NAME

mpexpand - Markup processor

Table Of Contents

• Table Of Contents

• Synopsis

• Description

• NOTES

• Bugs, Ideas, Feedback

• See Also

• Keywords

• Category

• Copyright

SYNOPSIS

mpexpand ?-module module? format infile|- outfile|-
mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?

DESCRIPTION

This manpage describes a processor / converter for manpages in the doctools format as specified in doctools_fmt. The processor is based upon the package doctools.

• mpexpand ?-module module? format infile|- outfile|-

  The processor takes three arguments, namely the code describing which formatting to generate as the output, the file to read the markup from, and the file to write the generated output into. If the infile is "-" the processor will read from stdin. If outfile is "-" the processor will write to stdout.

  If the option -module is present its value overrides the internal definition of the module name.

  The currently known output formats are

  • nroff

    The processor generates *roff output, the standard format for unix manpages.

  • html

    The processor generates HTML output, for usage in and display by web browsers.

  • tmml

    The processor generates TMML output, the Tcl Manpage Markup Language, a derivative of XML.

  • latex

    The processor generates LaTeX output.

  • wiki

    The processor generates Wiki markup as understood by wikit.

  • list

    The processor extracts the information provided by manpage_begin.

  • null

    The processor does not generate any output.

• mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?

  This command uses mpexpand to generate all possible output formats for all manpages in the current directory. The manpages are recognized through the extension ".man". If -verbose is specified the command will list its actions before executing them.

  The module information is passed to mpexpand.

NOTES

Possible future formats are plain text, pdf and postscript.

Bugs, Ideas, Feedback

If you find errors in this document or bugs or problems with the package it describes, or if you want to suggest improvements for the documentation or the package, please use the Tcllib Trackers and specify doctools as the category.

When proposing code changes, please provide unified diffs, i.e the output of diff -u.

Note further that attachments are strongly preferred over inlined patches. Attachments can be made by going to the Edit form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the left-most button in the secondary navigation bar.

SEE ALSO

expander(n), format(n), formatter(n)

KEYWORDS

HTML, TMML, conversion, manpage, markup, nroff

CATEGORY

Documentation tools

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002 Andreas Kupries
Copyright © 2003 Andreas Kupries