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-.\"    $Id: man.3,v 1.15 2010/03/31 06:37:57 kristaps Exp $
+.\"    $Id: man.3,v 1.29 2011/01/03 11:31:26 kristaps Exp $

 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
 .\"


@@ -14,51 +14,56 @@
 .\" 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: March 31 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: January 3 2011 $

 .Dt MAN 3
 .Os
 .Dt MAN 3
 .Os

-.
-.

 .Sh NAME
 .Nm man ,
 .Nm man_alloc ,
 .Sh NAME
 .Nm man ,
 .Nm man_alloc ,

-.Nm man_parseln ,

 .Nm man_endparse ,
 .Nm man_endparse ,

-.Nm man_node ,
-.Nm man_meta ,

 .Nm man_free ,
 .Nm man_free ,

+.Nm man_meta ,
+.Nm man_node ,
+.Nm man_parseln ,

 .Nm man_reset
 .Nd man macro compiler library
 .Nm man_reset
 .Nd man macro compiler library

-.
-.

 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Sh SYNOPSIS

+.In mandoc.h

 .In man.h
 .Vt extern const char * const * man_macronames;
 .In man.h
 .Vt extern const char * const * man_macronames;

+.Ft int
+.Fo man_addspan
+.Fa "struct man *man"
+.Fa "const struct tbl_span *span"
+.Fc

 .Ft "struct man *"
 .Ft "struct man *"

-.Fn man_alloc "void *data" "int pflags" "const struct man_cb *cb"
-.Ft void
-.Fn man_reset "struct man *man"
+.Fo man_alloc
+.Fa "struct regset *regs"
+.Fa "void *data"
+.Fa "mandocmsg msgs"
+.Fc
+.Ft int
+.Fn man_endparse "struct man *man"

 .Ft void
 .Fn man_free "struct man *man"
 .Ft void
 .Fn man_free "struct man *man"

-.Ft int
-.Fn man_parseln "struct man *man" "int line" "char *buf"
-.Ft "const struct man_node *"
-.Fn man_node "const struct man *man"

 .Ft "const struct man_meta *"
 .Fn man_meta "const struct man *man"
 .Ft "const struct man_meta *"
 .Fn man_meta "const struct man *man"

+.Ft "const struct man_node *"
+.Fn man_node "const struct man *man"

 .Ft int
 .Ft int

-.Fn man_endparse "struct man *man"
-.
-.
+.Fo man_parseln
+.Fa "struct man *man"
+.Fa "int line"
+.Fa "char *buf"
+.Fc
+.Ft void
+.Fn man_reset "struct man *man"

 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 library parses lines of
 .Xr man 7
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Nm
 library parses lines of
 .Xr man 7

-input (and
-.Em only
-man) into an abstract syntax tree (AST).
-.
+input into an abstract syntax tree (AST).

 .Pp
 In general, applications initiate a parsing sequence with
 .Fn man_alloc ,
 .Pp
 In general, applications initiate a parsing sequence with
 .Fn man_alloc ,


@@ -75,190 +80,89 @@ then free all allocated memory with
 The
 .Fn man_reset
 function may be used in order to reset the parser for another input
 The
 .Fn man_reset
 function may be used in order to reset the parser for another input

-sequence.  See the
-.Sx EXAMPLES
-section for a full example.
-.
+sequence.

 .Pp
 Beyond the full set of macros defined in
 .Xr man 7 ,
 the
 .Nm
 .Pp
 Beyond the full set of macros defined in
 .Xr man 7 ,
 the
 .Nm

-library also accepts the following macros:
-.
+library also accepts the following macro:

 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact

-.It am
-.It ami
-.It de
-.It dei
-.It ig
-Instructional macros in the original roff language.  Blocks begun by
-these macros end with
-.Sq ..
-and may begin anywhere, although they may not break the next-line
-scoping rules specified in
-.Xr man 7 .
-These blocks are discarded.
-.

 .It PD
 .It PD

-Has no effect.  Handled as a current-scope line macro.
-.
-.It Sp
-A synonym for
-.Sq sp 0.5v
-.Pq part of the standard preamble for Perl documentation .
-Handled as a line macro.
-.
-.It UC
-Has no effect.  Handled as a current-scope line macro.
-.
-.It Vb
-A synonym for
-.Sq nf
-.Pq part of the standard preamble for Perl documentation .
-Handled as a current-scope line macro.
-.
-.It Ve
-A synonym for
-.Sq fi ,
-closing
-.Sq Vb
-.Pq part of the standard preamble for Perl documentation .
+Has no effect.

