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.Dd $Mdocdate$
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.Os LOCAL
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.Sh NAME
.Nm mdocml
.Nd compile manpage source into mark-up language
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm 
utility compiles 
.Xr mdoc 7
macros, such as those inheriting from
.Xr mdoc.samples 7 , 
into XML or HTML documents.  Unlike other similar utilities such as 
.Xr rman 1
and
.Xr man2html 1 ,
.Nm
acts directly on source documents, validating its input and producing a
variety of outputs.
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.Ss Validation
In order to operate sanely,
.Nm
fully validates its input.  This includes, but is not limited to, the
following checks:
.Pp
.Bl -enum -compact
.It 
special characters (such as
.Sq \en
and
.Sq \et ) ,
.It 
macro scope (such as
.Sq \&.Sh
macros clobbering a pending
.Sq \&.Bl
scope),
.It 
predefined characters (such as \\*(>= and \\*q, rendering as \*(>= and \*q,
respectively),
.It
correctly-ordered document prelude,
.It
sane argument values (such as those for 
.Sq \& Dt
or
.Sq \& Sm ) ,
.It
and so on.
.El
.Pp
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.Sh ENVIRONMENT
The
.Nm
utility has been tested under Linux and OpenBSD.
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.Sh EXAMPLES
This page was produced as follows:
.Pp
.D1 % mdocml -fhtml -o index.html index.7
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.Sh SEE ALSO
TODO.
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.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
utility was written by 
.An Em Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@kth.se .