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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man3/mandoc.3 b/static/freebsd/man3/mandoc.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6b759558 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man3/mandoc.3 @@ -0,0 +1,607 @@ +.\" $Id: mandoc.3,v 1.46 2025/02/25 17:03:54 schwarze Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv> +.\" Copyright (c) 2010-2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" 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: February 25 2025 $ +.Dt MANDOC 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mandoc , +.Nm deroff , +.Nm mparse_alloc , +.Nm mparse_copy , +.Nm mparse_free , +.Nm mparse_open , +.Nm mparse_readfd , +.Nm mparse_reset , +.Nm mparse_result +.Nd mandoc macro compiler library +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In sys/types.h +.In stdio.h +.In mandoc.h +.In roff.h +.In mandoc_parse.h +.Pp +.Fd "#define ASCII_NBRSP" +.Fd "#define ASCII_HYPH" +.Fd "#define ASCII_BREAK" +.Ft struct mparse * +.Fo mparse_alloc +.Fa "int options" +.Fa "enum mandoc_os oe_e" +.Fa "char *os_s" +.Fc +.Ft void +.Fo mparse_free +.Fa "struct mparse *parse" +.Fc +.Ft void +.Fo mparse_copy +.Fa "const struct mparse *parse" +.Fc +.Ft int +.Fo mparse_open +.Fa "struct mparse *parse" +.Fa "const char *fname" +.Fc +.Ft void +.Fo mparse_readfd +.Fa "struct mparse *parse" +.Fa "int fd" +.Fa "const char *fname" +.Fc +.Ft void +.Fo mparse_reset +.Fa "struct mparse *parse" +.Fc +.Ft struct roff_meta * +.Fo mparse_result +.Fa "struct mparse *parse" +.Fc +.In roff.h +.Ft void +.Fo deroff +.Fa "char **dest" +.Fa "const struct roff_node *node" +.Fc +.In sys/types.h +.In mandoc.h +.In mdoc.h +.Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_argnames; +.Vt extern const char * const * mdoc_macronames; +.In sys/types.h +.In mandoc.h +.In man.h +.Vt extern const char * const * man_macronames; +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm mandoc +library parses a +.Ux +manual into an abstract syntax tree (AST). +.Ux +manuals are composed of +.Xr mdoc 7 +or +.Xr man 7 , +and may be mixed with +.Xr roff 7 , +.Xr tbl 7 , +and +.Xr eqn 7 +invocations. +.Pp +The following describes a general parse sequence: +.Bl -enum +.It +initiate a parsing sequence with +.Xr mchars_alloc 3 +and +.Fn mparse_alloc ; +.It +open a file with +.Xr open 2 +or +.Fn mparse_open ; +.It +parse it with +.Fn mparse_readfd ; +.It +close it with +.Xr close 2 ; +.It +retrieve the syntax tree with +.Fn mparse_result ; +.It +if information about the validity of the input is needed, fetch it with +.Fn mparse_updaterc ; +.It +iterate over parse nodes with starting from the +.Fa first +member of the returned +.Vt struct roff_meta ; +.It +free all allocated memory with +.Fn mparse_free +and +.Xr mchars_free 3 , +or invoke +.Fn mparse_reset +and go back to step 2 to parse new files. +.El +.Pp +The design goals of the +.Nm mandoc +library are limited to providing the functionality required by the +.Xr mandoc 1 +program. +Consequently, the functions documented in the present manual page +do not aim for API stability. +Any third-party program using them typically requires adjustments after every +.Nm mandoc +release. +Linking such a program requires +.Fl lz +because +.Fn mparse_readfd +calls +.Xr gzdopen 3 , +.Xr gzread 3 , +.Xr gzerror 3 , +and +.Xr gzclose 3 . +For +.Xr mandoc 1 +itself, the +.Pa ./configure +script automatically adds +.Fl lz +to the +.Ev LDADD +.Xr make 1 +variable. +.Sh REFERENCE +This section documents the functions, types, and variables available +via +.In mandoc.h , +with the exception of those documented in +.Xr mandoc_escape 3 +and +.Xr mchars_alloc 3 . +.Ss Types +.Bl -ohang +.It Vt "enum mandocerr" +An error or warning message during parsing. +.It Vt "enum mandoclevel" +A classification of an +.Vt "enum mandocerr" +as regards system operation. +See the DIAGNOSTICS section in +.Xr mandoc 1 +regarding the meanings of the levels. +.It Vt "struct mparse" +An opaque pointer to a running parse sequence. +Created with +.Fn mparse_alloc +and freed with +.Fn mparse_free . +This may be used across parsed input if +.Fn mparse_reset +is called between parses. +.El +.Ss Functions +.Bl -ohang +.It Fn deroff +Obtain a text-only representation of a +.Vt struct roff_node , +including text contained in its child nodes. +To be used on children of