From ef810458a7bc6ce5a3a72d30e72b090355d1502e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Barenblat Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2017 09:41:51 -0400 Subject: Reformat man page for style --- debian/urweb.1 | 790 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 415 insertions(+), 375 deletions(-) (limited to 'debian') diff --git a/debian/urweb.1 b/debian/urweb.1 index 939d2ca5..67bf7cbb 100644 --- a/debian/urweb.1 +++ b/debian/urweb.1 @@ -1,428 +1,468 @@ -.TH urweb 1 "July 20, 2017" -.\" urweb.1 -- man page for urweb - \" Copyright (C) 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Benjamin Barenblat - \" - \" Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not - \" use this file except in compliance with the License. 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See the +.\" License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations +.\" under the License. +.mso www.tmac +.TH URWEB 1 2017-07-20 .SH NAME -\fBurweb\fP \- compiler for the Ur/Web programming language +urweb \- compiler for the Ur/Web programming language .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBurweb\fP [\fIoption\fP|\fIproject-name\fP]... +.B urweb +.RI [\| option +\&...\|] +.RI [\| project-name \|] .br -\fBurweb daemon\fP [\fBstart\fP|\fBstop\fP] +.B urweb daemon +.RB (\| start \||\| stop \|) .SH DESCRIPTION +This manual page briefly documents the +.B urweb +compiler. +Extensive documentation is available in the Ur/Web reference manual. +.PP +.B urweb +is an optimizing compiler for Ur/Web, a functional, pure, statically typed, strictly evaluated programming language designed for constructing dynamic Web applications backed by SQL databases. +.B urweb +produces very efficient object code that does not use garbage collection; compiled programs will often be even more efficient than what most programmers would bother to write in C. +.PP +The first invocation described compiles an Ur/Web project, while the second invocation controls the type inference daemon (see +.BR "TYPE INFERENCE DAEMON" ). +For simple projects, only familiarity with the first invocation is required. +.SH OPTIONS +.B urweb +is a whole-program compiler (i.e., incremental compilation is not supported). +Thus, it operates at project granularity, and it is run from the command line with a collection of options and a project name. +The simplest case is to run +.B urweb +.IR foo , +where the file +.IR foo .ur +contains a valid Ur/Web program, in which case +.B urweb +will compile the program to the file +.IR foo .exe. +(Despite the extension of the generated files, +.B urweb +does not necessarily produce COFF executables; rather, it produces the default object format of the default C compiler.) .PP -This manual page briefly documents the \fBurweb\fP compiler. Extensive -documentation is available in the Ur/Web reference manual. - -\fBurweb\fP is an optimizing compiler for Ur/Web, a functional, pure, statically -typed, strictly evaluated programming language designed for constructing dynamic -Web applications backed by SQL databases. \fBurweb\fP produces very efficient -object code that does not use garbage collection; compiled programs will often -be even more efficient than what most programmers would bother to write in C. - -The first invocation described compiles an Ur/Web project (see -\fBCOMPILATION\fP), while the second invocation controls the type inference -daemon (see \fBTYPE INFERENCE DAEMON\fP). For simple projects, only -familiarity with the first invocation is required. - -.SH COMPILATION -\fBurweb\fP is a whole-program compiler (i.e., incremental compilation is not -supported). Thus, it operates at project granularity, and it is run from the -command line with a collection of options and a project name. The simplest -case is to run \fBurweb foo\fP, where the file \fBfoo.ur\fP contains a valid -Ur/Web program, in which case \fBurweb\fP will compile the program to the file -\fBfoo.exe\fP. (Despite the extension of the generated files, \fBurweb\fP does -not necessarily produce COFF executables; rather, it produces the default -object format of the default C compiler.) - Larger programs, spanning many