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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2009-03-24 10:59:50 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2009-03-24 10:59:50 +0000
commit5661316ebadf1aa127b84e18f962824fd3c69e49 (patch)
treedeb4a592a7b84d0f8b4b835d821961499500b65d
parentca727cd7cafa6439cecc8a957e7c6a0ad460c7ed (diff)
downloadmandoc-5661316ebadf1aa127b84e18f962824fd3c69e49.tar.gz
Updating web-site.
-rw-r--r--index.sgml33
-rw-r--r--manuals.75
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/index.sgml b/index.sgml
index 9ca6712e..aa2d2016 100644
--- a/index.sgml
+++ b/index.sgml
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
<p>
<span class="nm">mdocml</span> is a suite of tools compiling &#8220;-mdoc&#8221;, the roff macro
- package for BSD manual pages. 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 BSD mdoc pages.
+ package of choice for BSD manual pages. 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.
</p>
<p>
@@ -39,21 +39,20 @@
<p>
The core of <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is the libmdoc library, a validating scanner-parser producing
intermediate-form output from -mdoc input. libmdoc is a simple, fast library operating on memory
- buffers, so it can be used for a variety of front-ends (terminal-based, CGI and so on). The primary
- front-end is <span class="man">mandoc(1)</span>, which formats -mdoc manuals for display on the
- terminal.
+ buffers, so it can be used for a variety of front-ends (terminal-based, CGI and so on).
</p>
-
+
<p>
- The <span class="man">mandoc(1)</span> utility is intended to deprecate usage of <a
+ The primary front-end is <span class="man">mandoc(1)</span>, which formats -mdoc manuals for display on
+ the terminal. The <span class="man">mandoc(1)</span> utility is intended to deprecate usage of <a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" class="external">groff</a> for displaying mdoc manuals on the
terminal.
</p>
<p>
- <span class="attn">Please submit patches!</span> Although a significant implementation exists, work
- remains for the backend library and especially the front-end utilities. See the <a
- href="#contact">contact</a> information below to submit patches and bug reports.
+ <span class="attn">Please submit patches, bug reports and suggestions!</span> Although a significant
+ implementation exists, work remains for the backend library and especially the front-end utilities. See
+ the <a href="#contact">contact</a> information below for submissions.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@
<p>
Sources correctly build and install on FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and Linux operating systems, tested
- variously on i386, AMD64, Alpha and others.
+ variously on i386, AMD64, alpha and others.
</p>
<p>
@@ -98,10 +97,12 @@
<p>
The source snapshot is automatically converted into OpenBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD ports at <a
href="/ports-openbsd/">/ports-openbsd/</a>, <a href="/ports-netbsd/">/ports-netbsd/</a> and <a
- href="/ports-freebsd/">/ports-freebsd/</a>, respectively. Please read the <a
- href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html">OpenBSD Ports FAQ</a>, <a
- href="http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html">NetBSD pkgsrc guide</a> or <a
- href="http://www.freebsd.org/ports/">FreeBSD Ports Guide</a> first.
+ href="/ports-freebsd/">/ports-freebsd/</a>, respectively. Please read the <a class="external"
+ href="http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html">OpenBSD Ports FAQ</a>, the <a class="external"
+ href="http://www.netbsd.org/docs/software/packages.html">NetBSD pkgsrc guide</a> or the <a
+ class="external"
+ href="http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html">FreeBSD ports
+ guide</a>, first.
</p>
<h3>
diff --git a/manuals.7 b/manuals.7
index a607246e..559af0f4 100644
--- a/manuals.7
+++ b/manuals.7
@@ -118,11 +118,8 @@ formatting language.
.Pp
There exist other documentation-specific languages, such as the
historical
-.Xr me 7 ,
-.Xr ms 7
-and
.Xr man 7
-packages of
+package of
.Xr roff 7 ;
newer languages such as DocBook, texinfo or schema-driven XML; or even
ad-hoc conventions such as README files.