* mdocml: Made index.sgml release notes, mostly cribbed from Ingo's m2k10
@ 2010-05-25 23:02 kristaps
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Made index.sgml release notes, mostly cribbed from Ingo's m2k10 report.
Added libroff references to index.sgml.
Modified Files:
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mdocml:
index.sgml
Revision Data
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Index: index.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /usr/vhosts/mdocml.bsd.lv/cvs/mdocml/index.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.73
retrieving revision 1.74
diff -Lindex.sgml -Lindex.sgml -u -p -r1.73 -r1.74
--- index.sgml
+++ index.sgml
@@ -38,14 +38,15 @@
</P>
<P>
- The core of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is composed of the <i>libmdoc</i> and <i>libman</i>
- validating compiler libraries. Both are simple, fast libraries operating on memory buffers, so they may
- be used for a variety of front-ends (terminal-based, CGI and so on). The primary front-end is <i>
- mandoc</i>, which formats manuals for display on the terminal.
+ The core of <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> is composed of the <A HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>, <A
+ HREF="man.3.html">libman</A>, and <A HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A> validating compiler libraries. All
+ are simple, fast libraries operating on memory buffers, so they may be used for a variety of front-ends
+ (terminal-based, CGI and so on). The front-end is <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc</A>, which formats
+ manuals for display.
</P>
<P>
- The <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> utility is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv
+ The <SPAN CLASS="nm">mdocml</SPAN> suite is a <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://bsd.lv/">BSD.lv
Project</A> member.
</P>
</TD>
@@ -57,9 +58,9 @@
</H1>
<P>
- Sources correctly build and install on DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and GNU/Linux operating
- systems, tested variously on i386, AMD64, alpha, and others. The most current version is <SPAN
- CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>. A full <A
+ Sources correctly build and install on DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, GNU/Linux, and many
+ other operating systems, tested variously on i386, AMD64, alpha, and others. The most current version
+ is <SPAN CLASS="attn">@VERSION@</SPAN>, dated <SPAN class="attn">@VDATE@</SPAN>. A full <A
HREF="ChangeLog.html">ChangeLog</A> (<A HREF="ChangeLog.txt">txt</A>) is written with each release.
</P>
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
<TR>
<TD>Online source</TD>
<TD>
- <A CLASS="external" HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
+ <A HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
@@ -159,20 +160,20 @@
<COL>
<TBODY>
<TR>
- <TD><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A> (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A>)</TD>
- <TD>format and display UNIX manuals</TD>
+ <TD><A HREF="man.3.html">man(3)</A> (<A HREF="man.3.txt">text</A>)</TD>
+ <TD>man macro compiler library</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A> (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
- <TD>mandoc special characters</TD>
+ <TD><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A> (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
+ <TD>man language reference</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A> (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
- <TD>mdoc language reference</TD>
+ <TD><A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A> (<A HREF="mandoc.1.txt">text</A>)</TD>
+ <TD>format and display UNIX manuals</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD><A HREF="man.7.html">man(7)</A> (<A HREF="man.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
- <TD>man language reference</TD>
+ <TD><A HREF="mandoc_char.7.html">mandoc_char(7)</A> (<A HREF="mandoc_char.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
+ <TD>mandoc special characters</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><A HREF="manuals.7.html">manuals(7)</A> (<A HREF="manuals.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
@@ -183,12 +184,16 @@
<TD>mdoc macro compiler library</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD><A HREF="man.3.html">man(3)</A> (<A HREF="man.3.txt">text</A>)</TD>
- <TD>man macro compiler library</TD>
+ <TD><A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A> (<A HREF="mdoc.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
+ <TD>mdoc language reference</TD>
+ </TR>
+ <TR>
+ <TD><A HREF="roff.3.html">roff(3)</A> (<A HREF="roff.3.txt">text</A>)</TD>
+ <TD>roff macro compiler library</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><A HREF="roff.7.html">roff(7)</A> (<A HREF="roff.7.txt">text</A>)</TD>
- <TD>roff language reference</TD>
+ <TD>roff-mandoc language reference</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
@@ -209,7 +214,7 @@
<P>
You may also subscribe to several mailing lists (these require subscription, which is moderated). An
- archive is not yet available.
+ archive is not yet available on-line, although you may request one once subscribed.
</P>
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" SUMMARY="Mailing Lists">
@@ -253,13 +258,40 @@
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">xx-05-2010</SPAN></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
- Day 1 of Rostock hackathon: proper handling of quotations in tab-separated
- column lists, finished patching of SYNOPSIS breaking (1.9.25), fixed pre-comment
- white-space stripping, added end-of-sentence spacing to black partial-implicit
- macros, relaxed column warnings, relaxed acceptence of bad standards arguments,
- significant documentation of lists in <A HREF="mdoc.7.html">mdoc(7)</A>.
- Version: <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.26</SPAN>.