the +.Fa first +member of +.Vt struct roff_meta . +When it is no longer needed, the pointer returned from +.Fn deroff +can be passed to +.Xr free 3 . +.It Fn mparse_alloc +Allocate a parser. +The arguments have the following effect: +.Bl -tag -offset 5n -width inttype +.It Ar options +When the +.Dv MPARSE_MDOC +or +.Dv MPARSE_MAN +bit is set, only that parser is used. +Otherwise, the document type is automatically detected. +.Pp +When the +.Dv MPARSE_SO +bit is set, +.Xr roff 7 +.Ic \&so +file inclusion requests are always honoured. +Otherwise, if the request is the only content in an input file, +only the file name is remembered, to be returned in the +.Fa sodest +field of +.Vt struct roff_meta . +.Pp +When the +.Dv MPARSE_QUICK +bit is set, parsing is aborted after the NAME section. +This is for example useful in +.Xr makewhatis 8 +.Fl Q +to quickly build minimal databases. +.Pp +When the +.Dv MARSE_VALIDATE +bit is set, +.Fn mparse_result +runs the validation functions before returning the syntax tree. +This is almost always required, except in certain debugging scenarios, +for example to dump unvalidated syntax trees. +.It Ar os_e +Operating system to check base system conventions for. +If +.Dv MANDOC_OS_OTHER , +the system is automatically detected from +.Ic \&Os , +.Fl Ios , +or +.Xr uname 3 . +.It Ar os_s +A default string for the +.Xr mdoc 7 +.Ic \&Os +macro, overriding the +.Dv OSNAME +preprocessor definition and the results of +.Xr uname 3 . +Passing +.Dv NULL +sets no default. +.El +.Pp +The same parser may be used for multiple files so long as +.Fn mparse_reset +is called between parses. +.Fn mparse_free +must be called to free the memory allocated by this function. +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.It Fn mparse_free +Free all memory allocated by +.Fn mparse_alloc . +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.It Fn mparse_copy +Dump a copy of the input to the standard output; used for +.Fl man T Ns Cm man . +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.It Fn mparse_open +Open the file for reading. +If that fails and +.Fa fname +does not already end in +.Ql .gz , +try again after appending +.Ql .gz . +Save the information whether the file is zipped or not. +Return a file descriptor open for reading or -1 on failure. +It can be passed to +.Fn mparse_readfd +or used directly. +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.It Fn mparse_readfd +Parse a file descriptor opened with +.Xr open 2 +or +.Fn mparse_open . +Pass the associated filename in +.Va fname . +This function may be called multiple times with different parameters; however, +.Xr close 2 +and +.Fn mparse_reset +should be invoked between parses. +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.It Fn mparse_reset +Reset a parser so that +.Fn mparse_readfd +may be used again. +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.It Fn mparse_result +Obtain the result of a parse. +Declared in +.In mandoc.h , +implemented in +.Pa read.c . +.El +.Ss Variables +.Bl -ohang +.It Va man_macronames +The string representation of a +.Xr man 7 +macro as indexed by +.Vt "enum mant" . +.It Va mdoc_argnames +The string representation of an +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro argument as indexed by +.Vt "enum mdocargt" . +.It Va mdoc_macronames +The string representation of an +.Xr mdoc 7 +macro as indexed by +.Vt "enum mdoct" . +.El +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +This section consists of structural documentation for +.Xr mdoc 7 +and +.Xr man 7 +syntax trees and strings. +.Ss Man and Mdoc Strings +Strings may be extracted from mdoc and man meta-data, or from text +nodes (MDOC_TEXT and MAN_TEXT, respectively). +These strings have special non-printing formatting cues embedded in the +text itself, as well as +.Xr roff 7 +escapes preserved from input. +Implementing systems will need to handle both situations to produce +human-readable text. +In general, strings may be assumed to consist of 7-bit ASCII characters. +.Pp +The following non-printing characters may be embedded in text strings: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Dv ASCII_NBRSP +A non-breaking space character. +.It Dv ASCII_HYPH +A soft hyphen. +.It Dv ASCII_BREAK +A breakable zero-width space. +.El +.Pp +Escape characters are also passed verbatim into text strings. +An escape character is a sequence of