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.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt index 7
.Os LOCAL
.\"
.Sh NAME
.Nm mdocml
.Nd compile mdoc macros into mark-up language
.\"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility compiles
.Xr mdoc 7
macros, such as those inheriting from
.Xr mdoc.samples 7 ,
into XML or HTML documents. Unlike other similar utilities such as
.Xr rman 1
and
.Xr man2html 1 ,
.Nm
acts directly on source documents, validating its input and producing a
variety of outputs.
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.Ss Validation
In order to operate sanely,
.Nm
fully validates its input. This includes, but is not limited to, the
following checks:
.Pp
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
special characters (such as
.Sq \en
and
.Sq \et ) ,
.It
macro scope (such as
.Sq \&.Sh
macros clobbering a pending
.Sq \&.Bl
scope),
.It
predefined characters (such as \\*(>= and \\*q),
.It
correctly-ordered document prelude,
.It
sane argument values (such as those for
.Sq \&.Dt
or
.Sq \&.Sm ) ,
.It
and so on.
.El
.Ss Filtering
When a block of source has been verified, it's passed to the front-end
fitlers, which format and display data. The
.Nm
utility is invoked with a filter by the
.Fl f
flag. The HTML filter has the following features:
.Bl -enum -compact
.It
HTML-4.01 strict compliance.
.It
Proper render of values in UTF-8, such as
.Dq quotes
and \*(>= predefined values.
.It
URI-appearing http://bsd.lv strings are correctly enclosed in link tags.
.It
CSS-dictated style with meaningful non-CSS defaults.
.El
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The
.Nm
utility has been tested under Linux and
.Ox ,
specifically on
.Ox
manual source.
.\"
.Sh EXAMPLES
This page was produced as follows:
.Pp
.D1 % mdocml -fhtml -W -e -o index.html index.7
.\"
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Bl -ohang
.It Xr rman Ns : http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/rman.html
Accepts either formatted roff output or source and produces HTML output.
.It Xr man2html Ns : http://www.nongnu.org/man2html/
Accepts formatted
.Xr nroff 1
text and produces HTML output.
.It Xr man.cgi Ns : http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi/source
.Fx
and
.Ox
project CGI for producing HTML from nroff source.
.El
.\"
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
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