files, may be compiled by specifying an -\fB.urp\fP (i.e., an Ur/Web project) file. The syntax of an \fB.urp\fP file is -relatively simple; see section 3.1 of the Ur/Web reference manual for details. - -With no arguments, \fBurweb\fP prints the version number and exits. - -.SH "Compiler options" -.TP -\fB\-ccompiler\fP \fIprogram\fP -Sets the executable name corresponding to the C compiler. \fBurweb\fP uses -\fBgcc\fP by default, but \fBclang\fP should also work. - -.TP -\fB\-db\fP \fIname\fP=\fIvalue\fP,... +.B .urp +(i.e., an Ur/Web project) file. +The syntax of an +.B .urp +file is relatively simple; see section 3.1 of the Ur/Web reference manual for details. +.PP +With no arguments, +.B urweb +prints the version number and exits. +.SS "Compiler options" +.TP +.B \-ccompiler \fIprogram\fR +Sets the executable name corresponding to the C compiler. +.B urweb +uses +.BR gcc (1) +by default, but +.BR clang (1) +should also work. +.TP +.B \-db \fIname\fR=\fIvalue\fR,... Sets database information using the format expected by Postgres's -\fIPQconnectdb\fP. If the database backend is MySQL or SQLite, \fBurweb\fP +.IR PQconnectdb . +If the database backend is MySQL or SQLite, +.B urweb will parse the information string to set connection parameters appropriately. -For MySQL, the only relevant parameters are \fIhost\fP, \fIhostaddr\fP, -\fIport\fP, \fIdbname\fP, \fIuser\fP, and \fIpassword\fP; for SQLite, the only -relevant parameter is \fIdbname\fP, which is interpreted as the file system -path to the database file. All unrecognized parameters are silently ignored. - -.TP -\fB\-dbms\fP (\fBpostgres\fP|\fBmysql\fP|\fBsqlite\fP) -Sets the database backend. If requested, \fBurweb\fP will also emit -initialization code for the selected backend; see the \fB\-sql\fP option. - -.TP -\fB\-debug\fP -Instructs \fBurweb\fP to emit the generated C code as \fI/tmp/webapp.c\fP. -Additionally, \fBurweb\fP will print the command-line options it passes to the -C compiler and linker as it executes. - -.TP -\fB\-dumpSource\fP -Instructs \fBurweb\fP to print a text-based form of the current intermediate -representation (IR) when compilation fails. Output will likely be extremely -long and not very human-readable. - -.TP -\fB\-dumpVerboseSource\fP -Instructs \fBurweb\fP to print a text-based form of every intermediate -representation it generates during compilation. Output will likely be extremely -long and not very human-readable. - -.TP -\fB\-dumpTypes\fP -If specified, \fBurweb\fP will print the types of all named values it finds -during compilation. - -.TP -\fB\-dumpTypesOnError\fP -Identical to \fB\-dumpTypes\fP, but only prints the types if compilation -fails. - -.TP -\fB\-explainEmbed\fP -Enables verbose error messages when \fBurweb\fP is unable to embed server-side -values in client-side code. - -.TP -\fB\-limit \fIclass\fP \fInum\fP -Sets a resource usage limit for generated applications. The limit \fIclass\fP -will be set to the non-negative integer \fInum\fP. The classes are: - +For MySQL, the only relevant parameters are +.IR host , +.IR hostaddr , +.IR port , +.IR dbname , +.IR user , +and +.IR password ; +for SQLite, the only relevant parameter is +.IR dbname , +which is interpreted as the file system path to the database file. +All unrecognized parameters are silently ignored. +.TP +.BR \-dbms " (\|" postgres \||\| mysql \||\| sqlite \|) +Sets the database backend. If requested, +.B urweb +will also emit initialization code for the selected backend; see the +.B \-sql +option. +.TP +.B \-debug +Instructs +.B urweb +to emit the generated C code as +.RI /tmp/ webapp .c. +Additionally, +.B urweb +will print the command-line options it passes to the C compiler and linker as it executes. +.TP +.B \-dumpSource +Instructs +.B urweb +to print a text-based form of the current intermediate representation (IR) when compilation fails. +Output will likely be extremely long and not very human-readable. +.TP +.B \-dumpVerboseSource +Instructs +.B urweb +to print a text-based form of every intermediate representation it generates during compilation. +Output will likely be extremely long and not very human-readable. +.TP +.B \-dumpTypes +If