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                        <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 (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>, <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A>, and
-                       <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> (via <A HREF="catman.8.html">catman</A>) for semantic search of manual content.
+                       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,
+                       <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> (includes whatis mode) for indexed manual search, and
+                       <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> for indexed manual search online.
                        It is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project.  
                </P>
                <P>
                        <A NAME="sources">Sources</A>
                </H2>
                <P>
-                       <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>, <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A>, <A
-                       HREF="catman.8.html">catman</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.
+                       <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is in ISO C99 and should build and run on any modern system; however, you'll need <A
+                       HREF="http://www.sqlite.org">sqlite3</A> to build <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> (links to whatis), 
+                       <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A>, and <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>.  
+                       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>
                <H2>
                        Downstream
                                        <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
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="preconv.1.html">preconv(1)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                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
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                man language reference
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                cgi for manpage query and display
-                                                       (<A HREF="man.cgi.7.txt">text</A> | 
-                                                       <A HREF="man.cgi.7.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="man.cgi.7.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="man.cgi.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
-                                                       (<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">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
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                mdoc language reference
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                roff-mandoc language reference
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
                                        </TD>
                                </TR>
                                <TR>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl(7)</A></TD>
                                        <TD VALIGN="top">
                                                tbl-mandoc language reference
-                                                       (<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">ps</A>)
-                                       </TD>
-                               </TR>
-                               <TR>
-                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="catman.8.html">catman(8)</A></TD>
-                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
-                                               update a man.cgi manpage cache
-                                                       (<A HREF="catman.8.txt">text</A> | 
-                                                       <A HREF="catman.8.xhtml">xhtml</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="catman.8.pdf">pdf</A> |
-                                                       <A HREF="catman.8.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>
                        <A NAME="news">News</A>
                </H1>
                <P CLASS="news">
-                       23-03-2011: 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.  
-                       A <A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis</A> implementation is now handled as an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> mode.
-                       These tools are also able to minimally handle pre-formatted pages, that is, those already formatted by another utility
-                       such as GNU troff.
-               </P>
-               <P>
-                       The <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A> script is also now available for wider testing.  It interfaces with <A
-                       HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> manuals cached by <A HREF="catman.8.html">catman</A>.  HTML output is generated
-                       on-the-fly by <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> or internal methods to convert pre-formatted pages.
+                       xx-xx-2012: version 1.12.4
                </P>
                <P>
-                       The mailing list archive for the discuss and tech lists are being hosted by <A CLASS="external"
-                       HREF="http://www.gmane.org">Gmane</A> at <A HREF="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.user"
-                       CLASS="external">gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.user</A> and <A HREF="http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.devel"
-                       CLASS="external">gmane.comp.tools.mdocml.devel</A>, respectively.
+                       <I>Ingo, can you summarise your changes here?</I>
                </P>
                <P>
-                       Lastly, I'm no longer providing binaries, as nobody has asked for them.
+                       The <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> tools (<A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A>, <A
+                       HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> (absorbing whatis), and <A HREF="man.cgi.7.html">man.cgi</A>) have been re-written to
+                       use <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.sqlite.org">sqlite3</A> as a database.
                </P>
                <P>
                        See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
                        <SMALL>
                                Copyright &#169; 2008&#8211;2011 
                                <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>, 
-                               $Date: 2012/03/25 00:48:47 $
+                               $Date: 2012/06/09 14:19:55 $
                        </SMALL>
                </P>
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