-.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.17 2009/06/10 20:18:43 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.29 2009/07/26 19:30:50 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
.\"
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: June 10 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 26 2009 $
.Dt MANDOC 1
.Os
.\" SECTION
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility formats
+utility formats
.Ux
manual pages for display. The arguments are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
.\" ITEM
.It Fl f Ns Ar option...
-Override default compiler behaviour. See
+Override default compiler behaviour. See
.Sx Compiler Options
for details.
.\" ITEM
-.It Fl m
+.It Fl m Ns Ar format
Input format. See
.Sx Input Formats
for available formats. Defaults to
.Fl m Ns Ar andoc .
.\" ITEM
-.It Fl T
+.It Fl T Ns Ar output
Output format. See
.Sx Output Formats
for available formats. Defaults to
Print version and exit.
.\" ITEM
.It Fl W Ns Ar err...
-Print warning messages. May be set to
+Configure warning messages. Use
.Fl W Ns Ar all
-for all warnings,
-.Ar compat
-for groff/troff-compatibility warnings, or
-.Ar syntax
-for syntax warnings. If
-.Fl W Ns Ar error
-is specified, warnings are considered errors and cause utility
-termination. Multiple
+to print warnings,
+.Fl W Ns Ar error
+for warnings to be considered errors and cause utility
+termination. Multiple
.Fl W
arguments may be comma-separated, such as
.Fl W Ns Ar error,all .
.El
.\" PARAGRAPH
.Pp
-By default,
-.Nm
-reads
+By default,
+.Nm
+reads
.Xr mdoc 7
or
.Xr man 7
.Pp
.Ex -std mandoc
.\" SUB-SECTION
-.Ss Punctuation
+.Ss Punctuation and Spacing
If punctuation is set apart from words, such as in the phrase
.Dq to be \&, or not to be ,
it's processed by
.Nm
-according to the following rules. Opening punctuation
+according to the following rules: opening punctuation
.Po
-.Sq \&( ,
-.Sq \&[ ,
+.Sq \&( ,
+.Sq \&[ ,
and
.Sq \&{
-.Pc
-is not followed by a space. Closing punctuation
+.Pc
+is not followed by a space; closing punctuation
.Po
-.Sq \&. ,
-.Sq \&, ,
-.Sq \&; ,
-.Sq \&: ,
-.Sq \&? ,
-.Sq \&! ,
-.Sq \&) ,
-.Sq \&]
+.Sq \&. ,
+.Sq \&, ,
+.Sq \&; ,
+.Sq \&: ,
+.Sq \&? ,
+.Sq \&! ,
+.Sq \&) ,
+.Sq \&]
and
.Sq \&}
-.Pc
+.Pc
is not preceded by whitespace.
.Pp
If the input is
.Xr mdoc 7 ,
these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate.
+.Pp
+White-space, in non-literal (normal) mode, is stripped from input and
+replaced on output by a single space. Thus, if you wish to preserve
+multiple spaces, they must be space-escaped
+.Sq \e\
+or used in a literal display mode, e.g.,
+.Sq \&Bd \-literal
+in
+.Xr mdoc 7 .
.\" SUB-SECTION
.Ss Input Formats
The
.Xr mdoc 7
format is
.Em strongly
-recommended;
+recommended;
.Xr man 7
should only be used for legacy manuals.
.Pp
A third option,
.Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
which is also the default, determines encoding on-the-fly: if the first
-non-comment macro is
-.Sq \&.Dd
+non-comment macro is
+.Sq \&Dd
or
-.Sq \&.Dt ,
-the
+.Sq \&Dt ,
+the
.Xr mdoc 7
parser is used; otherwise, the
.Xr man 7
parser is used.
.Pp
If multiple
-files are specified with
-.Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
+files are specified with
+.Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
each has its file-type determined this way. If multiple files are
specified and
.Fl m Ns Ar doc
utility accepts the following
.Fl T
arguments:
-.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl T Ns Ar ascii
Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline
styles. This is the default.
Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the
.Fl f
flag.
-.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope
When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore
scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resulting tree.
.Pq mdoc only
-.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-escape
-Ignore invalid escape sequences.
-.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-macro
-Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for
-.Xr man 7
-parsing).
+.It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape
+Don't ignore invalid escape sequences.
.It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro
-Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for
-.Xr mdoc 7
-parsing).
+Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines.
+.It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars
+Do not ignore disallowed characters.
+.It Fl f Ns Ar strict
+Implies
+.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape ,
+.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro
+and
+.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars .
+.It Fl f Ns Ar ign-errors
+Don't halt when encountering parse errors. Useful with
+.Fl T Ns Ar lint
+over a large set of manuals passed on the command line.
.El
.\" PARAGRAPH
.Pp
flag, multiple
.Fl f
options may be grouped and delimited with a comma. Using
-.Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,ign-escape ,
-for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors.
+.Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,no-ign-escape ,
+for example, will try to ignore scope and not ignore character-escape
+errors.
.\" SECTION
.Sh EXAMPLES
To page manuals to the terminal:
.\" PARAGRAPH
.Pp
-.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error mandoc.1 2>&1 | less
-.Pp
+.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2>&1 | less
.D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less
+.\" PARAGRAPH
+.Pp
+To check over a large set of manuals:
+.\" PARAGRAPH
+.Pp
+.Dl % mandoc \-Tlint \-fign-errors `find /usr/src -name \e*\e.[1-9]`
.\" SECTION
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
-.Xr mdoc 7 ,
-.Xr man 7
-.\"
-.Sh AUTHORS
-The
-.Nm
-utility was written by
-.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@openbsd.org .
-.\" SECTION
-.Sh CAVEATS
-The
+.Sh COMPATIBILITY
+This section summarises
.Nm
-utility in
-.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
-mode doesn't yet know how to display the following:
+compatibility with
+.Xr groff 1 .
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
+.\" LIST-ITEM
.It
-The \-hang
-.Sq \&.Bl
-list is not yet supported.
-.El
-.Pp
-Other macros still aren't supported by virtue of nobody complaining
-about their absence. Please report any omissions: this is a work in
-progress.
-.Pp
-The following list documents differences between traditional
-.Xr nroff 1
-output and
-.Nm :
-.Pp
-.Bl -bullet -compact
-.It
-A list of display following
-.Sq \&.Ss
-does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with
-.Sq \&.Sh .
+The
+.Sq \e~
+special character doesn't produce expected behaviour.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
.It
-Special characters don't follow the current font style.
+In
+.Xr groff 1 ,
+the
+.Sq \&Pa
+macro does not underline when under a
+.Sq \&It .
+This behaves correctly in
+.Nm .
.\" LIST-ITEM
.It
-The \-literal and \-unfilled
-.Sq \&.Bd
+A list or display following
+.Sq \&Ss
+does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with
+.Sq \&Sh .
+.It
+The \-literal and \-unfilled
+.Sq \&Bd
displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+Words aren't hyphenated.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+In normal mode (not a literal block), blocks of spaces aren't preserved,
+so double spaces following sentence closure are reduced to a single space.
.El
+.\" SECTION
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mandoc_char 7 ,
+.Xr mdoc 7 ,
+.Xr man 7
+.\" SECTION
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+.Nm
+utility was written by
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
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