# mpexpand(n) 1.0 doctools "Documentation toolbox"

## NAME

mpexpand - Markup processor

## SYNOPSIS

mpexpand ?-module module? format infile|- outfile|-
mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?

## DESCRIPTION

This manpage describes the processor / converter for manpages in the format described in the manpage mp_rules.

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 &quot;-&quot; the processor will read from stdin. If outfile is &quot;-&quot; the processor will write to stdout.
  If the option -module is present its value overides the internal 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 TMML output, the Tcl Manpage Markup Language, a derivative of XML.
  latex
    The processor generates LaTeX output.
mpexpand.all ?-verbose? ?module?
  This command uses mpexpand to generate all possible output formats for all manpages in the current directory. The manpages are recognized through the extension .man. If -verbose is specified the command will list its actions before executing them.
  The module information is passed to mpexpand.

## NOTES

The interface between the manpage processor and a file specifying the conversion to an output format is described in the manpage formatter(n).

Possible future formats are plain text, latex, pdf and postscript.

## SEE ALSO

expander(n), format(n), formatter(n)

## KEYWORDS

manpage, TMML, HTML, nroff, conversion, markup