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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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diff --git a/static/v10/man1/mkstand.1 b/static/v10/man1/mkstand.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ccc3a918 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man1/mkstand.1 @@ -0,0 +1,202 @@ +.id NOTICE-NOT TO BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE BELL SYS EXCEPT UNDER WRITTEN AGRMT +.id Writer's Workbench version 2.1, January 1981 +.TH MKSTAND 1 +.SH NAME +mkstand \- compile style standards for prose program +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B mkstand +[ +.B \-flags +][ +.B \-ver +][ +.B \-mm +| +.B \-ms +][ +.B \-li +| +.B \+li +][ +.B \-o +outfile ] file1 file2 ... +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Mkstand +enables users to compile their own set of +.IR style (1) +standards for use by +.IR prose (1). +.I Prose +describes stylistic features of a text +and compares them to specified standards. +If a user or group, for example a writing group, +has many documents of a certain type +that they consider good, +those documents can be used as the basis for their own standards. +.I Mkstand +creates the standards, +which reflect the stylistic features +of the input documents. +Then the user can use +.I prose +to evaluate documents according to those standards. +.PP +.I Mkstand +runs +.I style +on a set of documents and computes the means +and standard deviations of certain +.I style +statistics. +Then it puts these into +.I outfile +.RI ( stand.out +is the default) in a format that +.I prose +can read. +Then if +.I prose +is run with the command: +.PP +.RS 5 +.BI "prose \-x " "outfile textfile" +.RE +.PP +it compares +.I textfile +with the standards in +.IR outfile . +The command: +.PP +.RS 5 +.BI "wwbstand \-x " "outfile" +.RE +.PP +will display the standards in a comprehensible form. +.PP +.I Mkstand +tries to produce valid standards by enforcing these requirements: +.RS 5 +.TP +1. +Input files must be at least 90 sentences or 1900 words long. +.TP +2. +If an input file has +.I style +scores that are more than 2 standard deviations from the mean, +scores for that file are excluded from the computation of the standards. +.RE +.PP +Although +.I mkstand +will compile standards for any number of documents (up to 75), +standards will be most reliable if at least 20 documents are used. +.PP +Because +.I mkstand +runs +.IR deroff (1) +on input files before computing scores, +formatting header files should be included as part of the input. +.PP +Four options affect +.IR deroff : +.RS 5 +.TP +.B \-mm +eliminate +.IR mm (1) +macros, and associated text that is not part of sentences +(e.g. headings), +from the analysis. +This is the default. +.TP +.B \-ms +eliminate +.IR ms (1) +macros, and associated text that is not part of sentences, +from the analysis. +The +.B \-ms +flag overrides the default, +.BR \-mm . +.TP +.B \-li +eliminate list items, +as defined by +.I mm +macros, from the analysis. +This is the default. +.TP +.B \+li +Include list items in the input text, +in the analysis. +This flag should be used if the texts contain lists of sentences, +but not if the texts contain many lists of non-sentences. +.RE +.PP +Other options are: +.RS 5 +.TP 11 +.BI \-o " outfile" +put standards in +.I outfile +instead of the default +.IR stand.out . +.RE +.PP +Two options give information about the program: +.RS 5 +.TP 7 +.B \-flags +print the command synopsis line (see above) +showing command flags and options, +then exit. +.TP +.B \-ver +print the Writer's Workbench version number of the command, then exit. +.RE +.PP +.I Mkstand +saves the +.I style +scores it used in computing the standards in a file named +.IR styl.scores . +Users should examine the scores in this file +for any scores that seem unusual or invalid. +If any are found, +.I mkstand +should be rerun without the unusual document. +.SH FILES +.TP 21 +/tmp/$$stat.out +temporary file containing +.I style +tables of input files +.TP +stand.out +default output file containing standards +.TP +styl.scores +output file containing +.I style +scores used in compiling standards +.SH SEE ALSO +prose(1), +style(1), +deroff(1), +wwbstand(1), +wwb(1). +.SH SUPPORT +.IR "COMPONENT NAME: " "Writer's Workbench" +.br +.IR "APPROVAL AUTHORITY: " "Div 452" +.br +.IR "STATUS: " Standard +.br +.IR "SUPPLIER: " "Dept 45271" +.br +.IR "USER INTERFACE: " "Stacey Keenan, Dept 45271, PY x3733" +.br +.IR "SUPPORT LEVEL: " "Class B - unqualified support other than Div 452" |
