|Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: ||Steffen Nurpmeso wrote on Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 04:22:22PM +0200: ||> anyway, i really think that -mdoc would need a few more commands ||> so that it would be possible to create "better" documents with it, ||> where "better" refers to usability and user experience. || ||If we keep groff_mdoc(7) and mandoc(1) in sync, i'm not necessarily ||opposed to very sparingly adding functionality, if it adds very ||considerable value.
||Anyway, here are a few possible ideas: || || .Ix [macro] [key] || ||Example: || || .Ix Ev USER || ||That would add an index entry for the string USER to the index ||of environment variables. Arguments would default to the next ||content macro occurring in the input stream. So || || .Ix || .Ix Ar || .It Fl o Ar outfile || ||would be equivalent to || || .Ix Fl o || .Ix Ar outfile || .It Fl o Ar outfile of course a counter (and optional args saved in numbered strings) can do this for roff. Say. Or better say "could", the non-mandoc -mdoc is pretty static at the moment.. --steffen
