GNU bug report logs - #77387
[PATCH 0/2] man-db: Better parsing of man macros.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Sergey Trofimov <sarg <at> sarg.org.ru>
Cc: Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, 77387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>, Christopher Baines <guix <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: [bug#77387] [PATCH 2/2] man-db: Support mdoc-formatted man pages.
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:08:31 +0200

Sergey Trofimov <sarg <at> sarg.org.ru> skribis:

> * guix/man-db.scm (man-page->entry): Extract man name and section from
> .Dt macro.
>
> Change-Id: I02dc99d73dceecdb077315805025efad9a650e91

[...]

>                    (match (if (string-prefix? "." line) (man-macro-tokenize line) #f)
> -                    ((".TH" name (= string->number section) _ ...)
> +                    (((or ".TH" ".Dt") name (= string->number section) _ ...)

Likewise, please add a short comment above the clause explaining that
‘.Dt’ is produced by ‘mandoc’ (did I get that right?).

Ludo’.

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