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						<b>mdocml</b> &#8211; mdoc macro compiler
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					<h1>
					DESCRIPTION
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					<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
					displaying -mdoc pages whilst providing token support for -man.
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					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).
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					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.
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					SOURCES
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					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> (<a href="ChangeLog.txt">txt</a>) is written with each release.
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					Current
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							<td>Source archive</td>
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							<a href="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz</a> 
							(<a href="/snapshots/mdocml.md5">md5</a>)
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							<td>Online source</td>
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							<a class="external" href="http://bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</a>
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					Downstream
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							<td>FreeBSD</td>
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							<a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/textproc/mdocml/" 
								class="external">ports/textproc/mdocml</a>
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							<td>NetBSD</td>
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							<a href="http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/external/bsd/mdocml/"
								class="external">src/external/bsd/mdocml</a>
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							<td>OpenBSD</td>
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							<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/mandoc/"
								class="external">src/usr.bin/mandoc</a> 
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					Historical
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							<td>Source archive</td>
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							<a href="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</a> 
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					DOCUMENTATION
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					These manuals are generated automatically (with <a href="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</a> -Thtml) and refer to the
					current snapshot.
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							<td><a href="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</a> (<a href="mandoc.1.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>format and display UNIX manuals</td>
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							<td><a href="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</a> (<a href="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>mandoc special characters</td>
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							<td><a href="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</a> (<a href="mdoc.7.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>mdoc language reference</td>
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							<td><a href="man.7.html">man(7)</a> (<a href="man.7.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>man language reference</td>
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							<td><a href="manuals.7.html">manuals(7)</a> (<a href="manuals.7.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>a guide to writing UNIX manuals</td>
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							<td><a href="mdoc.3.html">mdoc(3)</a> (<a href="mdoc.3.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>mdoc macro compiler library</td>
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							<td><a href="man.3.html">man(3)</a> (<a href="man.3.txt">text</a>)</td>
							<td>man macro compiler library</td>
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					<h1>
					CONTACT
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					<p>
					For all issues related to <span class="nm">mdocml</span>, contact Kristaps D&#382;onsons, kris<a
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					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>).
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						Copyright &#169; 2008, 2009 Kristaps D&#382;onsons, $Date$
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