 Handled as a current-scope line macro.
 .El
 Handled as a current-scope line macro.
 .El

-.Pp
-Furthermore, the following escapes are accepted to allow
-.Xr pod2man 1
-documents to be correctly formatted:
-\e*(-- (dash),
-\e*(PI (pi),
-\e*(L" (left double-quote),
-\e*(R" (right double-quote),
-\e*(C+ (C++),
-\e*(C` (left single-quote),
-\e*(C' (right single-quote),
-\e*(Aq (apostrophe),
-\e*^ (hat),
-\e*, (comma),
-\e*~ (tilde),
-\e*/ (forward slash),
-\e*: (umlaut),
-\e*8 (beta),
-\e*o (degree),
-\e*(D- (Eth),
-\e*(d- (eth),
-\e*(Th (Thorn),
-and
-\e*(th (thorn).
-.
-.
-.Sh REFERENCE
-This section further defines the
-.Sx Types ,
-.Sx Functions
-and
-.Sx Variables
-available to programmers.  Following that, the
-.Sx Abstract Syntax Tree
-section documents the output tree.
-.
-.

 .Ss Types
 .Ss Types

-Both functions (see
-.Sx Functions )
-and variables (see
-.Sx Variables )
-may use the following types:

 .Bl -ohang
 .Bl -ohang

-.

 .It Vt struct man
 .It Vt struct man

-An opaque type defined in
-.Pa man.c .
+An opaque type.

 Its values are only used privately within the library.
 Its values are only used privately within the library.

-.
-.It Vt struct man_cb
-A set of message callbacks defined in
-.Pa man.h .
-.

 .It Vt struct man_node
 .It Vt struct man_node

-A parsed node.  Defined in
-.Pa man.h .
+A parsed node.

 See
 .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree
 for details.
 .El
 See
 .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree
 for details.
 .El

-.
-.

 .Ss Functions
 .Ss Functions

-Function descriptions follow:
+If
+.Fn man_addspan ,
+.Fn man_parseln ,
+or
+.Fn man_endparse
+return 0, calls to any function but
+.Fn man_reset
+or
+.Fn man_free
+will raise an assertion.

 .Bl -ohang
 .Bl -ohang

-.
+.It Fn man_addspan
+Add a table span to the parsing stream.
+Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.

 .It Fn man_alloc
 .It Fn man_alloc

-Allocates a parsing structure.  The
-.Fa data
-pointer is passed to callbacks in
-.Fa cb ,
-which are documented further in the header file.
+Allocates a parsing structure.

 The
 The

-.Fa pflags
-arguments are defined in
-.Pa man.h .
-Returns NULL on failure.  If non-NULL, the pointer must be freed with
+.Fa data
+pointer is passed to
+.Fa msgs .
+Always returns a valid pointer.
+The pointer must be freed with

 .Fn man_free .
 .Fn man_free .

-.

 .It Fn man_reset
 .It Fn man_reset

-Reset the parser for another parse routine.  After its use,
+Reset the parser for another parse routine.
+After its use,

 .Fn man_parseln
 behaves as if invoked for the first time.
 .Fn man_parseln
 behaves as if invoked for the first time.

-.

 .It Fn man_free
 .It Fn man_free

-Free all resources of a parser.  The pointer is no longer valid after
-invocation.
-.
+Free all resources of a parser.
+The pointer is no longer valid after invocation.

 .It Fn man_parseln
 .It Fn man_parseln

-Parse a nil-terminated line of input.  This line should not contain the
-trailing newline.  Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.  The input buffer
+Parse a nil-terminated line of input.
+This line should not contain the trailing newline.
+Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.
+The input buffer

 .Fa buf
 is modified by this function.
 .Fa buf
 is modified by this function.

-.

 .It Fn man_endparse
 .It Fn man_endparse

-Signals that the parse is complete.  Note that if
-.Fn man_endparse
-is called subsequent to
-.Fn man_node ,
-the resulting tree is incomplete.  Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.
-.
+Signals that the parse is complete.
+Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success.

 .It Fn man_node
 .It Fn man_node

-Returns the first node of the parse.  Note that if
-.Fn man_parseln
-or
-.Fn man_endparse
-return 0, the tree will be incomplete.
+Returns the first node of the parse.

