@@ -38,14 +45,15 @@
- The core of mdocml is composed of the libmdoc and libman - 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 - mandoc, which formats manuals for display on the terminal. + The core of mdocml is composed of the libmdoc, libman, and libroff 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 mandoc, which formats + manuals for display.
- The mdocml utility is a BSD.lv + The mdocml suite is a BSD.lv Project member.
- Sources correctly build and install on DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and GNU/Linux operating - systems, tested variously on i386, AMD64, alpha, and others. The most current version is @VERSION@, dated @VDATE@. A full @VERSION@, dated @VDATE@. A full ChangeLog (txt) is written with each release.
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@@@ -159,41 +167,90 @@
+ See Writing UNIX Manual Pages
for a general
+ introduction to manpages and mdoc.
+
@@ -204,7 +261,8 @@
- You may also subscribe to several mailing lists (these require subscription, which is moderated): + 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.
| disc...@mdocml.bsd.lv + HREF="http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/d?k=01KQ80PFH5n3BBNpF5Gs4sRg==&c=EV1QytpQqTHSItc2IXvZyocgYLPnG5K0JKw_gwMC9yc=">...@mdocml.bsd.lv + | +high-level discussions and version announcements | +|
| + tec...@mdocml.bsd.lv | -discussions and announcements | +low-level discussions |
| 09-05-2010 | -
- Fixed handling of \*(Baescape. Backed out -fno-ign-chars (pointless complexity). - Version: 1.9.24. - |
| 09-05-2010 | -
- Rolled back break-at-hyphen. -DUGLY 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, mdocml is the focus of two Google Summer of Code
- projects this year: mandoc -Tps- (NetBSD) and BSD-licensed - Text-Processing Tools(FreeBSD). - Version: 1.9.24. - |
-
| 07-04-2010 | -- mdocml has been linked to the OpenBSD build. This - version incorporates many small changes, mostly from patches by OpenBSD, - allowing crufty manuals to slip by with warnings instead of erroring-out. Some - subtle semantic issues, such as punctuation scope, have also been fixed. - Lastly, some issues with -Thtml have been fixed, which - prompted an update to the online manual pages style - layout. Version: 1.9.23. - | -
| 31-03-2010 | -
- Version 1.9.22: adjusted merge of the significant work
- by Ingo Schwarze in getting Xoblocks (block full implicit, e.g., - Itfor non-columnar lists) to work properly. This isn't enabled by - default: you must specify -DUGLY as a compiler flag - (see the Makefile for details). - |
-
| 30-03-2010 | -
- Version 1.9.20: more efforts to get roff instructions
- in -man documents under control. Note that roff instructions embedded in
- line-scoped, next-line macros (e.g. B) are not supported. Leading - punctuation for -mdoc macros, such as Fl ( ( a, are now correctly - handled. - |
-
| 27-03-2010 | -
- Version 1.9.18: many fixes (largely pertaining to
- scope) and improvements (e.g., handling of apostrophe-control macros, which
- fixes the strange BRseen in some macro output) to handling roff - instructions in -man documents. - |
-
| 25-03-2010 | -
- Version 1.9.17 highlights: accept perlpod standard preamble.
- Also accept (and discard) de, dei, am, ami, and - igroff macro blocks. - |
-
| 22-03-2010 | -
- Version 1.9.16 highlights: inspired by patches and bug
- reports by Ingo Schwarze, allowed -man to accept
- non-printing elements to be nested within next-line scopes, such as br- within Bor TH, which is valid roff. Longsoon architecture also - noted and Makefile cleaned up. - |
-
| 18-02-2010 | -
- Moved to our new BSD.lv home.
- Version 1.9.15 highlights: XHTML is now an acceptable
- output mode for mandoc(1); Xrmade more - compatible with groff; Vtfixed when invoked in SYNOPSIS; \\- escape removed; end-of-line white-space detected for all lines; subtle bug - fixed in list display for some modes; compatibility layer checked in for - compilation in diverse UNIX systems; and column lengths handled correctly. - |
-
+ 12-07-2010: + version 1.10.4 +
++ Lots of features developed during both Summer of Code and the + OpenBSD c2k10 hackathon: +
+ ++ 19-06-2010: + version 1.10.2 +
++ Small release featuring text-decoration in -Tps output, a few + minor relaxations of errors, and some optimisations. +
++ 07-06-2010: + version 1.10.1 +
+
+ This primarily focusses on the Bl
and It
macros described in mdoc. Multi-line column support is now fully compatible with
+ groff, as are implicit list entries for columns. Removed manuals.7 in favour of http://manpages.bsd.lv. The way we
+ handle the SYNOPSIS section (see the SYNOPSIS documentation in MANUAL STRUCTURE) has also
+ been considerably simplified compared to groff's method. Furthermore, the -Owidth=width output option has been added to -Tascii (see mandoc). Lastly, initial
+ PostScript output has been added with the -Tps option to mandoc. It's brutally simple at the moment: fixed-font, with
+ no font decorations.
+
+ 29-05-2010: + version 1.10.0 +
++ 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: +
++ 13-05-2010: + version 1.9.25 +
+
+ Fixed handling of \*(Ba
escape. Backed out -fno-ign-chars (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
+ end-of-sentence, end-of-line
rule. This is a stable roll-back point
+ before the mandoc hackathon in Rostock!
+
+ 09-05-2010: + version 1.9.24 +
+
+ Rolled back break-at-hyphen. -DUGLY 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, mdocml is the focus of two Google Summer of Code
+ projects this year: mandoc -Tps
+ (NetBSD) and BSD-licensed
+ Text-Processing Tools
(FreeBSD).
+
+ See cvsweb for + historical notes. +