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8.Dd
9.Dt CHECKNR 1
10.Os BSD 4
11.Sh NAME
12.Nm checknr
13.Nd check nroff/troff files
14.Sh SYNOPSIS
15.Nm checknr
16.Op Fl s
17.Op Fl f
18.Op Fl \&a Ar \&.x1.y1.x2.y2. ... \&.xn.yn
19.Op Fl \&c Ar \&.x1.x2.x3 ... \&.xn
20.Ar file
21.Sh DESCRIPTION
22.Nm Checknr
23checks a list of
24.Xr nroff 1
25or
26.Xr troff 1
27input files for certain kinds of errors
28involving mismatched opening and closing delimiters
29and unknown commands.
30If no files are specified,
31.Nm checknr
32checks the standard input.
33Delimiters checked are:
34.Pp
35.Dl Font changes using \efx ... \efP.
36.Pp
37.Dl Size changes using \esx ... \es0.
38.Pp
39.Df I
40Macros that come in open ... close forms, for example,
41the .TS and .TE macros which must always come in pairs.
42.De
43.Pp
44Options:
45.Tp Fl a
46Add additional pairs of macros to the list of known macros.
47This must be followed by groups of six characters, each group defining
48a pair of macros.
49The six characters are
50a period,
51the first macro name,
52another period,
53and the second macro name.
54For example, to define a pair .BS and .ES, use
55.Cx Ar a
56.Li \&.BS.ES
57.Cx
58.Pp
59.Tp Fl c
60Define commands which would otherwise be complained about
61as undefined.
62.Tp Fl f
63Request
64.Nm checknr
65to ignore \ef font changes.
66.Tp Fl s
67Ignore \es size changes.
68.Tp
69.Pp
70.Nm Checknr
71is intended to be used on documents that are prepared with
72.Nm checknr
73in mind, much the same as
74.Xr lint 1 .
75It expects a certain document writing style for \ef and \es commands,
76in that each \efx must be terminated with \efP and
77each \esx must be terminated with \es0.
78While it will work to directly go into the next font or explicitly
79specify the original font or point size,
80and many existing documents actually do this,
81such a practice will produce complaints from
82.Nm checknr
83Since it is probably better to use the \efP and \es0 forms anyway,
84you should think of this as a contribution to your document
85preparation style.
86.Pp
87.Nm Checknr
88knows about the
89.Xr ms 7
90and
91.Xr me 7
92macro packages.
93.Sh SEE ALSO
94.Xr nroff 1 ,
95.Xr troff 1 ,
96.Xr checkeq 1 ,
97.Xr ms 7 ,
98.Xr me 7
99.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
100.Ds L
101Complaints about unmatched delimiters.
102Complaints about unrecognized commands.
103Various complaints about the syntax of commands.
104.De
105.Sh BUGS
106There is no way to define a 1 character macro name using
107.Fl a .
108.Pp
109Does not correctly recognize certain reasonable constructs,
110such as conditionals.
111.Sh HISTORY
112.Nm
113appeared in 4.0 BSD.
114