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-                                               <b>mdocml</b> &#8211; mdoc macro compiler
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-                               <td valign="top">
-                                       <h1>
-                                       DESCRIPTION
-                                       </h1>
-
-                                       <p>
-                                       <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is a suite of tools compiling &#8220;-mdoc&#8221;, the roff macro package
-                                       of choice for BSD manual pages, and &#8220;-man&#8221;, the predominant historical package for UNIX
-                                       manuals.  The mission of <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is to deprecate <a
-                                       href="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" class="external">groff</a>, the GNU roff implementation, for
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+               <LINK REL="stylesheet" HREF="index.css" TYPE="text/css" MEDIA="all">
+               <TITLE>mdocml | mdoc macro compiler</TITLE>
+       </HEAD>
+       <BODY>
+       <TABLE CLASS="frame" SUMMARY="[frame]">
+               <COL WIDTH="100%">
+               <TBODY>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="head">
+                                               <B>mdocml</B> &#8211; mdoc macro compiler
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="subhead">
+                                               <A HREF="#description">Description</A> |
+                                               <A HREF="#sources">Sources</A> |
+                                               <A HREF="#documentation">Documentation</A> |
+                                               <A HREF="#contact">Contact</A> |
+                                               <A HREF="#news">News</A>
+                                       </DIV>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                       <H1>
+                                       <A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A>
+                                       </H1>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is a suite of tools compiling <Q>-mdoc</Q>, the roff macro package
+                                       of choice for BSD manual pages, and <Q>-man</Q>, the predominant historical package for UNIX
+                                       manuals.  The mission of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is to deprecate <A
+                                       HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, the GNU roff implementation, for
                                        displaying -mdoc pages whilst providing token support for -man.
-                                       </p>
+                                       </P>
 
-                                       <p>
+                                       <P>
                                        Why?  groff amounts to over 5 MB of source code, most of which is C++ and all of which is GPL.  It runs
                                        slowly, produces uncertain output, and varies in operation from system to system.  mdocml strives to fix
                                        this (respectively small, C, ISC-licensed, fast and regular).
-                                       </p>
-
-                                       <p>
-                                       The core of <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is composed of the <i>libmdoc</i> and <i>libman</i>
-                                       validating compiler libraries.  Both are simple, fast libraries operating on memory buffers, so they may
-                                       be used for a variety of front-ends (terminal-based, CGI and so on).  The primary front-end is <i>
-                                       mandoc</i>, which formats manuals for display on the terminal.
-                                       </p>
-                               </td>
-                       </tr>
-                       <tr>
-                               <td>
-                                       <h1>
-                                       DOWNLOADS
-                                       </h1>
-
-                                       <p>
-                                       Sources correctly build and install on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Linux operating systems, tested
-                                       variously on i386, AMD64, alpha, and others.  The most current version is <span
-                                       class="attn">@VERSION@</span>, dated <span class="attn">@VDATE@</span>.  A full <a
-                                       href="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog</a> is written with each release.
-                                       </p>
-
-                                       <h2>
+                                       </P>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       The core of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is composed of the <A HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>, <A
+                                       HREF="man.3.html">libman</A>, and <A HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A> validating compiler libraries.  All
+                                       are simple, fast libraries operating on memory buffers, so they may be used for a variety of front-ends
+                                       (terminal-based, CGI and so on).  The front-end is <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which formats
+                                       manuals for display.
+                                       </P>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       The <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> suite is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv
+                                       Project</A> member.
+                                       </P>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD>
+                                       <H1>
+                                       <A NAME="sources">SOURCES</A>
+                                       </H1>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       Sources correctly build and install on DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, GNU/Linux, and many
+                                       other operating systems, tested variously on i386, AMD64, alpha, and others.  The most current version
+                                       is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>.  A full <A
+                                       HREF="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog</A> (<A HREF="ChangeLog.txt">txt</A>) is written with each release.
