITLE>
+               <TITLE>mdocml | UNIX manpage compiler</TITLE>
        </HEAD>
        <BODY>
                <P CLASS="head">
        </HEAD>
        <BODY>
                <P CLASS="head">
-                       <B>mdocml</B> &#8211; mdoc macro compiler
+                       <B>mdocml</B> &#8211; UNIX manpage compiler, current version @VERSION@ (@VDATE@)
+               </P>
+               <P CLASS="subhead">
+                       Sources: <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">current</A>,
+                       <A HREF="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
+                       (<A HREF="/snapshots/">archives</A>)
+                       |
+                       Binaries: <A
+                       HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">windows 32-bit</A>, <A
+                       HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">windows 64-bit</A>, <A
+                       HREF="/binaries/mdocml-macosx.zip">mac os x</A>
+                       (<A HREF="/binaries/">archives</A>)
                </P>
                </P>
-
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="description">Description</A>
                </H1>
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="description">Description</A>
                </H1>
-
                <P>
                        <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <I><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></I>, the roff macro
                        package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <I><A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></I>, the predominant historical package for
                <P>
                        <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <I><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></I>, the roff macro
                        package of choice for BSD manual pages, and <I><A HREF="man.7.html">man</A></I>, the predominant historical package for
@@ -21,66 +30,53 @@
                        HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I>
                        pages whilst providing token support for <I>man</I>.
                </P>
                        HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU troff implementation, for displaying <I>mdoc</I>
                        pages whilst providing token support for <I>man</I>.
                </P>
-
                <P>
                        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
                        uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system.  mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A
                        CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular).
                </P>
                <P>
                        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
                        uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system.  mdocml strives to fix this (respectively small, C, <A
                        CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.isc.org/software/license">ISC</A>-licensed, fast and regular).
                </P>
-
                <P>
                        <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A
                <P>
                        <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> consists of the <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> validating compiler and <A
-                       HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals, XHTML,
-                       HTML, PostScript, and PDF.  It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project.  
+                       HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which interfaces with the compiler library to format output for UNIX terminals (with
+                       support for wide-character locales), XHTML, HTML, PostScript, and PDF.  
+                       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> 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.  
                </P>
                </P>
-
                <P>
                        <I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>.
                </P>
                <P>
                        <I>Disambiguation</I>: <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is often referred to by its installed binary, <Q>mandoc</Q>.
                </P>
-
-               <H1>
+               <H2>
                        <A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
                        <A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
-               </H1>
-
+               </H2>
                <P>
                <P>
-                       <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in plain-old ANSI C and should build and run on any UNIX system, although <A
-                       HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> requires <A CLASS="external"
-                       HREF="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/berkeleydb/overview/index.html">Berkeley Database</A> (this is
-                       installed by default on all BSD operating systems).  The most current version is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>,
-                       dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>.  If your system doesn't come with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> (see
-                       <Q>Downstream</Q>), run <CODE>make</CODE> to compile and <CODE>make install</CODE> to install into <I>/usr/local</I>.
-                       Note that <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A> is not yet linked to the build.  You must run <CODE>make
-                       makewhatis</CODE> to build it (it does not install).
+                       <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 &mdash; 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.
                </P>
                </P>
-
                <H2>
                <H2>
-                       Current
+                       <A NAME="binaries">Binaries</A>
                </H2>
                </H2>
-
-               <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Current Sources">
-                       <COL WIDTH="175">
-                       <COL>
-                       <TBODY>
-                               <TR>
-                                       <TD>Source archive</TD>
-                                       <TD>
-                                       <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</A> 
-                                       (<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</A>)
-                                       </TD>
-                               </TR>
-                               <TR>
-                                       <TD>Online source</TD>
-                                       <TD>
-                                       <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
-                                       </TD>
-                               </TR>
-                       </TBODY>
-               </TABLE>
-
+               <P>
+                       Binary archives consist of pre-compiled binaries, manuals, and other necessary files.
+                       Universal (Mac OS X) binaries are compiled for the PCC, i386, and x86_64 architectures.
+                       Windows binaries are compiled with <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.mingw.org">MingW</A> for the 32-bit (i686) and
+                       64-bit (x86_64) architectures.
+               </P>
                <H2>
                        Downstream
                </H2>
                <H2>
                        Downstream
                </H2>
-
+               <P>
+                       Several systems come bundled with <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> utilities.
+                       If your system does not appear below, the maintainers have not contacted me and it should not be considered
+                       <Q>official</Q>.
+                       Please <A HREF="#contact">contact us</A> if you plan on maintaining a downstream version!