specified, +.B urweb +will print the types of all named values it finds during compilation. +.TP +.B \-dumpTypesOnError +Identical to +.BR \-dumpTypes , +but only prints the types if compilation fails. +.TP +.B \-explainEmbed +Enables verbose error messages when +.B urweb +is unable to embed server-side values in client-side code. +.TP +.B \-limit \fIclass\fR \fInum\fR +Sets a resource usage limit for generated applications. +The limit +.I class +will be set to the non-negative integer +.IR num . +The classes are: .RS -.IP \fBcleanup\fP -maximum number of cleanup operations (e.g., entries recording the need to -deallocate certain temporary objects) that may be active at once per request - -.IP \fBclients\fP -maximum number of clients that can be simultaneously blocked waiting for new -messages (sent by \fIBasis.send\fP) - -.IP \fBdatabase\fP -maximum size of database file (currently only used by SQLite), in units of -database pages - -.IP \fBdeltas\fP +.IP \fBcleanup\fR +maximum number of cleanup operations (e.g., entries recording the need to deallocate certain temporary objects) that may be active at once per request +.IP \fBclients\fR +maximum number of clients that can be simultaneously blocked waiting for new messages (sent by +.IR Basis.send ) +.IP \fBdatabase\fR +maximum size of database file (currently only used by SQLite), in units of database pages +.IP \fBdeltas\fR maximum number of messages sendable in a single request handler with -\fIBasis.send\fP - -.IP \fBglobals\fP -maximum number of global variables that FFI libraries may set in a single -request context - -.IP \fBheaders\fP -maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold HTTP headers for -generated pages - -.IP \fBheap\fP +.I Basis.send +.IP \fBglobals\fR +maximum number of global variables that FFI libraries may set in a single request context +.IP \fBheaders\fR +maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold HTTP headers for generated pages +.IP \fBheap\fR maximum size (in bytes) of per-request heap for dynamically allocated data - -.IP \fBinputs\fP +.IP \fBinputs\fR maximum number of top-level form fields per request - -.IP \fBmessages\fP +.IP \fBmessages\fR maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold a single outgoing -message sent with \fIBasis.send\fP - -.IP \fBpage\fP -maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold HTML content of -generated pages - -.IP \fBscript\fP -maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold JavaScript content -of generated pages - -.IP \fBsubinputs\fP +message sent with +.I Basis.send +.IP \fBpage\fR +maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold HTML content of generated pages +.IP \fBscript\fR +maximum size (in bytes) of per-request buffer used to hold JavaScript content of generated pages +.IP \fBsubinputs\fR maximum number of form fields per request, excluding top-level fields - -.IP \fBtime\fP -maximum running time of a single page request, in units of approximately 0.1 -seconds - -.IP \fBtransactionals\fP -maximum number of custom transactional actions (e.g., sending an e-mail) that -may be run in a single page generation +.IP \fBtime\fR +maximum running time of a single page request, in units of approximately 0.1 seconds +.IP \fBtransactionals\fR +maximum number of custom transactional actions (e.g., sending an e-mail) that may be run in a single page generation .RE - -.TP -\fB\-output\fP \fIfilename\fP -Sets where \fBurweb\fP will store the compiled executable. - -.TP -\fB\-path\fP \fIname\fP \fIvalue\fP -Defines a new path alias for use in \fB.urp\fP files. In particular, this -option specifies that all occurrences of $\fIname\fP in any \fB.urp\fP files -processed will be replaced with \fIvalue\fP. You may specify this option more -than once. - -.TP -\fB\-prefix\fP \fIprefix\fP -Sets the application prefix. This controls how Ur/Web functions are bound to -URIs; in particular, if \fIprefix\fP is \fI/directory/myapp.exe/\fP, then URIs -of the form \fI//example.com/directory/myapp.exe/Module/function\fP will -resolve to the function \fIModule.function\fP in Ur/Web. - -.TP -\fB\-protocol\fP (\fBhttp\fP|\fBcgi\fP|\fBfastcgi\fP|\fBstatic\fP) -Instructs \fBurweb\fP to produce an executable which speaks the specified -protocol: - +.TP +.B \-output \fIfilename\fR +Sets where +.B urweb +will store the compiled executable. +.TP +.B \-path \fIname\fR \fIvalue\fR +Defines a new path alias for use in +.B .urp +files. +In particular, this option specifies that all occurrences of +.RI $ name +in any +.B .urp +files processed will be replaced with +.IR value . +You may specify this option more than once. +.TP +.B \-prefix \fIprefix\fR +Sets the application prefix. +This controls how Ur/Web functions are bound to URIs; in particular, if +.I prefix +is +.IR /directory/myapp.exe/ , +then URIs of the form +.I //example.com/directory/myapp.exe/Module/function +will resolve to the function +.I Module.function +in Ur/Web. +.TP +.BR \-protocol " (\|" http \||\| cgi \||\| fastcgi \||\| static ) +Instructs +.B urweb +to produce an executable which speaks the specified protocol: .RS -.IP \fBhttp\fP -HTTP 1.1. \fBurweb\fP will generate a standalone server executable. - -.IP \fBcgi\fP -The Common Gateway Interface, the classic protocol that Web servers use to -generate dynamic content by spawning new processes. While Ur/Web programs may -in general use message-passing with the \fIsend\fP and \fIrecv\fP functions, -that functionality is not yet supported in CGI, since CGI needs a fresh process -for each request, and message-passing needs to use persistent sockets to -deliver messages. - -Since Ur/Web treats paths in an unusual way, you will need to configure Ur/Web -specially by setting the \fBprefix\fP directive in your \fB.urp\fP file or -passing the \fB\-prefix\fP option on the command line. For example, if you -deploy a Web application at \fI//example.com/directory/myapp.exe\fP, you -should specify \fI/directory/myapp.exe/\fP as the application prefix. See -section 3.2 of the Ur/Web reference manual for more information. - -.IP \fBfastcgi\fP -The faster, newer protocol inspired by CGI, wherein Web servers can start and -reuse persistent external processes to generate dynamic content. Ur/Web -doesn't implement the whole protocol, but Ur/Web's support has been tested to -work with both Apache and lighttpd. - -Applications which use message-passing, while supported, require special -configuration. In particular, if you're using Apache, be sure to specify a -large \fBidle-timout\fP; if you're using lighttpd, be sure to set -\fBmax-procs\fP to 1. The rationale for these configuration changes is -detailed in section 3.2 of the Ur/Web reference manual. - -.IP \fBstatic\fP -The simplest possible protocol. \fBurweb\fP will generate an output executable -which expects a single command-line argument giving the URI of a page to -generate. For instance, this argument might be \fI/main\fP, in which case a -static HTTP response for that page will be written to standard output. +.IP \fBhttp\fR +HTTP 1.1. +.B urweb +will generate a standalone server executable. +.IP \fBcgi\fR +The Common Gateway Interface, +.BR cgi (5). +This is the classic protocol that Web servers use to generate dynamic content by spawning new processes. +While Ur/Web programs may in general use message-passing with the +.I send +and +.I recv +functions, that functionality is not yet supported in CGI, since CGI needs a fresh process for each request, and message-passing needs to use persistent sockets to deliver messages. +.IP +Since Ur/Web treats paths in an unusual way, you will need to configure Ur/Web specially by setting the +.B prefix +directive in your +.B .urp +file or passing the +.B \-prefix +option on the command line. +For example, if you deploy a Web application at +.IR //example.com/directory/myapp.exe , +you should specify +.I /directory/myapp.exe/ +as the application prefix. +See section 3.2 of the Ur/Web reference manual for more information. +.IP \fBfastcgi\fR +The faster, newer protocol inspired by CGI, wherein Web servers can start and reuse persistent external processes to generate dynamic content. +Ur/Web doesn't implement the whole protocol, but Ur/Web's support has been tested to work with both Apache and lighttpd. +.IP +Applications which use message-passing, while supported, require