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@@ -24,11 +24,16 @@ </h1> <p> - <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is a suite of tools that compile “mdoc”, the roff macro - package of the BSD manual pages. The mission of <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is to deprecate <a + <span class="nm">mdocml</span> is a suite of tools compiling “mdoc”, 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. groff amounts to over 60 000 lines of GPL C++ source, which is a - considerable encumbrance to BSD operating systems. + displaying BSD mdoc pages. + </p> + + <p> + Why? groff amounts to roughly 5,2 MB of source code (OpenBSD 4.2), some 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). </p> <p> @@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ <ul> <li><span class="man">mdocterm(1)</span> – formats mdoc input for display on the terminal - <li><span class="man">mdochtml(1)</span> – formats mdoc input as strict HTML (nascent) + <li><span class="man">mdochtml(1)</span> – formats mdoc input as HTML/CSS (nascent) <li><span class="man">mdoclint(1)</span> – validates mdoc input <li><span class="man">mdoctree(1)</span> – prints input abstract syntax tree </ul> @@ -79,11 +84,11 @@ </p> <h2> - snapshotted source + Snapshot source </h2> <p> - CVS sources are checkedout and snapshotted with big updates. These may be found in the <a + CVS sources are checkedout and snapshotted with version updates. These may be found in the <a href="/snapshots/">/snapshots/</a> directory. </p> @@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ </p> <h2> - nightly port + Snapshot port </h2> <p> |