mailto(karel@icce.rug.nl)
latexoptions(dina4)

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manpage(yodl)
	(1)
        (25AUG98)
	(The Yodl Package)
	(Yodl)

manpagename(yodl)(main Yodl converter)

manpagesynopsis()

    bf(yodl) [OPTION]... [FILE]...

manpagedescription()


Yodl is a package that implements a pre-document language and tools to
process it.  The idea of Yodl is that you write up a document in a
pre-language, then use the tools (eg.  yodl2html) to convert it to some
final document language.  Current converters are for HTML, ms, man, LaTeX
SGML and texinfo, plus a poor-man's text converter.  Main document types are
"article", "report", "book" and "manpage".  The Yodl document language is
designed to be easy to use and extensible.

manpageoptions()

includefile(../include/yodl-options)

manpagefiles()

    The bf(yodl) program requires no files, but `normal' usage of the Yodl
    package requires macro files installed in file(/home/fred/usr/share/yodl). The
    files in this directory are included by the converters bf(yodl2txt) etc..

manpageseealso()
gagmacrowarning(yodlconverters yodlmacros yodlmanpage)

    startit()

        it() bf(yodlconverters(1)): information on bf(yodl2tex), bf(yodl2html),
	bf(yodl2man), etc., these are the conversion programs for specific
	destination formats LaTeX, HTML, man, ...
        
        it() bf(yodlmacros(7)): short description of the macros of the 
        converters.

        it() bf(yodlmanpage(7)): specific description of the bf(manpage) 
        document type. 

    endit()

manpagediagnostics()

    Warnings and errors of bf(yodl) are too many to enumerate, but all errors
    are printed to em(stderr) after which bf(yodl) exits with a non-zero
    status.

manpagebugs()

    There may be bugs in the bf(yodl) program, but that's not very likely.
    More likely you'll encounter bugs or omissions in the macro package
    itself.

    Send bug reports and fixes to the Yodl list: email(yodl@icce.rug.nl)

manpageauthor()
Please consult the documentation file file(AUTHORS.txt) for more detailed
information, and small contributions. 

itemize(
it()nemail(Karel Kubat)(karel@icce.rug.nl)
    lurl(http://www.icce.rug.nl/karel/karel.html)
it()nemail(Jan Nieuwenhuizen)(janneke@gnu.org)
    lurl(http://www.xs4all.nl/~jantien)
)

