-.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.6 2009/03/22 19:08:53 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: mandoc.1,v 1.19 2009/06/15 09:35:16 kristaps Exp $
.\"
-.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@openbsd.org>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@kth.se>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
-.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the
-.\" above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
-.\" copies.
+.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
.\"
-.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL
-.\" WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED
-.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-.\" AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-.\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR
-.\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
-.\" TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
-.\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: March 22 2009 $
-.Dt mandoc 1
+.Dd $Mdocdate: June 15 2009 $
+.Dt MANDOC 1
.Os
.\" SECTION
.Sh NAME
.Nm mandoc
-.Nd format and display BSD manuals
+.Nd format and display UNIX manuals
.\" SECTION
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm mandoc
.Op Fl V
.Op Fl f Ns Ar option...
+.Op Fl m Ns Ar format
.Op Fl W Ns Ar err...
.Op Fl T Ns Ar output
.Op Ar infile...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility formats a BSD
-.Dq mdoc
-manual page for display. The arguments are as follows:
-.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX
+utility formats
+.Ux
+manual pages for display. The arguments are as follows:
+.Bl -tag -width Ds
.\" ITEM
.It Fl f Ns Ar option...
Override default compiler behaviour. See
.Sx Compiler Options
for details.
.\" ITEM
-.It Fl T
+.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 Ns Ar output
Output format. See
.Sx Output Formats
for available formats. Defaults to
.Pp
By default,
.Nm
-reads from stdin and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout
-as if
+reads
+.Xr mdoc 7
+or
+.Xr man 7
+text from stdin, implying
+.Fl m Ns Ar andoc ,
+and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if
.Fl T Ns Ar ascii
were provided.
.\" PARAGRAPH
.Pp
.Ex -std mandoc
.\" SUB-SECTION
-.Ss Reserved Words
-The reserved words described in
-.Xr mdoc 7
-are handled according to the following rules:
-.Bl -enum -offset XXX
-.It
-Opening delimiters
+.Ss Punctuation
+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
.Po
.Sq \&( ,
.Sq \&[ ,
and
.Sq \&{
-.Pc are not followed by whitespace.
-.It
-Closing delimiters
+.Pc
+is not followed by a space. Closing punctuation
.Po
.Sq \&. ,
.Sq \&, ,
.Sq \&]
and
.Sq \&}
-.Pc are not preceeded by whitespace.
-.El
-.\" PARAGRAPH
+.Pc
+is not preceded by whitespace.
.Pp
-Note that reserved words may occur in streams of text, so the following:
-.Bd -literal -offset XXXX
-this self is not that of the waking , empirically real man
-.Ed
-.\" PARAGRAPH
+If the input is
+.Xr mdoc 7 ,
+these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate.
+.\" SUB-SECTION
+.Ss Input Formats
+The
+.Nm
+utility accepts
+.Xr mdoc 7
+and
+.Xr man 7
+input with
+.Fl m Ns Ar doc
+and
+.Fl m Ns Ar an ,
+respectively. The
+.Xr mdoc 7
+format is
+.Em strongly
+recommended;
+.Xr man 7
+should only be used for legacy manuals.
.Pp
-\&...correctly adjusts the comma spacing to
-.Qq this self is not that of the waking , empirically real man .
+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
+or
+.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 ,
+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
utility accepts the following
.Fl T
arguments:
-.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX
-.It Ar ascii
+.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 Ar tree
+.It Fl T Ns Ar tree
Produce an indented parse tree.
-.It Ar lint
+.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.
.\" SUB-SECTION
.Ss Compiler Options
Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the
.Fl f
flag.
-.Bl -tag -width XXXXXXXXXXXX -offset XXXX
+.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.
+Ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines (default for
+.Xr man 7
+parsing).
+.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).
.El
.\" PARAGRAPH
.Pp
for example, will try to ignore scope and character-escape errors.
.\" SECTION
.Sh EXAMPLES
-To page this manual page on the terminal:
+To page manuals to the terminal:
.\" PARAGRAPH
.Pp
.D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error mandoc.1 2>&1 | less
+.Pp
+.D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less
.\" SECTION
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr mdoc 7
+.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 .
+.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
.\" SECTION
.Sh CAVEATS
The
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
The \-hang
-.Sq \&Bl
+.Sq \&.Bl
list is not yet supported.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-The \-literal and \-unfilled
-.Sq \&Bd
-displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
-.\" LIST-ITEM
-.It
-The
-.Sq \&Bd
-macro doesn't process \-compact .
.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 .
+.It
+Special characters don't follow the current font style.
+.\" LIST-ITEM
+.It
+The \-literal and \-unfilled
+.Sq \&.Bd
+displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged.
+.El
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