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| -rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 5 | ||||
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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ # # CFLAGS += -DOSNAME="\"OpenBSD 4.5\"" -VERSION = 1.12.0 -VDATE = 8 October 2011 +VERSION = 1.12.1 +VDATE = 23 March 2012 # IFF your system supports multi-byte functions (setlocale(), wcwidth(), # putwchar()) AND has __STDC_ISO_10646__ (that is, wchar_t is simply a @@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ SRCS = Makefile \ preconv.c \ predefs.in \ read.c \ - regress \ roff.7 \ roff.c \ st.c \ @@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ Sources: <A HREF="/snapshots/mdocml.tar.gz">current</A>, <A HREF="/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> (<A HREF="/snapshots/">archives</A>) - | - Binaries: <A - HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win32.zip">windows 32-bit</A>, <A - HREF="/binaries/mdocml-win64.zip">windows 64-bit</A>, <A - HREF="/binaries/mdocml-macosx.zip">mac os x</A> - (<A HREF="/binaries/">archives</A>) </P> <H1> <A NAME="description">Description</A> @@ -330,13 +324,14 @@ <A NAME="news">News</A> </H1> <P CLASS="news"> - xx-xx-2011: version 1.12.1 + 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 and in line with other manpage systems. 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. + 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 @@ -344,39 +339,13 @@ on-the-fly by <A HREF="mandoc.3.html">libmandoc</A> or internal methods to convert pre-formatted pages. </P> <P> - Lastly, the mailing list archive for the discuss and tech lists are being hosted by <A CLASS="external" + 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 CLASS="news"> - 08-10-2011: version 1.12.0 - </P> - <P> - This version features a new, work-in-progress <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A> output mode: -<B>Tman</B>. This mode - allows a system maintainer to distribute <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> media for older systems that may not natively - support <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A>, such as old Solaris systems. - The -<B>Ofragment</B> option was added to <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>'s -<B>Thtml</B> and -<B>Txhtml</B> modes. - </P> - <P> - While adding features, an <A HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> utility has been merged from the mandoc-tools sandbox. - This interfaces with <A HREF="mandocdb.8.html">mandocdb</A> for semantic search of manual content. <A - HREF="apropos.1.html">apropos</A> is different from the traditional <B>apropos</B> primarily in allowing keyword search - (such as for functions, utilities, etc.) and regular expressions. - Note that the calling syntax for <B>apropos</B> is likely to change as it settles down. - </P> - <P> - In documentation news, the <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A> manuals have been made - considerably more readable by adding <I>MACRO OVERVIEW</I> sections, by moving the gory details of the <I>LANGUAGE - SYNTAX</I> to the <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> manual, and by moving the very technical <I>MACRO SYNTAX</I> sections - down to the bottom of the page. - </P> <P> - Furthermore, for <A HREF="tbl.7.html">tbl</A>, the -<B>Tascii</B> mode horizontal spacing of tables was rewritten - completely. It is now compatible with <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/" CLASS="external">groff</A>, both - with and without frames and rulers. Nesting of indented blocks is now supported in <A HREF="man.7.html">man</A>, and - several bugs were fixed regarding indentation and alignment. The page headers in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc</A> are now - nicer for very long titles. + 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 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" $Id$ .\" -.\" Copyright (c) 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> +.\" Copyright (c) 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above @@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ searches for .Xr mandocdb 8 databases in the default paths stipulated by .Xr man 1 . +If standard output is a TTY, a result may be selected from a list and +its manual displayed with the pager. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds @@ -95,13 +97,21 @@ If an architecture is specified for the manual, it is displayed as .Pp .D1 title(cat/arch) \- description .Pp -Resulting manuals may be accessed as +If on a TTY, results are prefixed with a numeric identifier. .Pp -.Dl $ man \-s sec title +.D1 [index] title(cat) \- description .Pp -If an architecture is specified in the output, use -.Pp -.Dl $ man \-s sec \-S arch title +One may choose a manual be entering the index at the prompt. +Valid choices are displayed using +.Ev MANPAGER , +or failing that , +.Ev PAGER +or just +.Xr more 1 . +Source pages are formatted with +.Xr mandoc 1 ; +preformatted pages with +.Xr cat 1 . .Pp .Nm is identical to running @@ -111,6 +121,14 @@ as follows: .Dl $ apropos -- -i 'Nm~[[:<:]]term[[:>:]]' .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Ev MANPAGER +Default pager for manuals. +If this is unset, falls back to +.Ev Pager . +.It Ev PAGER +The second choice for a manual pager. +If this is unset, use +.Xr more 1 . .It Ev MANPATH Colon-separated paths modifying the default list of paths searched for manual databases. |