+                                       </P>
+
+                                       <H2>
                                        Current
-                                       </h2>
-
-                                       <table width="100%">
-                                       <col width="200">
-                                       <col>
-                                       <tbody>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td>Source archive</td>
-                                                       <td>
-                                                       <a href="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</a> 
-                                                       (<a href="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</a>)
-                                                       </td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                       </tbody>
-                                       </table>
-
-                                       <h2>
+                                       </H2>
+
+                                       <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Current Sources">
+                                       <COL WIDTH="200">
+                                       <COL>
+                                       <TBODY>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>Source archive</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</A> 
+                                                       (<A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</A>)
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>Online source</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                       </TBODY>
+                                       </TABLE>
+
+                                       <H2>
                                        Downstream
-                                       </h2>
-
-                                       <table width="100%">
-                                       <col width="200">
-                                       <col>
-                                       <tbody>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td>FreeBSD</td>
-                                                       <td>
-                                                       <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/mdocml/" 
-                                                               class="external">ports/textproc/mdocml</a>
-                                                       </td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td>NetBSD</td>
-                                                       <td>
-                                                       <a href="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/textproc/mdocml/"
-                                                               class="external">pkgsrc/textproc/mdocml</a> 
-                                                       </td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td>OpenBSD</td>
-                                                       <td>
-                                                       <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/"
-                                                               class="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</a> 
-                                                       </td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                       </tbody>
-                                       </table>
-
-                                       <h2>
+                                       </H2>
+
+                                       <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Downstream Sources">
+                                       <COL WIDTH="200">
+                                       <COL>
+                                       <TBODY>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>DragonFly BSD</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/tree/HEAD:/usr.bin/mandoc"
+                                                               CLASS="external">usr.bin/mandoc</A>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>FreeBSD</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/mdocml/" 
+                                                               CLASS="external">ports/textproc/mdocml</A>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>NetBSD</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/bsd/mdocml/"
+                                                               CLASS="external">src/external/bsd/mdocml</A>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>OpenBSD</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/"
+                                                               CLASS="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</A> 
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                       </TBODY>
+                                       </TABLE>
+
+                                       <H2>
                                        Historical
-                                       </h2>
-
-                                       <table width="100%">
-                                       <col width="200">
-                                       <col>
-                                       <tbody>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td>Source archive</td>
-                                                       <td>
-                                                       <a href="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</a> 
-                                                       </td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                       </tbody>
-                                       </table>
-                               </td>
-                       </tr>
-                       <tr>
-                               <td>
-                                       <h1>
-                                       DOCUMENTATION
-                                       </h1>
-
-                                       <p>
-                                       These manuals are generated automatically (with <a href="mandoc.1.txt">mandoc(1)</a>) and refer to the
-                                       current snapshot.
-                                       </p>
-
-                                       <table width="100%">
-                                       <col width="200">
-                                       <col>
-                                       <tbody>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="mandoc.1.txt">mandoc(1)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>format and display UNIX manuals</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="mandoc_char.7.txt">mandoc_char(7)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>mandoc special characters</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="mdoc.7.txt">mdoc(7)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>mdoc language reference</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="man.7.txt">man(7)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>man language reference</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="manuals.7.txt">manuals(7)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>a guide to writing UNIX manuals</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="mdoc.3.txt">mdoc(3)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>mdoc macro compiler library</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                               <tr>
-                                                       <td><a href="man.3.txt">man(3)</a></td>
-                                                       <td>man macro compiler library</td>
-                                               </tr>
-                                       </tbody>
-                                       </table>
-                               </td>
-                       </tr>
-                       <tr>
-                               <td>
-                                       <h1>
-                                       CONTACT
-                                       </h1>
-
-                                       <p>
-                                       For all issues related to <span class="nm">mdocml</span>, contact Kristaps D&#382;onsons, kris<a
-                                       class="external"
-                                       href="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01jt88xIsFONwVjHZmGpc4AQ==&amp;c=sb5E6ulipc-eTnpTVqI-BQ=="
-                                       title="Reveal this e-mail address">...</a>@kth.se.
-                                       </p>
-
-                                       <p>
-                                       If you want to receive a semi-automated mail-out of new releases, then please write with a message
-                                       subject of <i>subscribe mdocml</i> (or <i>unsubscribe mdocml</i>).
-                                       </p>
-                               </td>
-                       </tr>
-                       <tr>
-                               <td>
-                                       <div class="foot">
-                                               Copyright &#169; 2008, 2009 Kristaps D&#382;onsons, $Date: 2009/07/20 20:09:49 $
-                                       </div>
-                               </td>
-                       </tr>
-               </tbody>
-       </table>
-       </body>
-</html>
+                                       </H2>
+
+                                       <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Archived Sources">
+                                       <COL WIDTH="200">
+                                       <COL>
+                                       <TBODY>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD>Source archive</TD>
+                                                       <TD>
+                                                       <A HREF="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</A> 
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                       </TBODY>
+                                       </TABLE>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD>
+                                       <H1>
+                                       <A NAME="documentation">DOCUMENTATION</A>
+                                       </H1>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       These manuals are generated automatically and refer to the current snapshot.