- <TD VALIGN="top">
+ Release consisting of the results from the m2k10 hackathon and up-merge from
+ OpenBSD. This requires a significant note of thanks to Ingo Schwarze (OpenBSD)
+ and Joerg Sonnenberger (NetBSD) for their hard work, and again to Joerg for
+ hosting m2k10. Highlights (mostly cribbed from Ingo's m2k10 report) follow in
+ no particular order:
+ <UL>
+ <LI>a <A HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A> preprocessor in front of <A
+ HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A> and <A HREF="man.3.html">libman</A> stripping out
+ <A HREF="roff.7.html">roff</A> instructions;</LI>
+ <LI>end-of-sentence (EOS) detection in free-form and macro lines;</LI>
+ <LI>correct handling of tab-separated columnar lists in <SPAN
+ CLASS="flag">-mdoc</SPAN>;</LI>
+ <LI>improved main calling routines to optionally use mmap() for better
+ performance;</LI>
+ <LI>cleaned up exiting when invoked as <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tlint</SPAN> or over
+ multiple files with <SPAN CLASS="flag">-fign-errors</SPAN>;</LI>
+ <LI>error and warning message handling re-written to be unified for <A
+ HREF="roff.3.html">libroff</A>, <A HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>, and <A
+ HREF="man.3.html">libman</A>;</LI>
+ <LI>handling of badly-nested explicit-scoped macros;</LI>
+ <LI>improved free-form text parsing in <A HREF="man.3.html">libman</A> and <A
+ HREF="mdoc.3.html">libmdoc</A>;</LI>
+ <LI>significant GNU troff compatibility improvements in <SPAN
+ CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN>, largely in terms of spacing;</LI>
+ <LI>a regression framework for making sure the many fragilities of GNU troff
+ aren't trampled in subsequent work;</LI>
+ <LI>support for <SPAN CLASS="flag">-Tascii</SPAN> breaking at hyphens
+ encountered in free-form text;</LI>
+ <LI>and many more minor fixes and improvements (no really, consult <A
+ HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A> and see
+ for yourself!).</LI>
+ </UL>
+ Version: <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.10.0</SPAN>.
+ </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">13-05-2010</SPAN></TD>
@@ -272,6 +304,7 @@
<Q>end-of-sentence, end-of-line</Q> rule. This is a stable roll-back point
before the mandoc hackathon in Rostock!
Version: <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.25</SPAN>.
+ </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">09-05-2010</SPAN></TD>
@@ -305,63 +338,12 @@
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
- <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">31-03-2010</SPAN></TD>
- <TD VALIGN="top">
- Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.22</SPAN>: adjusted merge of the significant work
- by Ingo Schwarze in getting <Q>Xo</Q> blocks (block full implicit, e.g.,
- <Q>It</Q> for non-columnar lists) to work properly. This isn't enabled by
- default: you must specify <SPAN CLASS="flag">-DUGLY</SPAN> as a compiler flag
- (see the Makefile for details).
- </TD>
- </TR>
- <TR>
- <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">30-03-2010</SPAN></TD>
- <TD VALIGN="top">
- Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.20</SPAN>: more efforts to get roff instructions
- in -man documents under control. Note that roff instructions embedded in
- line-scoped, next-line macros (e.g. <Q>B</Q>) are not supported. Leading
- punctuation for -mdoc macros, such as <Q>Fl ( ( a</Q>, are now correctly
- handled.
- </TD>
- </TR>
- <TR>
- <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">27-03-2010</SPAN></TD>
- <TD VALIGN="top">
- Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.18</SPAN>: many fixes (largely pertaining to
- scope) and improvements (e.g., handling of apostrophe-control macros, which
- fixes the strange <Q>BR</Q> seen in some macro output) to handling roff
- instructions in -man documents.
- </TD>
- </TR>
- <TR>
- <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">25-03-2010</SPAN></TD>
- <TD VALIGN="top">
- Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.17</SPAN> highlights: accept <A
- HREF="http://perldoc.perl.org/" CLASS="external">perlpod</A> standard preamble.
- Also accept (and discard) <Q>de</Q>, <Q>dei</Q>, <Q>am</Q>, <Q>ami</Q>, and
- <Q>ig</Q> roff macro blocks.
- </TD>
- </TR>
- <TR>
- <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">22-03-2010</SPAN></TD>
- <TD VALIGN="top">
- Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.16</SPAN> highlights: inspired by patches and bug
- reports by Ingo Schwarze, allowed <SPAN CLASS="flag">-man</SPAN> to accept
- non-printing elements to be nested within next-line scopes, such as <Q>br</Q>
- within <Q>B</Q> or <Q>TH</Q>, which is valid roff. Longsoon architecture also
- noted and Makefile cleaned up.
- </TD>
- </TR>
- <TR>
- <TD VALIGN="top"><SPAN CLASS="date">18-02-2010</SPAN></TD>
+ <TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">
- Moved to our new <A HREF="http://bsd.lv" CLASS="external">BSD.lv</A> home.
- Version <SPAN CLASS="rev">1.9.15</SPAN> highlights: XHTML is now an acceptable
- output mode for <A HREF="mandoc.1.html">mandoc(1)</A>; <Q>Xr</Q> made more
- compatible with groff; <Q>Vt</Q> fixed when invoked in SYNOPSIS; <Q>\\</Q>
- escape removed; end-of-line white-space detected for all lines; subtle bug
- fixed in list display for some modes; compatibility layer checked in for
- compilation in diverse UNIX systems; and column lengths handled correctly.
+ See
+ <A
+ HREF="http://mdocml.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/index.sgml?cvsroot=mdocml">cvsweb</A>
+ for historical notes.
</TD>
</TR>
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