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NAME
       mpexpand - Markup processor

SYNOPSIS
       mpexpand ?-module module? format infile- outfile-

       mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?



DESCRIPTION
       This manpage describes a processor / converter for manpages in the doc-
       tools format as specified in doctoolsfmt. 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 inter-
              nal 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  TML  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  man-
                     pagebegin.

              null   The processor does not generate any output.

       mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?
              This  command uses mpexpand to generate all possible output for-
              mats for all manpages in the current directory. The manpages are
              recognized  through  the extension ".man". If -verbose is speci-
              fied 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(n), format(n), formatter(n)

KEYWORDS
       HTML, TML, conversion, manpage, markup, nroff

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Kupries 
       Copyright (c) 2003 Andreas Kupries 



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