From 0ab938250f5dd690284d8a5c93da8b67649816ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kristaps Dzonsons Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:08:40 +0000 Subject: Documented omission of `na' and `Dt'. Clarified COMPATIBILITY section (which modes/inputs). --- mandoc.1 | 130 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 85 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) (limited to 'mandoc.1') diff --git a/mandoc.1 b/mandoc.1 index aecfa8ae..1ae9c731 100644 --- a/mandoc.1 +++ b/mandoc.1 @@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ .Dd $Mdocdate$ .Dt MANDOC 1 .Os -.\" SECTION +. +. .Sh NAME .Nm mandoc .Nd format and display UNIX manuals -.\" SECTION +. +. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm mandoc .Op Fl V @@ -30,35 +32,36 @@ .Op Fl W Ns Ar err... .Op Fl T Ns Ar output .Op Ar infile... -.\" SECTION +. +. .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility formats .Ux manual pages for display. The arguments are as follows: +. .Bl -tag -width Ds -.\" ITEM .It Fl f Ns Ar option... Override default compiler behaviour. See .Sx Compiler Options for details. -.\" ITEM +. .It Fl m Ns Ar format Input format. See .Sx Input Formats for available formats. Defaults to .Fl m Ns Ar andoc . -.\" ITEM +. .It Fl T Ns Ar output Output format. See .Sx Output Formats for available formats. Defaults to .Fl T Ns Ar ascii . -.\" ITEM +. .It Fl V Print version and exit. -.\" ITEM +. .It Fl W Ns Ar err... Configure warning messages. Use .Fl W Ns Ar all @@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ termination. Multiple .Fl W arguments may be comma-separated, such as .Fl W Ns Ar error,all . -.\" ITEM +. .It Ar infile... Read input from zero or more .Ar infile . @@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ If unspecified, reads from stdin. If multiple files are specified, .Nm will halt with the first failed parse. .El -.\" PARAGRAPH +. .Pp By default, .Nm @@ -90,10 +93,11 @@ text from stdin, implying and prints 78-column backspace-encoded output to stdout as if .Fl T Ns Ar ascii were provided. -.\" PARAGRAPH +. .Pp .Ex -std mandoc -.\" SUB-SECTION +. +. .Ss Punctuation and Spacing If punctuation is set apart from words, such as in the phrase .Dq to be \&, or not to be , @@ -120,10 +124,12 @@ and .Sq \&} .Pc is not preceded by whitespace. +. .Pp If the input is .Xr mdoc 7 , these rules are also applied to macro arguments when appropriate. +. .Pp White-space, in non-literal (normal) mode, is stripped from input and replaced on output by a single space. Thus, if you wish to preserve @@ -133,7 +139,8 @@ or used in a literal display mode, e.g., .Sq \&Bd \-literal in .Xr mdoc 7 . -.\" SUB-SECTION +. +. .Ss Input Formats The .Nm @@ -152,6 +159,7 @@ format is recommended; .Xr man 7 should only be used for legacy manuals. +. .Pp A third option, .Fl m Ns Ar andoc , @@ -165,6 +173,7 @@ the parser is used; otherwise, the .Xr man 7 parser is used. +. .Pp If multiple files are specified with @@ -175,64 +184,65 @@ specified and or .Fl m Ns Ar an is specified, then this format is used exclusively. -.\" .Pp -.\" The following escape sequences are recognised, although the per-format -.\" compiler may not allow certain sequences. -.\" .Bl -tag -width Ds -offset XXXX -.\" .It \efX -.\" sets the font mode to X (B, I, R or P, where P resets the font) -.\" .It \eX, \e(XX, \e[XN] -.\" queries the special-character table for a corresponding symbol -.\" .It \e*X, \e*(XX, \e*[XN] -.\" deprecated special-character format -.\" .El -.\" SUB-SECTION +. +. .Ss Output Formats The .Nm utility accepts the following .Fl T arguments: +. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl T Ns Ar ascii Produce 7-bit ASCII output, backspace-encoded for bold and underline styles. This is the default. +. .It Fl T Ns Ar tree Produce an indented parse tree. +. .It Fl T Ns Ar lint Parse only: produce no output. .El +. .Pp If multiple input files are specified, these will be processed by the corresponding filter in-order. -.\" SUB-SECTION +. +. .Ss Compiler Options Default compiler behaviour may be overriden with the .Fl f flag. +. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope When rewinding the scope of a block macro, forces the compiler to ignore scope violations. This can seriously mangle the resulting tree. .Pq mdoc only +. .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape Don't ignore invalid escape sequences. +. .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro Do not ignore unknown macros at the start of input lines. +. .It Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars Do not ignore disallowed characters. +. .It Fl f Ns Ar strict Implies .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-escape , .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-macro and .Fl f Ns Ar no-ign-chars . +. .It Fl f Ns Ar ign-errors Don't halt when encountering parse errors. Useful with .Fl T Ns Ar lint over a large set of manuals passed on the command line. .El -.\" PARAGRAPH +. .Pp As with the .Fl W @@ -242,60 +252,90 @@ options may be grouped and delimited with a comma. Using .Fl f Ns Ar ign-scope,no-ign-escape , for example, will try to ignore scope and not ignore character-escape errors. -.\" SECTION +. +. .Sh EXAMPLES To page manuals to the terminal: -.\" PARAGRAPH +. .Pp .D1 % mandoc \-Wall,error \-fstrict mandoc.1 2>&1 | less .D1 % mandoc mandoc.1 mdoc.3 mdoc.7 | less -.\" PARAGRAPH +. .Pp To check over a large set of manuals: -.\" PARAGRAPH +. .Pp .Dl % mandoc \-Tlint \-fign-errors `find /usr/src -name \e*\e.[1-9]` -.\" SECTION +. +. .Sh COMPATIBILITY -.\" FIXME: libman `na' and `DT' have no effect. This section summarises .Nm compatibility with .Xr groff 1 . -.Pp +Each input and output format is separately noted. +. +. +.Ss ASCII output .Bl -bullet -compact -.\" LIST-ITEM .It The .Sq \e~ -special character doesn't produce expected behaviour. -.\" LIST-ITEM +special character doesn't produce expected behaviour in +.Fl T Ns Ar ascii . +. +.It +The +.Sq \&Bd \-literal +and +.Sq \&Bd \-unfilled +macros of +.Xr mdoc 7 +in +.Fl T Ns Ar ascii +are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged. +. .It In .Xr groff 1 , the .Sq \&Pa -macro does not underline when under a +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro does not underline when scoped under an .Sq \&It in the FILES section. This behaves correctly in .Nm . -.\" LIST-ITEM +. .It A list or display following .Sq \&Ss +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro in +.Fl T Ns Ar ascii does not assert a prior vertical break, just as it doesn't with .Sq \&Sh . +. .It -The \-literal and \-unfilled -.Sq \&Bd -displays types are synonyms, as are \-filled and \-ragged. -.\" LIST-ITEM +The +.Sq \&na +and +.Sq \&Dt +.Xr man 7 +macros in +.Fl T Ns Ar ascii +have no effect. +. .It Words aren't hyphenated. -.\" LIST-ITEM +. .It In normal mode (not a literal block), blocks of spaces aren't preserved, -so double spaces following sentence closure are reduced to a single space. +so double spaces following sentence closure are reduced to a single space; +.Xr groff 1 +retains spaces. +. +.It +Sentences are unilaterally monospaced. .El .\" SECTION .Sh SEE ALSO -- cgit