special configuration. +In particular, if you're using Apache, be sure to specify a large +.BR idle-timout ; +if you're using lighttpd, be sure to set +.B max-procs +to 1. +The rationale for these configuration changes is detailed in section 3.2 of the Ur/Web reference manual. +.IP \fBstatic\fR +The simplest possible protocol. +.B urweb +will generate an output executable which expects a single command-line argument giving the URI of a page to generate. +For instance, this argument might be +.IR /main , +in which case a static HTTP response for that page will be written to standard output. .RE - .TP -\fB\-root\fP \fIName\fP \fIpath\fP +.B \-root \fIName\fR \fIpath\fR Triggers an alternate module convention for all source files found in directory -\fIpath\fP or any of its subdirectories. In particular, any file -\fIpath\fP/foo.ur will define a module called \fIName.Foo\fP instead of the -usual \fIFoo\fP. Any file \fIpath\fP/subdir/foo.ur will define a module called -\fIName.Subdir.Foo\fP, and so on for arbitrary nesting of subdirectories. You -may specify this option more than once. - -.TP -\fB\-sigfile\fP \fIpath\fP -If specified, the compiled application will look at \fIpath\fP for a key to use -in cryptographic signing. This is used to prevent cross-site request forgery -attacks for any form handler that both reads a cookie and creates side effects. -If the referenced file doesn't exist, the application will create it and read -its saved data on future invocations. You can also initialize the file -manually with any contents at least 16 bytes long; the first 16 bytes will be -treated as the key. - - -.TP -\fB\-sql\fP \fIfile\fP -Requests that \fBurweb\fP generate database initialization code for the -selected database backend, storing it in \fIfile\fP. If \fIfile\fP already -exists, \fBurweb\fP will overwrite it. - -Note that the generated instructions will not create the application database; -you must do that yourself. - -.TP -\fB\-static\fP -Instructs \fBurweb\fP to statically link the generated executable. - -.TP -\fB\-timing\fP -If specified, \fBurweb\fP will print a timing report at the end of compilation -showing the number of seconds required for each stage of the compilation -process. - -.TP -\fB\-unifyMore\fP -Instructs \fBurweb\fP's type inference engine to make best-effort guesses -rather than immediately failing when performing type inference. If -\fB\-dumpTypes\fP shows unresolved unification variables in positions where you -would like to see \fBurweb\fP make best-guesses effort instead, specify this -option. - -Correct programs compiled with \fB\-unifyMore\fP will be identical to their -counterparts compiled without it; however, \fBurweb\fP will likely generate -many more (and potentially more useful) error messages at a time when asked to -compile an incorrect program with this flag. - -.TP -\fB\-verbose\fP -Instructs \fBurweb\fP to announce the stages of the compilation process as it -performs them. - -.SH "Options which inhibit compilation" -When run with any of these options, \fBurweb\fP will not produce executable -output. - -.TP -\fB\-css\fP -Dumps generated CSS properties and classes. The first output line is a list of -categories of CSS properties that would be worth setting on the document body. -The remaining lines are space-separated pairs of CSS class names and categories -of properties that would be worth setting for that class. The category codes -are divided into two varieties. Codes that reveal properties of a tag or its -(recursive) children are - +.I path +or any of its subdirectories. +In particular, any file +.IR path / foo .ur +will define a module called +.IR Name . Foo +instead of the usual +.IR Foo . +Any file +.IR path / subdir / foo .ur +will define a module called +.IR Name . Subdir . Foo , +and so on for arbitrary nesting of subdirectories. +You may specify this option more than once. +.TP +.B \-sigfile \fIpath\fR +If specified, the compiled application will look at +.I path +for a key to use in cryptographic signing. +This is used to prevent cross-site request forgery attacks for any form handler that both reads a cookie and creates side effects. +If the