characters beginning with the +backslash +.Pq Sq \e . +To construct human-readable text, these should be intercepted with +.Xr mandoc_escape 3 +and converted with one the functions described in +.Xr mchars_alloc 3 . +.Ss Man Abstract Syntax Tree +This AST is governed by the ontological rules dictated in +.Xr man 7 +and derives its terminology accordingly. +.Pp +The AST is composed of +.Vt struct roff_node +nodes with element, root and text types as declared by the +.Va type +field. +Each node also provides its parse point (the +.Va line , +.Va pos , +and +.Va sec +fields), its position in the tree (the +.Va parent , +.Va child , +.Va next +and +.Va prev +fields) and some type-specific data. +.Pp +The tree itself is arranged according to the following normal form, +where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "ELEMENTXX" -compact +.It ROOT +\(<- mnode+ +.It mnode +\(<- ELEMENT | TEXT | BLOCK +.It BLOCK +\(<- HEAD BODY +.It HEAD +\(<- mnode* +.It BODY +\(<- mnode* +.It ELEMENT +\(<- ELEMENT | TEXT* +.It TEXT +\(<- [[:ascii:]]* +.El +.Pp +The only elements capable of nesting other elements are those with +next-line scope as documented in +.Xr man 7 . +.Ss Mdoc Abstract Syntax Tree +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 . +.Pp +The AST is composed of +.Vt struct roff_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 pos , +and +.Va sec +fields), its position in the tree (the +.Va parent , +.Va child , +.Va last , +.Va next +and +.Va prev +fields) and some type-specific data, in particular, for nodes generated +from macros, the generating macro in the +.Va tok +field. +.Pp +The tree itself is arranged according to the following normal form, +where capitalised non-terminals represent nodes. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "ELEMENTXX" -compact +.It ROOT +\(<- mnode+ +.It mnode +\(<- BLOCK | ELEMENT | TEXT +.It BLOCK +\(<- HEAD [TEXT] (BODY [TEXT])+ [TAIL [TEXT]] +.It ELEMENT +\(<- TEXT* +.It HEAD +\(<- mnode* +.It BODY +\(<- mnode* [ENDBODY mnode*] +.It TAIL +\(<- mnode* +.It TEXT +\(<- [[:ascii:]]* +.El +.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. +Multiple body parts are only found in invocations of +.Sq \&Bl \-column , +where a new body introduces a new phrase. +.Pp +The +.Xr mdoc 7 +syntax tree accommodates for broken block structures as well. +The ENDBODY node is available to end the formatting associated +with a given block before the physical end of that block. +It has a non-null +.Va end +field, is of the BODY +.Va type , +has the same +.Va tok +as the BLOCK it is ending, and has a +.Va pending +field pointing to that BLOCK's BODY node. +It is an indirect child of that BODY node +and has no children of its own. +.Pp +An ENDBODY node is generated when a block ends while one of its child +blocks is still open, like in the following example: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +\&.Ao ao +\&.Bo bo ac +\&.Ac bc +\&.Bc end +.Ed +.Pp +This example results in the following block structure: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +BLOCK Ao + HEAD Ao + BODY Ao + TEXT ao + BLOCK Bo, pending -> Ao + HEAD Bo + BODY Bo + TEXT bo + TEXT ac + ENDBODY Ao, pending -> Ao + TEXT bc +TEXT end +.Ed +.Pp +Here, the formatting of the +.Ic \&Ao +block extends from TEXT ao to TEXT ac, +while the formatting of the +.Ic \&Bo +block extends from TEXT bo to TEXT bc. +It renders as follows in +.Fl T Ns Cm ascii +mode: +.Pp +.Dl <ao [bo ac> bc] end +.Pp +Support for badly-nested blocks is only provided for backward +compatibility with some older +.Xr mdoc 7 +implementations. +Using badly-nested blocks is +.Em strongly discouraged ; +for example, the +.Fl T Ns Cm html +front-end to +.Xr mandoc 1 +is unable to render them in any meaningful way. +Furthermore, behaviour when encountering badly-nested blocks is not +consistent across troff implementations, especially when using multiple +levels of badly-nested blocks. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mandoc 1 , +.Xr man.cgi 3 , +.Xr mandoc_escape 3 , +.Xr mandoc_headers 3 , +.Xr mandoc_malloc 3 , +.Xr mansearch 3 , +.Xr mchars_alloc 3 , +.Xr tbl 3 , +.Xr eqn 7 , +.Xr man 7 , +.Xr mandoc_char 7 , +.Xr mdoc 7 , +.Xr roff 7 , +.Xr tbl 7 +.Sh AUTHORS +.An -nosplit +The +.Nm +library was written by +.An Kristaps Dzonsons Aq Mt kristaps@bsd.lv +and is maintained by +.An Ingo Schwarze Aq Mt schwarze@openbsd.org . |