+                                       </P>
+
+                                       <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Documentation">
+                                       <COL WIDTH="200">
+                                       <COL>
+                                       <TBODY>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.3.html">man(3)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               man macro compiler library
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="man.3.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="man.3.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               man language reference
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="man.7.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               format and display UNIX manuals
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mandoc.1.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               mandoc special characters
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mandoc_char.7.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.3.html">mdoc(3)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               mdoc macro compiler library
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="mdoc.3.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mdoc.3.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               mdoc language reference
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="mdoc.7.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.3.html">roff(3)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               roff macro compiler library
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="roff.3.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="roff.3.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                               <TR>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A></TD>
+                                                       <TD VALIGN="top">
+                                                               roff-mandoc language reference
+                                                               <DIV STYLE="font-size: smaller;">
+                                                                       <A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A> | <A HREF="roff.7.ps">postscript</A>
+                                                               </DIV>
+                                                       </TD>
+                                               </TR>
+                                       </TBODY>
+                                       </TABLE>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       See <Q><A CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">Writing UNIX Manual Pages</A></Q> for a general
+                                       introduction to manpages and mdoc.
+                                       </P>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD>
+                                       <H1>
+                                       <A NAME="contact">CONTACT</A>
+                                       </H1>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       For all issues related to <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN>, contact Kristaps Dzonsons, kris<A
+                                       CLASS="external"
+                                       HREF="http://mailhide.recaptcha.net/d?k=01M6h_w7twDp58ZgH57eWC_w==&amp;c=Q2DBUt401ePlSeupJFrq_Q=="
+                                       TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address">...</A>@bsd.lv.
+                                       </P>
+
+                                       <P>
+                                       You may also subscribe to several mailing lists (these require subscription, which is moderated).  An
+                                       archive is not yet available on-line, although you may request one once subscribed.
+                                       </P>
+
+                                       <TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Mailing Lists">
+                                               <COL WIDTH="200">
+                                               <COL>
+                                               <TBODY>
+                                                       <TR>
+                                                               <TD>
+                                                                       disc<A CLASS="external" TITLE="Reveal this e-mail address"
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+                                                               </TD>
+                                                               <TD>high-level discussions and version announcements</TD>
+                                                       </TR>
+                                                       <TR>
+                                                               <TD>
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+                                                               </TD>
+                                                               <TD>low-level discussions</TD>
+                                                       </TR>
+                                                       <TR>
+                                                               <TD>
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+                                                               </TD>
+                                                               <TD>source commit messages</TD>
+                                                       </TR>
+                                               </TBODY>
+                                       </TABLE>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD>
+                                       <H1>
+                                       <A NAME="news">NEWS</A>
+                                       </H1>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="news">
+                                               <P>
+                                                       <SPAN CLASS="date">12-07-2010</SPAN>:
+                                                       version 1.10.4
+                                               </P>
+                                               <P>
+                                                       Lots of features developed during both <A CLASS="external"
+                                                       HREF="http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/mandoc_ps/">Summer of Code</A> and the
+                                                       <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://www.openbsd.org">OpenBSD</A> c2k10 hackathon:
+                                               </P>
+                                               <UL>
+                                                       <LI>minimal <Q>ds</Q> <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> symbols are supported</LI>
+                                                       <LI><Q>Bk</Q> <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> support</LI>
+                                                       <LI>beautified SYNOPSIS section output</LI>
+                                                       <LI>variable font-width and paper-size support in <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>
+                                                               -Tps output</LI>
+                                                       <LI>acceptance of scope-block breakage in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A></LI>
+                                                       <LI>clarify error message status</LI>
+                                                       <LI>many minor bug-fixes and formatting issues resolved</LI>
+                                               </UL>
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="news">
+                                               <P>
+                                                       <SPAN CLASS="date">19-06-2010</SPAN>:
+                                                       version 1.10.2
+                                               </P>
+                                               <P>
+                                                       Small release featuring text-decoration in <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tps</SPAN> output, a few
+                                                       minor relaxations of errors, and some optimisations.
+                                               </P>
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="news">
+                                               <P>
+                                                       <SPAN CLASS="date">07-06-2010</SPAN>:
+                                                       version 1.10.1
+                                               </P>
+                                               <P>
+                                                       This primarily focusses on the <Q>Bl</Q> and <Q>It</Q> macros described in <A
+                                                       HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>.  Multi-line column support is now fully compatible with
+                                                       groff, as are implicit list entries for columns.  Removed manuals.7 in favour of <A
+                                                       CLASS="external" HREF="http://manpages.bsd.lv">http://manpages.bsd.lv</A>.  The way we
+                                                       handle the SYNOPSIS section (see the SYNOPSIS documentation in <A
+                                                       HREF="mdoc.7.html#x4d414e55414cx20x535452554354555245">MANUAL STRUCTURE</A>) has also
+                                                       been considerably simplified compared to groff's method.  Furthermore, the <SPAN
+                                                       CLASS="flag">-Owidth=width</SPAN> output option has been added to <SPAN
+                                                       CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN> (see <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>).  Lastly, initial
+                                                       PostScript output has been added with the <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tps</SPAN> option to <A
+                                                       HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>.  It's brutally simple at the moment: fixed-font, with
+                                                       no font decorations.
