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-.\"    $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.21 2009/06/18 08:13:34 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.38 2009/09/21 13:44:56 kristaps Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
 .\"


@@ -14,66 +14,71 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
 .\" 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 18 2009 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: September 21 2009 $

 .Dt MANDOC 1
 .Os
 .Dt MANDOC 1
 .Os

-.\" SECTION
+.
+.

 .Sh NAME
 .Nm mandoc
 .Nd format and display UNIX manuals
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm mandoc
 .Nd format and display UNIX manuals

-.\" SECTION
+.
+.

 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm mandoc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm mandoc

-.Op Fl V

 .Op Fl f Ns Ar option...
 .Op Fl m Ns Ar format
 .Op Fl f Ns Ar option...
 .Op Fl m Ns Ar format

-.Op Fl W Ns Ar err...
+.Op Fl o Ns Ar option...

 .Op Fl T Ns Ar output
 .Op Fl T Ns Ar output

+.Op Fl V
+.Op Fl W Ns Ar err...

 .Op Ar infile...
 .Op Ar infile...

-.\" SECTION
+.
+.

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm

-utility formats 
+utility formats

 .Ux
 manual pages for display.  The arguments are as follows:
 .Ux
 manual pages for display.  The arguments are as follows:

+.

 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .Bl -tag -width Ds

-.\" ITEM

 .It Fl f Ns Ar option...
 .It Fl f Ns Ar option...

-Override default compiler behaviour.  See 
+Comma-separated compiler options.  See

 .Sx Compiler Options
 for details.
 .Sx Compiler Options
 for details.

-.\" ITEM
+.

 .It Fl m Ns Ar format
 Input format.  See
 .Sx Input Formats
 for available formats.  Defaults to
 .Fl m Ns Ar andoc .
 .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 o Ns Ar format
+Comma-separated output options.  See
+.Sx Output Options
+for details.
+.

 .It Fl T Ns Ar output
 Output format.  See
 .Sx Output Formats
 for available formats.  Defaults to
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii .
 .It Fl T Ns Ar output
 Output format.  See
 .Sx Output Formats
 for available formats.  Defaults to
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii .

-.\" ITEM
+.

 .It Fl V
 Print version and exit.
 .It Fl V
 Print version and exit.

-.\" ITEM
+.

 .It Fl W Ns Ar err...
 .It Fl W Ns Ar err...

-Print warning messages.  May be set to 
+Comma-separated warning options.  Use

 .Fl W Ns Ar all
 .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 .
 .Fl W
 arguments may be comma-separated, such as
 .Fl W Ns Ar error,all .

-.\" ITEM
+.

 .It Ar infile...
 Read input from zero or more
 .Ar infile .
 .It Ar infile...
 Read input from zero or more
 .Ar infile .


@@ -81,11 +86,11 @@ If unspecified, reads from stdin.  If multiple files are specified,
 .Nm
 will halt with the first failed parse.
 .El
 .Nm
 will halt with the first failed parse.
 .El

-.\" PARAGRAPH
+.

 .Pp
 .Pp

-By default, 
-.Nm 
-reads 
+By default,
+.Nm
+reads

 .Xr mdoc 7
 or
 .Xr man 7
 .Xr mdoc 7
 or
 .Xr man 7


@@ -94,41 +99,52 @@ text from stdin, implying
 and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
 were provided.
 and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if
 .Fl T Ns Ar ascii
 were provided.

-.\" PARAGRAPH
+.

 .Pp
 .Ex -std mandoc
 .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
 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
 .Po

-.Sq \&( , 
-.Sq \&[ , 
+.Sq \&( ,
+.Sq \&[ ,

 and
 .Sq \&{
 and
 .Sq \&{

-.Pc 
-is not followed by a space. Closing punctuation
+.Pc
+is not followed by a space; closing punctuation

 .Po
 .Po

-.Sq \&. , 
-.Sq \&, , 
-.Sq \&; , 
-.Sq \&: , 
-.Sq \&? , 
-.Sq \&! , 
-.Sq \&) , 
-.Sq \&] 
+.Sq \&. ,
+.Sq \&, ,
+.Sq \&; ,
+.Sq \&: ,
+.Sq \&? ,
+.Sq \&! ,
+.Sq \&) ,
+.Sq \&]

 and
 .Sq \&}
 and
 .Sq \&}

-.Pc 
+.Pc

 is not preceded by whitespace.
 is not preceded by whitespace.

+.

 .Pp
 If the input is
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,
 these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate.
 .Pp
 If the input is
 .Xr mdoc 7 ,
 these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate.

-.\" SUB-SECTION
+.
+.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 or used in a literal display mode, e.g.,
+.Sq \&Bd \-literal
+in
+.Xr mdoc 7 .
+.
+.

 .Ss Input Formats
 The
 .Nm
 .Ss Input Formats
 The
 .Nm


@@ -144,123 +160,201 @@ respectively.  The
 .Xr mdoc 7
 format is
 .Em strongly
 .Xr mdoc 7
 format is
 .Em strongly

-recommended; 
+recommended;

 .Xr man 7
 should only be used for legacy manuals.
 .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
 .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
 or

-.Sq \&.Dt ,
-the 
+.Sq \&Dt ,
+the

 .Xr mdoc 7
 parser is used; otherwise, the
 .Xr man 7
 parser is used.
 .Xr mdoc 7
 parser is used; otherwise, the
 .Xr man 7
 parser is used.

+.

 .Pp
 If multiple
 .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
 or
 .Fl m Ns Ar an
 is specified, then this format is used exclusively.
 each has its file-type determined this way.  If multiple files are
 specified and
 .Fl m Ns Ar doc
 or
 .Fl m Ns Ar an
 is specified, then this format is used exclusively.