referenced file doesn't exist, the application will create it and read its saved data on future invocations. +You can also initialize the file manually with any contents at least 16 bytes long; the first 16 bytes will be treated as the key. +.TP +.B \-sql \fIfile\fR +Requests that +.B urweb +generate database initialization code for the selected database backend, storing it in +.IR file . +If +.I file +already exists, +.B urweb +will overwrite it. +.IP +Note that the generated instructions will not create the application database; you must do that yourself. +.TP +.B \-static +Instructs +.B urweb +to statically link the generated executable. +.TP +.B \-timing +If specified, +.B urweb +will print a timing report at the end of compilation showing the number of seconds required for each stage of the compilation process. +.TP +.B \-unifyMore +Instructs +.BR urweb 's +type inference engine to make best-effort guesses rather than immediately failing when performing type inference. +If +.B \-dumpTypes +shows unresolved unification variables in positions where you would like to see +.B urweb +make best-guesses effort instead, specify this option. +.IP +Correct programs compiled with +.B \-unifyMore +will be identical to their counterparts compiled without it; however, +.B urweb +will likely generate many more (and potentially more useful) error messages at a time when asked to compile an incorrect program with this flag. +.TP +.B \-verbose +Instructs +.B urweb +to announce the stages of the compilation process as it performs them. +.SS "Options which inhibit compilation" +When run with any of these options, +.B urweb +will not produce executable output. +.TP +.B \-css +Dumps generated CSS properties and classes. +The first output line is a list of categories of CSS properties that would be worth setting on the document body. +The remaining lines are space-separated pairs of CSS class names and categories of properties that would be worth setting for that class. +The category codes are divided into two varieties. +Codes that reveal properties of a tag or its (recursive) children are .RS -.IP \fBB\fP +.IP \fBB\fR for block-level elements, -.IP \fBC\fP +.IP \fBC\fR for table captions, -.IP \fBD\fP +.IP \fBD\fR for table cells, -.IP \fBL\fP +.IP \fBL\fR for lists, and -.IP \fBT\fP +.IP \fBT\fR for tables. .RE - -.RS +.IP Codes that reveal properties of the precise tag that uses a class are - -.IP \fBb\fP +.RS +.IP \fBb\fR for block-level elements, -.IP \fBt\fP +.IP \fBt\fR for tables, -.IP \fBd\fP +.IP \fBd\fR for table cells, -.IP \fB\-\fP +.IP \fB\-\fR for table rows, -.IP \fBH\fP +.IP \fBH\fR for the possibility to set a height, -.IP \fBN\fP +.IP \fBN\fR for non-replaced inline-level elements, -.IP \fBR\fP +.IP \fBR\fR for replaced inline elements, and -.IP \fBW\fP +.IP \fBW\fR for the possibility to set a width. .RE -.RE - .TP -\fB\-moduleOf\fP \fIfile\fP -Prints the Ur module name corresponding to the source file \fIfile\fP. - -.TP -\fB\-numeric\-version\fP -Prints the version of the compiler executable without any associated English -text. Suitable for use in scripts. - -.TP -\fB\-print\-ccompiler\fP -Prints the executable name of the compiler that \fBurweb\fP will use. - -.TP -\fB\-print\-cinclude\fP -Prints the file system location in which \fBurweb\fP will look for C headers. - -.TP -\fB\-tc\fP -If specified, \fBurweb\fP will stop after the typechecking phase. Liberal use -of this option can substantially speed development, as \fBurweb\fP's +.B \-moduleOf \fIfile\fR +Prints the Ur module name corresponding to the source file +.IR file . +.TP +.B \-numeric\-version +Prints the version of the compiler executable without any associated English text. +Suitable for use in scripts. +.TP +.B \-print\-ccompiler +Prints the executable name of the compiler that +.B urweb +will use. +.TP +.B \-print\-cinclude +Prints the file system location in which +.B urweb +will look for C headers. +.TP +.B \-tc +If specified, +.B urweb +will stop after the typechecking phase. +Liberal use of this option can substantially speed development, as +.BR urweb 's optimization passes can take quite a while. - .TP -\fB\-version\fP -Prints the version