+               </P>
                <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Downstream Sources">
                        <COL WIDTH="175">
                        <COL>
                <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Downstream Sources">
                        <COL WIDTH="175">
                        <COL>
@@ -113,161 +109,168 @@
                                                CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A> 
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                                CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A> 
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
-                       </TBODY>
-               </TABLE>
-
-               <H2>
-                       Historical
-               </H2>
-
-               <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Archived Sources">
-                       <COL WIDTH="175">
-                       <COL>
-                       <TBODY>
                                <TR>
                                <TR>
-                                       <TD>Source archive</TD>
+                                       <TD>pkgsrc</TD>
                                        <TD>
                                        <TD>
-                                       <A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A> 
+                                       <A HREF="http://pkgsrc.se/textproc/mdocml" CLASS="external">textproc/mdocml</A> 
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                        </TBODY>
                </TABLE>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                        </TBODY>
                </TABLE>
-
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="documentation">Documentation</A>
                </H1>
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="documentation">Documentation</A>
                </H1>
-
                <P>
                <P>
-                       These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current snapshot.
+                       These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current release.
+                       They are the authoritative documentation for the <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> system.
                </P>
 
                <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation">
                        <COL WIDTH="175">
                        <COL>
                        <TBODY>
                </P>
 
                <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation">
                        <COL WIDTH="175">
                        <COL>
                        <TBODY>
+                               <TR>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos(1)</A></TD>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                               search the manual page database
+                                                       (<A HREF="apropos.1.txt">text</A> | 
+                                                       <A HREF="apropos.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="apropos.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="apropos.1.ps">ps</A>)
+                                       </TD>
+                               </TR>
+                               <TR>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="demandoc.1.html">demandoc(1)</A></TD>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                               emit only text of UNIX manuals
+                                                       (<A HREF="demandoc.1.txt">text</A> | 
+                                                       <A HREF="demandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="demandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="demandoc.1.ps">ps</A>)
+                                       </TD>
+                               </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                format and display UNIX manuals
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                format and display UNIX manuals
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
-                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis(1)</A></TD>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv(1)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
-                                               index UNIX manuals
-                                               <SMALL>
-                                                       (<A HREF="makewhatis.1.txt">text</A> | 
-                                                       <A HREF="makewhatis.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="makewhatis.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="makewhatis.1.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                               recode multibyte UNIX manuals
+                                                       (<A HREF="preconv.1.txt">text</A> | 
+                                                       <A HREF="preconv.1.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="preconv.1.pdf">pdf</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="preconv.1.ps">ps</A>)
+                                       </TD>
+                               </TR>
+                               <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>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mandoc macro compiler library
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mandoc macro compiler library
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="mandoc.3.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.3.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.3.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="mandoc.3.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.3.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc.3.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="mandoc.3.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="mandoc.3.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                man language reference
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                man language reference
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="man.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="man.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="man.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="man.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="man.7.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="man.7.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                eqn-mandoc language reference
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                eqn-mandoc language reference
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="eqn.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="eqn.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="eqn.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="eqn.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="eqn.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="eqn.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="eqn.7.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="eqn.7.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mandoc special characters
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mandoc special characters
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mdoc language reference
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mdoc language reference
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mdoc.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mdoc.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="mdoc.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="mdoc.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                roff-mandoc language reference
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                roff-mandoc language reference
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="roff.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="roff.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="roff.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="roff.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="roff.7.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="roff.7.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                tbl-mandoc language reference
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                tbl-mandoc language reference
-                                               <SMALL>
                                                        (<A HREF="tbl.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="tbl.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="tbl.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
                                                        (<A HREF="tbl.7.txt">text</A> | 
                                                        <A HREF="tbl.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
                                                        <A HREF="tbl.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="tbl.7.ps">postscript</A>)
-                                               </SMALL>
+                                                       <A HREF="tbl.7.ps">ps</A>)
+                                       </TD>
+                               </TR>
+                               <TR>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb(8)</A></TD>
+                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                               index UNIX manuals
+                                                       (<A HREF="mandocdb.8.txt">text</A> | 
+                                                       <A HREF="mandocdb.8.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="mandocdb.8.pdf">pdf</A> |
+                                                       <A HREF="mandocdb.8.ps">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                        </TBODY>
                </TABLE>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                        </TBODY>
                </TABLE>
-
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="contact">Contact</A>
                </H1>
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="contact">Contact</A>
                </H1>
-
                <P>
                <P>
-                       Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc. (these require subscription).  Please check the
+                       Use the mailing lists for bug-reports, patches, questions, etc.  Please check the
                        <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues
                        <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/TODO?cvsroot=mdocml">TODO</A> for known issues
-                       before posting.  Beyond that, contact Kristaps at <A
-                       HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&amp;c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal
-                       this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.
