MANDOC(oh) LOCAL MANDOC(oh) mandoc - options OPTIONS mandoc outputs to stdout, it can be redirected to a file. mandoc -T html -O includes=[PATH]/%I,man=[PATH]/%N[%S].html,style=[PATH_TO_CSS] [INPUT_MDOC] > [OUTPUT_HTML] - -T [FORMAT]: select the output html,man,ascii,markdown,locale,utf,pdf,ps. - style=[PATH]: relative/absolute path to the css. includes Translate .In macro to PATH/[INCLUDE_NAME]: includes=[PATH]/%I Eg.: .In somename Translates to PATH/somename. man man=[PATH]/%N[%S] - N is replaced by the name, and S for the section eg.: ssh.1. - a fallback format can be given, if the corresponding file does not exist in the current directory, it will use the second format: man=[PATH]/%N[%S];[PATH|URL]/%N[%S] Example: man=/%N.html;https://man.openbsd.org/%N.%S .Xr roff oh will be translated to ohazot.com/roff.html .Xr roff 7 will be translated to https://man.openbsd.org/roff.7 OPENBSD 7.8 Up to OpenBSD 7.7 the output displayed the footer as: Operating_System Date Operating_System mdoc macros: Os Dd Os As of 7.8 the footer is displayed as: Operating_System Date Document_Title(Document_Section) mdoc macros: Os Dd Dt MARKDOWN Tables should be reviewed when exporting to markdown as they are not converted to markdown tables but code. This has been testted on OpenBSD 7.8, this is still occurs. mdoc .Bl -column header1 header2 .It Sy header1 Ta header2 .It cell1 Ta cell2 .El mandoc conversion to markdown **header1** **header2** cell1 cell2 row2 row2 - cell2 Correct conversion to markdown |header1|header2| |-------|-------| |cell1|cell2 | |row2|row2 - cell2| TODO - Review this document on OpenBSD 7.8 release. SEE ALSO documentation(oh) , openbsd(oh) , roff(oh) , mdoc(oh) , css(oh) , html(oh) - OpenBSD manpages: mandoc(1) , mdoc(7) , roff(7) links - Markdown syntax: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax AUTHORS ohazot(oh) | about(oh) | ohazot.com: https://ohazot.com OpenBSD 7.7 linux| Created:2025-10-03|Updated:2025-11-10| MANDOC(oh)