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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2008-11-28 11:21:12 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2008-11-28 11:21:12 +0000
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@@ -7,22 +7,28 @@
.Dt mdocml 1
.Os
.\"
-.Op foo
.Sh NAME
.Nm mdocml
.Nd compile manpage source into mark-up language
.\"
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm mdocml
-.Op Fl W
+.Op Fl vW
+.Op Fl f Ar filter
.Op Fl o Ar outfile
.Op Ar infile
.\"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
-utility compiles manpage source into a mark-up language. Its arguments
-are as follows:
+utility parses
+.Xr mdoc
+formatted manual source and passes results into the output filter
+dictated by
+.Fl f Ar filter .
+The only current output filter is
+.Ar validate ,
+the default. The arguments are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "\-o outfile"
.It Fl o Ar outfile
Place output in
@@ -36,9 +42,17 @@ Read input from
which may be
.Qq \-
for standard input. The default is standard input.
+.It Fl v
+Print messages (output depends on filter).
.It Fl W
-Print warnings.
+Print warnings (output depends on filter).
.El
+.Ss Validate Filter
+The validate filter, specified by
+.Fl f Ar validate ,
+is the default filter. It produces no output, so specifying
+.Fl o Ar outfile
+results in an empty file.
.\" The following requests should be uncommented and used where appropriate.
.\" This next request is for sections 2, 3, and 9 function return values only.
.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
@@ -63,14 +77,24 @@ utility was written by
.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .
.\"
.Sh CAVEATS
-The
+Most caveats of
.Nm
-engine doesn't understand
+stem from ambiguities in
+.Xr mdoc 7
+or the necessary limitations of converting an ad hoc language into
+structured ones:
+.Bl -enum -compact -offset indent
+.It
+The engine doesn't understand
.Sq \&Xo
and
.Sq \&Xc
troff macros.
-.Pp
-.Em All
-macro arguments may be quoted, instead of only some.
+.It
+All macro arguments may be quoted, instead of only some.
+.It
+Blank lines raise warnings.
+.It
+Non-ascii characters may cause issues.
+.El
.\" .Sh BUGS