+                       before posting.  All lists are subscription-only: send a blank e-mail to the listed address to subscribe.  Beyond that,
+                       contact Kristaps at <A HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&amp;c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q==" TITLE="Reveal
+                       this e-mail address">kris...</A>@bsd.lv.  Archives are available at <A HREF="http://gmane.org/" CLASS="external">Gmane</A>.
                </P>
                </P>
-
                <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Mailing Lists">
                        <COL WIDTH="175">
                        <COL>
                <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Mailing Lists">
                        <COL WIDTH="175">
                        <COL>
@@ -279,7 +282,6 @@
                                        </TD>
                                        <TD>
                                                bug-reports, general questions, and announcements 
                                        </TD>
                                        <TD>
                                                bug-reports, general questions, and announcements 
-                                               <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/discuss/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
@@ -289,7 +291,6 @@
                                        </TD>
                                        <TD>
                                                patches and system discussions 
                                        </TD>
                                        <TD>
                                                patches and system discussions 
-                                               <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/tech/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
@@ -299,57 +300,59 @@
                                        </TD>
                                        <TD>
                                                source commit messages 
                                        </TD>
                                        <TD>
                                                source commit messages 
-                                               <SMALL>(<A HREF="/archives/source/summary.html">archive</A>)</SMALL>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                        </TBODY>
                </TABLE>
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                        </TBODY>
                </TABLE>
-
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="news">News</A>
                </H1>
                <H1>
                        <A NAME="news">News</A>
                </H1>
-
                <P CLASS="news">
                <P CLASS="news">
-                       12-05-2011: version 1.11.2
+                       xx-xx-2011: version 1.12.1
                </P>
                <P>
                </P>
                <P>
-                       Corrected some installation issues in version 1.11.1.
-                       Further migration to <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>.
-                       Initial public release (this utility is very much under development) of <A HREF="makewhatis.1.html">makewhatis</A>,
-                       initially named mandoc-db.
-                       This utility produces keyword databases of manual content
-                       <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/mandoc-cgi/index.html">mandoc-cgi</A>, which features semantic querying of manual content.
+                       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>
-
                <P CLASS="news">
                <P CLASS="news">
-                       04-04-2011: version 1.11.1
+                       08-10-2011: version 1.12.0
                </P>
                <P>
                </P>
                <P>
-                       The earlier <I>libroff</I>, <I>libmdoc</I>, and <I>libman</I> soup have been merged into
-                       a single library, <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A>, which manages all aspects of
-                       parsing real manuals (from line-handling to <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A> parsing).
+                       This version features a new, work-in-progress <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> output mode: -<B>Tman</B>.  This mode
+                       allows a system maintainer to distribute <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> media for older systems that may not natively
+                       support <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>, such as old Solaris systems.
+                       The -<B>Ofragment</B> option was added to <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>'s -<B>Thtml</B> and -<B>Txhtml</B> modes.
                </P>
                <P>
                </P>
                <P>
-                       Beyond this structural change, initial <A HREF="eqn.7.html">eqn</A> functionality is in
-                       place.  For the time being, this is limited to the recognition of equation blocks;
-                       future version of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> will expand upon this framework.
+                       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.  <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.
                </P>
                <P>
                </P>
                <P>
-                       As usual, many general fixes and improvements have also occurred.  In particular, a great
-                       deal of redundancy and superfluous code has been removed with the merging of the backend
-                       libraries.
+                       In documentation news, the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals have been made
+                       considerably more readable by adding <I>MACRO OVERVIEW</I> sections, by moving the gory details of the <I>LANGUAGE
+                       SYNTAX</I> to the <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> manual, and by moving the very technical <I>MACRO SYNTAX</I> sections
+                       down to the bottom of the page.
+               </P>
+               <P>
+                       Furthermore, for <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A>, the -<B>Tascii</B> mode horizontal spacing of tables was rewritten
+                       completely.  It is now compatible with <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, both
+                       with and without frames and rulers.  Nesting of indented blocks is now supported in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A>, and
+                       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.
                </P>
                </P>
-
                <P>
                        See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
                        historical notes.
                </P>
                <P>
                        See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
                        historical notes.
                </P>
-
                <P CLASS="foot">
                        <SMALL>
                                Copyright &#169; 2008&#8211;2011 
                                <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>, 
                <P CLASS="foot">
                        <SMALL>
                                Copyright &#169; 2008&#8211;2011 
                                <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>, 
-                               $Date: 2011/05/14 23:41:50 $
+                               $Date: 2011/11/29 11:21:47 $
                        </SMALL>
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