+                                               </P>
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="news">
+                                               <P>
+                                                       <SPAN CLASS="date">29-05-2010</SPAN>:
+                                                       version 1.10.0
+                                               </P>
+                                               <P>
+                                                       Release consisting of the results from the m2k10 hackathon and up-merge from OpenBSD.
+                                                       This requires a significant note of thanks to Ingo Schwarze (OpenBSD) and Joerg
+                                                       Sonnenberger (NetBSD) for their hard work, and again to Joerg for hosting m2k10.
+                                                       Highlights (mostly cribbed from Ingo's m2k10 report) follow in no particular order:
+                                               </P>
+                                               <UL>
+                                                       <LI>a <A HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A> preprocessor in front of <A
+                                                       HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.3.html">libman</A> stripping out
+                                                       <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> instructions;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>end-of-sentence (EOS) detection in free-form and macro lines;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>correct handling of tab-separated columnar lists in <SPAN
+                                                       CLASS="flag">-mdoc</SPAN>;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>improved main calling routines to optionally use mmap() for better
+                                                       performance;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>cleaned up exiting when invoked as <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tlint</SPAN> or over
+                                                       multiple files with <SPAN CLASS="flag">-fign-errors</SPAN>;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>error and warning message handling re-written to be unified for <A
+                                                       HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A>, <A HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>, and <A
+                                                       HREF="man.3.html">libman</A>;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>handling of badly-nested explicit-scoped macros;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>improved free-form text parsing in <A HREF="man.3.html">libman</A> and <A
+                                                       HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>significant GNU troff compatibility improvements in <SPAN
+                                                       CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN>, largely in terms of spacing;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>a regression framework for making sure the many fragilities of GNU troff
+                                                       aren't trampled in subsequent work;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>support for <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN> breaking at hyphens
+                                                       encountered in free-form text;</LI>
+                                                       <LI>and many more minor fixes and improvements (no really, consult <A
+                                                       HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> and see
+                                                       for yourself!).</LI>
+                                               </UL>
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="news">
+                                               <P>
+                                                       <SPAN CLASS="date">13-05-2010</SPAN>:
+                                                       version 1.9.25
+                                               </P>
+                                               <P>
+                                                       Fixed handling of <Q>\*(Ba</Q> escape.  Backed out <SPAN
+                                                       CLASS="flag">-fno-ign-chars</SPAN> (pointless complexity).  Fixed erroneous
+                                                       breaking of literal lines.  Fixed SYNOPSIS breaking lines before non-initial
+                                                       macros.  Changed default section ordering.  Most importantly, the framework for
+                                                       end-of-sentence double-spacing is in place, now implemented for the
+                                                       <Q>end-of-sentence, end-of-line</Q> rule.  This is a stable roll-back point
+                                                       before the mandoc hackathon in Rostock!
+                                               </P>
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="news">
+                                               <P>
+                                                       <SPAN CLASS="date">09-05-2010</SPAN>:
+                                                       version 1.9.24
+                                               </P>
+                                               <P>
+                                                       Rolled back break-at-hyphen.  <SPAN CLASS="flag">-DUGLY</SPAN> is now the
+                                                       default (no feature splits!).  Free-form text is not de-chunked any more: lines
+                                                       are passed whole-sale into the front-end, including whitespace.  Added mailing
+                                                       lists.  Lastly, <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is the focus of two <A
+                                                       CLASS="external" HREF="http://socghop.appspot.com/">Google Summer of Code</A>
+                                                       projects this year: <Q><A CLASS="external"
+                                                       HREF="http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/mandoc_ps/">mandoc -Tps</A></Q>
+                                                       (NetBSD) and <Q><A CLASS="external"
+                                                       HREF="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2010Projects">BSD-licensed
+                                                       Text-Processing Tools</A></Q> (FreeBSD).
+                                               </P>
+                                       </DIV>
+                                       <P>
+                                               See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for
+                                               historical notes.
+                                       </P>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+                       <TR>
+                               <TD>
+                                       <DIV CLASS="foot">
+                                               Copyright &#169; 2008&#8211;2010 Kristaps Dzonsons, $Date: 2010/07/11 23:07:47 $
+                                       </DIV>
+                               </TD>
+                       </TR>
+               </TBODY>
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