 .It Fn man_meta
 .It Fn man_meta

-Returns the document's parsed meta-data.  If this information has not
-yet been supplied or
-.Fn man_parseln
-or
-.Fn man_endparse
-return 0, the data will be incomplete.
+Returns the document's parsed meta-data.

 .El
 .El

-.
-.

 .Ss Variables
 The following variables are also defined:
 .Bl -ohang
 .Ss Variables
 The following variables are also defined:
 .Bl -ohang

-.

 .It Va man_macronames
 An array of string-ified token names.
 .El
 .It Va man_macronames
 An array of string-ified token names.
 .El

-.
-.

 .Ss Abstract Syntax Tree
 The
 .Nm
 functions produce an abstract syntax tree (AST) describing input in a
 .Ss Abstract Syntax Tree
 The
 .Nm
 functions produce an abstract syntax tree (AST) describing input in a

-regular form.  It may be reviewed at any time with
+regular form.
+It may be reviewed at any time with

 .Fn man_nodes ;
 however, if called before
 .Fn man_endparse ,
 .Fn man_nodes ;
 however, if called before
 .Fn man_endparse ,


@@ -267,20 +171,17 @@ or after
 or
 .Fn man_parseln
 fail, it may be incomplete.
 or
 .Fn man_parseln
 fail, it may be incomplete.

-.

 .Pp
 .Pp

-This AST is governed by the ontological
-rules dictated in
+This AST is governed by the ontological rules dictated in

 .Xr man 7
 and derives its terminology accordingly.
 .Xr man 7
 and derives its terminology accordingly.

-.

 .Pp
 The AST is composed of
 .Vt struct man_node
 .Pp
 The AST is composed of
 .Vt struct man_node

-nodes with element, root and text types as declared
-by the
+nodes with element, root and text types as declared by the

 .Va type
 .Va type

-field.  Each node also provides its parse point (the
+field.
+Each node also provides its parse point (the

 .Va line ,
 .Va sec ,
 and
 .Va line ,
 .Va sec ,
 and


@@ -292,7 +193,6 @@ fields), its position in the tree (the
 and
 .Va prev
 fields) and some type-specific data.
 and
 .Va prev
 fields) and some type-specific data.

-.

 .Pp
 The tree itself is arranged according to the following normal form,
 where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes.
 .Pp
 The tree itself is arranged according to the following normal form,
 where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes.


@@ -313,27 +213,26 @@ where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes.
 .It TEXT
 \(<- [[:alpha:]]*
 .El
 .It TEXT
 \(<- [[:alpha:]]*
 .El

-.

 .Pp
 The only elements capable of nesting other elements are those with
 next-lint scope as documented in
 .Xr man 7 .
 .Pp
 The only elements capable of nesting other elements are those with
 next-lint scope as documented in
 .Xr man 7 .

-.
-.

 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following example reads lines from stdin and parses them, operating
 on the finished parse tree with
 .Fn parsed .
 This example does not error-check nor free memory upon failure.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 .Sh EXAMPLES
 The following example reads lines from stdin and parses them, operating
 on the finished parse tree with
 .Fn parsed .
 This example does not error-check nor free memory upon failure.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent

+struct regset regs;

 struct man *man;
 struct man_node *node;
 char *buf;
 size_t len;
 int line;
 
 struct man *man;
 struct man_node *node;
 char *buf;
 size_t len;
 int line;
 

+bzero(&regs, sizeof(struct regset));

 line = 1;
 line = 1;

-man = man_alloc(NULL, 0, NULL);
+man = man_alloc(&regs, NULL, NULL);

 buf = NULL;
 alloc_len = 0;
 
 buf = NULL;
 alloc_len = 0;
 


@@ -355,15 +254,19 @@ if (NULL == (node = man_node(man)))
 parsed(man, node);
 man_free(man);
 .Ed
 parsed(man, node);
 man_free(man);
 .Ed

-.
-.
+.Pp
+To compile this, execute
+.Pp
+.Dl % cc main.c libman.a libmandoc.a
+.Pp
+where
+.Pa main.c
+is the example file.

 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 .Xr man 7
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr mandoc 1 ,
 .Xr man 7

-.
-.

 .Sh AUTHORS
 The
 .Nm
 .Sh AUTHORS
 The
 .Nm

-utility was written by
+library was written by

 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .
 .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@bsd.lv .