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35.Dd March 14, 1991
36.Dt CHECKNR 1
37.Os BSD 4
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm checknr
40.Nd check nroff/troff files
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm checknr
43.Op Fl a Ns Ar \&.x1.y1.x2.y2. ... \&.xn.yn
44.Op Fl c Ns Ar \&.x1.x2.x3 ... \&.xn
45.Op Fl s
46.Op Fl f
47.Ar file
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49.Nm Checknr
50checks a list of
51.Xr nroff 1
52or
53.Xr troff 1
54input files for certain kinds of errors
55involving mismatched opening and closing delimiters
56and unknown commands.
57If no files are specified,
58.Nm checknr
59checks the standard input.
60.Pp
61Options:
62.Bl -tag -width Ds
63.It Fl a
64Add additional pairs of macros to the list of known macros.
65This must be followed by groups of six characters, each group defining
66a pair of macros.
67The six characters are
68a period,
69the first macro name,
70another period,
71and the second macro name.
72For example, to define a pair .BS and .ES, use
73.Sq Li \-a.BS.ES
74.It Fl c
75Define commands which would otherwise be complained about
76as undefined.
77.It Fl f
78Request
79.Nm checknr
80to ignore
81.Ql \ef
82font changes.
83.It Fl s
84Ignore
85.Ql \es
86size changes.
87.El
88.Pp
89Delimiters checked are:
90.Bl -enum
91.It
92Font changes using \efx ... \efP.
93.It
94Size changes using \esx ... \es0.
95.It
96Macros that come in open ... close forms, for example,
97the .TS and .TE macros which must always come in pairs.
98.El
99.Pp
100.Nm Checknr
101is intended for use on documents that are prepared with
102.Nm checknr
103in mind, much the same as
104.Xr lint 1 .
105It expects a certain document writing style for
106.Ql \ef
107and
108.Ql \es
109commands,
110in that each
111.Ql \efx
112must be terminated with
113.Ql \efP
114and
115each
116.Ql \esx
117must be terminated with
118.Ql \es0 .
119While it will work to directly go into the next font or explicitly
120specify the original font or point size,
121and many existing documents actually do this,
122such a practice will produce complaints from
123.Nm checknr .
124Since it is probably better to use the
125.Ql \efP
126and
127.Ql \es0
128forms anyway,
129you should think of this as a contribution to your document
130preparation style.
131.Pp
132.Nm Checknr
133knows about the
134.Xr ms 7
135and
136.Xr me 7
137macro packages.
138.Sh SEE ALSO
139.Xr nroff 1 ,
140.Xr troff 1 ,
141.Xr checkeq 1 ,
142.Xr ms 7 ,
143.Xr me 7
144.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
145.Bd -ragged -compact
146Complaints about unmatched delimiters.
147Complaints about unrecognized commands.
148Various complaints about the syntax of commands.
149.Ed
150.Sh BUGS
151There is no way to define a 1 character macro name using
152.Fl a .
153.Pp
154Does not correctly recognize certain reasonable constructs,
155such as conditionals.
156.Sh HISTORY
157The
158.Nm
159command appeared in
160.Bx 4.0 .
161