.\" $Id$ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the .\" above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all .\" copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL .\" WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED .\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE .\" AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR .\" PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER .\" TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR .\" PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate$ .Dt mdoc 3 .Os .\" SECTION .Sh NAME .Nm mdoc_alloc , .Nm mdoc_parseln , .Nm mdoc_endparse , .Nm mdoc_node , .Nm mdoc_meta , .Nm mdoc_free , .Nm mdoc_reset .Nd mdoc macro compiler library .\" SECTION .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_macronames; .Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_argnames; .Ft "struct mdoc *" .Fn mdoc_alloc "void *data" "int pflags" "const struct mdoc_cb *cb" .Ft void .Fn mdoc_reset "struct mdoc *mdoc" .Ft void .Fn mdoc_free "struct mdoc *mdoc" .Ft int .Fn mdoc_parseln "struct mdoc *mdoc" "int line" "char *buf" .Ft "const struct mdoc_node *" .Fn mdoc_node "struct mdoc *mdoc" .Ft "const struct mdoc_meta *" .Fn mdoc_meta "struct mdoc *mdoc" .Ft int .Fn mdoc_endparse "struct mdoc *mdoc" .\" SECTION .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm mdoc library parses lines of .Xr mdoc 7 input (and .Em only mdoc) into an abstract syntax tree (AST). .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp In general, applications initiate a parsing sequence with .Fn mdoc_alloc , parse each line in a document with .Fn mdoc_parseln , close the parsing session with .Fn mdoc_endparse , operate over the syntax tree returned by .Fn mdoc_node and .Fn mdoc_meta , then free all allocated memory with .Fn mdoc_free . The .Fn mdoc_reset function may be used in order to reset the parser for another input sequence. See the .Sx EXAMPLES section for a full example. .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp This section further defines the .Sx Types , .Sx Functions and .Sx Variables available to programmers. Following that, the .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree section documents the output tree. .\" SUBSECTION .Ss Types Both functions (see .Sx Functions ) and variables (see .Sx Variables ) may use the following types: .Bl -ohang -offset "XXXX" .\" LIST-ITEM .It Vt struct mdoc An opaque type defined in .Pa mdoc.c . Its values are only used privately within the library. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Vt struct mdoc_cb A set of message callbacks defined in .Pa mdoc.h . .\" LIST-ITEM .It Vt struct mdoc_node A parsed node. Defined in .Pa mdoc.h . See .Sx Abstract Syntax Tree for details. .El .\" SUBSECTION .Ss Functions Function descriptions follow: .Bl -ohang -offset "XXXX" .\" LIST-ITEM .It Fn mdoc_alloc Allocates a parsing structure. The .Fa data pointer is passed to callbacks in .Fa cb , which are documented further in the header file. The .Fa pflags arguments are defined in .Pa mdoc.h . Returns NULL on failure. If non-NULL, the pointer must be freed with .Fn mdoc_free . .\" LIST-ITEM .It Fn mdoc_reset Reset the parser for another parse routine. After its use, .Fn mdoc_parseln behaves as if invoked for the first time. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Fn mdoc_free Free all resources of a parser. The pointer is no longer valid after invocation. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Fn mdoc_parseln Parse a nil-terminated line of input. This line should not contain the trailing newline. Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success. The input buffer .Fa buf is modified by this function. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Fn mdoc_endparse Signals that the parse is complete. Note that if .Fn mdoc_endparse is called subsequent to .Fn mdoc_node , the resulting tree is incomplete. Returns 0 on failure, 1 on success. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Fn mdoc_node Returns the first node of the parse. Note that if .Fn mdoc_parseln or .Fn mdoc_endparse return 0, the tree will be incomplete. .It Fn mdoc_meta Returns the document's parsed meta-data. If this information has not yet been supplied or .Fn mdoc_parseln or .Fn mdoc_endparse return 0, the data will be incomplete. .El .\" SUBSECTION .Ss Variables The following variables are also defined: .Bl -ohang -offset "XXXX" .\" LIST-ITEM .It Va mdoc_macronames An array of string-ified token names. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Va mdoc_argnames An array of string-ified token argument names. .El .\" SUBSECTION .Ss Abstract Syntax Tree The .Nm functions produce an abstract syntax tree (AST) describing input in a regular form. It may be reviewed at any time with .Fn mdoc_nodes ; however, if called before .Fn mdoc_endparse , or after .Fn mdoc_endparse or .Fn mdoc_parseln fail, it may be incomplete. .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp This AST is governed by the ontological rules dictated in .Xr mdoc 7 and derives its terminology accordingly. .Qq In-line elements described in .Xr mdoc 7 are described simply as .Qq elements . .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp The AST is composed of .Vt struct mdoc_node nodes with block, head, body, element, root and text types as declared by the .Va type field. Each node also provides its parse point (the .Va line , .Va sec , and .Va pos fields), its position in the tree (the .Va parent , .Va child , .Va next and .Va prev fields) and some type-specific data. .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp The tree itself is arranged according to the following normal form, where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes. .Pp .Bl -tag -width "ELEMENTXX" -compact -offset "XXXX" .\" LIST-ITEM .It ROOT \(<- mnode+ .It mnode \(<- BLOCK | ELEMENT | TEXT .It BLOCK \(<- (HEAD [TEXT])+ [BODY [TEXT]] [TAIL [TEXT]] .It BLOCK \(<- BODY [TEXT] [TAIL [TEXT]] .It ELEMENT \(<- TEXT* .It HEAD \(<- mnode+ .It BODY \(<- mnode+ .It TAIL \(<- mnode+ .It TEXT \(<- [[:alpha:]]* .El .\" PARAGRAPH .Pp Of note are the TEXT nodes following the HEAD, BODY and TAIL nodes of the BLOCK production. These refer to punctuation marks. Furthermore, although a TEXT node will generally have a non-zero-length string, in the specific case of .Sq \&.Bd \-literal , an empty line will produce a zero-length string. .\" SECTION .Sh EXAMPLES The following example reads lines from stdin and parses them, operating on the finished parse tree with .Fn parsed . Note that, if the last line of the file isn't newline-terminated, this will truncate the file's last character (see .Xr fgetln 3 ) . Further, this example does not error-check nor free memory upon failure. .Bd -literal -offset "XXXX" struct mdoc *mdoc; struct mdoc_node *node; char *buf; size_t len; int line; line = 1; mdoc = mdoc_alloc(NULL, 0, NULL); while ((buf = fgetln(fp, &len))) { buf[len - 1] = '\\0'; if ( ! mdoc_parseln(mdoc, line, buf)) errx(1, "mdoc_parseln"); line++; } if ( ! mdoc_endparse(mdoc)) errx(1, "mdoc_endparse"); if (NULL == (node = mdoc_node(mdoc))) errx(1, "mdoc_node"); parsed(mdoc, node); mdoc_free(mdoc); .Ed .\" SECTION .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr mandoc 1 , .Xr mdoc 7 .\" SECTION .Sh AUTHORS The .Nm utility was written by .An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq kristaps@openbsd.org . .\" SECTION .Sh CAVEATS .Bl -dash -compact .\" LIST-ITEM .It The .Sq \&.Xc and .Sq \&.Xo macros aren't handled when used to span lines for the .Sq \&.It macro. .\" LIST-ITEM .It The .Sq \&.Bsx macro family doesn't yet understand version arguments. .\" LIST-ITEM .It If not given a value, the \-offset argument to .Sq \&.Bd and .Sq \&.Bl should be the width of .Qq ; instead, a value of .Li 10n is provided. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Columns widths in .Sq \&.Bl \-column should default to width .Qq if not included. .\" LIST-ITEM .It List-width suffix .Qq m isn't handled. .\" LIST-ITEM .It Contents of the SYNOPSIS section aren't checked. .El