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NAME

       mpexpand - Markup processor

SYNOPSIS

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

       mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?

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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.

SEE ALSO

       expander(3tcl), format(3tcl), formatter(3tcl)

KEYWORDS

       HTML, TMML, conversion, manpage, markup, nroff

CATEGORY

       Documentation tools

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>
       Copyright (c) 2003 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>