rewrite manpages in mdoc(7) #91
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Currently, the manpages of sndfile-tools are written using the legacy man(7) markup language. I propose to rewrite them into the markup of mdoc(7), (like with libsndfile some years ago, and sndfile-resample which has since been moved here). As an example, here is a rewrite of sndfile-mix-to-mono, being the shortest of course :-) The main advantage is that the mdoc(7) language, available for decades alongside man(7), is semantical and describes the intent, as opposed the the low-level formatting of roff(7). For example: .Fl w Op Ar port means there is a -w option which takes an optional 'port' argument; as opposed to .BR \-w [ =\fIport ] which says switch to bold, type a hyphen and a 'w', then switch to italics, and type out 'port' in brackets. Both languages are well supported since the eighties; nowadays, the prevalent formatters are groff on the linuxes and mandoc on the BSDs and macOS.
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@evpobr , if you decide to merge, please don't close the PR just yet: |
janstary
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I have no system with JACK, so please someone test that the options of sndfile-jackplay |
Just link to the homepage.
This one was a gem: help2man like it's the nineties. While here, remove the note to not touch the manpage.
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OK, it's done. Is there any interest in this? |
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(I only added the copyright line because the pre-commit hook required it.) |
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Is there any interest in this please? |
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Currently, the manpages of sndfile-tools are written using the legacy man(7) markup language.
I propose to rewrite them into the markup of mdoc(7), (like with libsndfile some years ago,
and sndfile-resample which has since been moved here).
As an example, here is a rewrite of sndfile-mix-to-mono, being the shortest of course :-)
The main advantage is that the mdoc(7) language, available for decades alongside man(7),
is semantical and describes the intent, as opposed the the low-level formatting of roff(7).
For example:
.Fl w Op Ar port
means there is a -w option which takes an optional 'port' argument; as opposed to
.BR -w [ =\fIport ]
which says switch to bold, type a hyphen and a 'w', then switch to italics, and type out 'port' in brackets.
Both languages are well supported since the eighties; nowadays, the prevalent formatters
are groff on the linuxes and mandoc on the BSDs and macOS.