-.\" .Pp
-.\" The following escape sequences are recognised, although the per-format
-.\" compiler may not allow certain sequences.
-.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX
-.\" .It \efX
-.\" sets the font mode to X (B, I, R or P, where P resets the font)
-.\" .It \eX, \e(XX, \e[XN]
-.\" queries the special-character table for a corresponding symbol
-.\" .It \e*X, \e*(XX, \e*[XN]
-.\" deprecated special-character format
-.\" .El
-.\" SUB-SECTION
+.
+.

 .Ss Output Formats
 The
 .Nm
 utility accepts the following
 .Fl T
 arguments:
 .Ss Output Formats
 The
 .Nm
 utility accepts the following
 .Fl T
 arguments:

+.

 .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.
 .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.

+.
+.It Fl T Ns Ar html
+Produce strict HTML-4.01 output, with a sane default style.
+.

 .It Fl T Ns Ar tree
 Produce an indented parse tree.
 .It Fl T Ns Ar tree
 Produce an indented parse tree.

+.

 .It Fl T Ns Ar lint
 Parse only: produce no output.
 .El
 .It Fl T Ns Ar lint
 Parse only: produce no output.
 .El

+.

 .Pp
 If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the
 corresponding filter in-order.
 .Pp
 If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the
 corresponding filter in-order.

-.\" SUB-SECTION
+.
+.

 .Ss Compiler Options
 .Ss Compiler Options

-Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the
+Default compiler behaviour may be overridden with the

 .Fl f
 flag.
 .Fl f
 flag.

+.

 .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
 .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 no-ign-escape
 Don't ignore invalid escape sequences.
 .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.
 .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro
 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 no-ign-chars
 Do not ignore disallowed characters.

+.

 .It Fl f Ns Ar strict
 .It Fl f Ns Ar strict

-Implies 
+Implies

 .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape ,
 .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape ,

-.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro 
+.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro

 and
 and

-.Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars . 
+.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
 .El

-.\" PARAGRAPH
-.Pp
-As with the
-.Fl W
-flag, multiple
-.Fl f
-options may be grouped and delimited with a comma.  Using
-.Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,no-ign-escape ,
-for example, will try to ignore scope and not ignore character-escape
-errors.
-.\" SECTION
+.
+.Ss Output Options
+For the time being, only
+.Fl T Ns Ar html
+is the only mode with output options:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
+.It Fl o Ns Ar style=style.css
+The file
+.Ar style.css
+is used for an external style-sheet.  This must be a valid absolute or
+relative URI.
+.It Fl o Ns Ar base=http://base/
+The URL
+.Ar http://base/
+is used as a base URL for all relative links.  This is useful when
+linking between documents via the
+.Sq \&Xr
+macro.
+.El
+.

 .Sh EXAMPLES
 To page manuals to the terminal:
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 To page manuals to the terminal:

-.\" PARAGRAPH
+.

 .Pp
 .D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2>&1 | less
 .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less
 .Pp
 .D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2>&1 | less
 .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less

-.\" SECTION
+.
+.Pp
+To produce HTML manuals with 
+.Pa http://localhost/
+as the base URI:
+.Pp
+.D1 % mandoc \-Thtml -obase=http://localhost/ mdoc.7 > mdoc.7.html
+.Pp
+To check over a large set of manuals:
+.
+.Pp
+.Dl % mandoc \-Tlint \-fign-errors `find /usr/src -name \e*\e.[1-9]`
+.
+.

 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY

-This section summarises 
+This section summarises

 .Nm
 .Nm

-compatibility with 
+compatibility with

 .Xr groff 1 .
 .Xr groff 1 .

-.Pp
+Each input and output format is separately noted.
+.
+.
+.Ss ASCII output

 .Bl -bullet -compact
 .Bl -bullet -compact

-.It 
+.It
+The 
+.Sq \e~
+special character doesn't produce expected behaviour in 
+.Fl T Ns Ar ascii .
+.
+.It
+The 
+.Sq \&Bd \-literal
+and 
+.Sq \&Bd \-unfilled
+macros of
+.Xr mdoc 7
+in
+.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
+are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
+.
+.It
+In 
+.Xr groff 1 ,
+the
+.Sq \&Pa
+.Xr mdoc 7
+macro does not underline when scoped under an
+.Sq \&It
+in the FILES section.  This behaves correctly in
+.Nm .
+.
+.It

 A list or display following
 A list or display following

-.Sq \&.Ss
+.Sq \&Ss
+.Xr mdoc 7
+macro in
+.Fl T Ns Ar ascii

 does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with
 does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with

-.Sq \&.Sh .
-.\" LIST-ITEM
+.Sq \&Sh .
+.

 .It
 .It

-The \-literal and \-unfilled 
-.Sq \&.Bd
-displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
+The
+.Sq \&na
+.Xr man 7
+macro in
+.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
+has no effect.
+.

 .It
 Words aren't hyphenated.
 .It
 Words aren't hyphenated.

+.
+.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;
+.Xr groff 1
+retains spaces.
+.
+.It
+Sentences are unilaterally monospaced.

 .El
 .\" SECTION
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .El
 .\" SECTION
 .Sh SEE ALSO


@@ -271,13 +365,5 @@ Words aren't hyphenated.
 .Sh AUTHORS
 The
 .Nm
 .Sh AUTHORS
 The
 .Nm

-utility was written by 
+utility was written by

 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .

-.\" SECTION
-.Sh CAVEATS
-The 
-.Nm
-utility doesn't yet know how to display \-hang lists.
-.Pp
-Other macros still aren't supported by virtue of nobody complaining
-about their absence.