of the compiler executable. Output is identical to -\fBurweb\fP output when run without arguments. - -.SH "Documentation options" +.B \-version +Prints the version of the compiler executable. +Output is identical to +.B urweb +output when run without arguments. +.SS "Documentation options" These options customize Ur/Web's documentation generator. - .TP -\fB\-demo\fP +.B \-demo Performs demo-style formatting. - -.TP -\fB\-guided\-demo\fP -Performs demo-style formatting, but sizes frames to allocate less space to -explanatory text. Useful for generating presentations. - .TP -\fB\-noEmacs\fP -When used with \fB\-demo\fP, causes \fBurweb\fP to \fInot\fP use Emacs to -syntax-highlight code. The resulting code will not be highlighted. - -.TP -\fB\-tutorial\fP +.B \-guided\-demo +Performs demo-style formatting, but sizes frames to allocate less space to explanatory text. +Useful for generating presentations. +.TP +.B \-noEmacs +When used with +.BR \-demo , +causes +.B urweb +to +.I not +use Emacs to syntax-highlight code. +The resulting code will not be highlighted. +.TP +.B \-tutorial Performs tutorial-style formatting. - -.SH "Internal options" -These options are not meant for users; they are used to build \fBurweb\fP +.SS "Internal options" +These options are not meant for users; they are used to build +.B urweb releases and to debug the compiler. - -.TP -\fB\-boot\fP -Places \fBurweb\fP into bootstrap mode. Used when building the standard -library for the first time. - -\fB\-stop\fP \fIphase\fP -Causes \fBurweb\fP to exit after the specified phase of compilation. - +.TP +.B \-boot +Places +.B urweb +into bootstrap mode. +Used when building the standard library for the first time. +.TP +.B \-stop \fIphase\fR +Causes +.B urweb +to exit after the specified phase of compilation. .SH "TYPE INFERENCE DAEMON" -Since Ur/Web type inference can take a significant amount of time, it can be -helpful to cache type-inferred versions of source files. This mode can be -activated by running - +Since Ur/Web type inference can take a significant amount of time, it can be helpful to cache type-inferred versions of source files. +This mode can be activated by running .RS -\fBurweb daemon start\fP +.B urweb daemon start .RE - -Further urweb invocations in the same working directory will send requests to a -background daemon process that reuses type inference results whenever possible, -tracking source file dependencies and modification times. - +Further +.B urweb +invocations in the same working directory will send requests to a background daemon process that reuses type inference results whenever possible, tracking source file dependencies and modification times. +.PP To stop the background daemon, run - .RS -\fBurweb daemon stop\fP +.B urweb daemon stop .RE - -Communication happens via a Unix domain socket in file .urweb_daemon in the -working directory. - +Communication happens via a Unix domain socket in file .urweb_daemon in the working directory. .SH BUGS -\fBurweb\fP is a product of research; while it is intended to be usable for -real work, it may occasionally fail to produce optimal results. If you believe -you've found a bug (e.g., the compiler throws an unhandled exception), contact -the Ur/Web mailing list, \fIur@impredicative.com\fP. - +.B urweb +is a product of research; while it is intended to be usable for real work, it may occasionally fail to produce optimal results. +If you believe you've found a bug (e.g., the compiler throws an unhandled exception), contact the Ur/Web mailing list, +.MTO ur@impredicative.com "" . .SH COPYRIGHT -\fBurweb\fP is copyright \(co 2008-2017 Adam Chlipala and licensed under the -3-clause BSD license . - -This manual page is copyright \(co 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 Benjamin Barenblat and -licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. +.B urweb +is copyright \(co 2008-2017 Adam Chlipala and licensed under the +.URL http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#5 "3-clause BSD license" . +.PP +This manual page is copyright \(co 2013, 2015\(em2017 Benjamin Barenblat and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. -- cgit v1.2.3