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@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ <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, - <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 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 is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv</A> project. </P> <P> @@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ <A NAME="sources">Sources</A> </H2> <P> - <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. + <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 — 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. </P> <H2> Downstream @@ -141,6 +143,12 @@ </TD> </TR> <TR> + <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="whatis.1.html">whatis(1)</A></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"> + search the manual page database + </TD> + </TR> + <TR> <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandoc.3.html">mandoc(3)</A></TD> <TD VALIGN="top"> mandoc macro compiler library @@ -189,6 +197,12 @@ </TD> </TR> <TR> + <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="catman.8.html">catman(8)</A></TD> + <TD VALIGN="top"> + update a man.cgi manpage cache + </TD> + </TR> + <TR> <TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb(8)</A></TD> <TD VALIGN="top"> index UNIX manuals @@ -243,15 +257,28 @@ <A NAME="news">News</A> </H1> <P CLASS="news"> - xx-xx-2012: version 1.12.4 + 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. </P> <P> - <I>Ingo, can you summarise your changes here?</I> + 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. </P> <P> - 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. + Lastly, I'm no longer providing binaries, as nobody has asked for them. </P> <P> See <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> for @@ -261,7 +288,7 @@ <SMALL> Copyright © 2008–2011 <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://kristaps.bsd.lv">Kristaps Dzonsons</A>, - $Date: 2012/06/09 14:19:55 $ + $Date: 2013/09/18 01:55:09 $ </SMALL> </P> </BODY> |