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authorLev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>2014-10-23 01:54:58 -0700
committerLev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>2014-10-23 02:07:54 -0700
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diff --git a/asn1c/asn1c.1 b/asn1c/asn1c.1
index 67935488..8d837ea9 100644
--- a/asn1c/asn1c.1
+++ b/asn1c/asn1c.1
@@ -1,138 +1,119 @@
-.TH asn1c 1 "\*(Dt" "ASN.1 Compiler" "ASN.1 Compiler"
+.TH asn1c 1 "2014-10-23" "ASN.1 Compiler"
+.if n .ad l \" Turn off justifications
+.nh \" Turn off hyphenation; can damage formatting in technical documents.
.SH NAME
-asn1c \- ASN.1 Compiler
+asn1c \(em the ASN.1 Compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
asn1c [\fB\-E\fR [\fB-F\fR] | \fB\-P\fR | \fB\-R\fR]
[\fB\-S\fR\fIdir\fR] [\fB-X\fR]
[\fB\-W\fR\fIdebug-\fR...] [\fB\-f\fR\fIoption\fR] [\fB\-gen-\fR\fIoption\fR] [\fB\-pdu=\fR{\fBall\fR|\fBauto\fR|\fIType\fR}\fR]
[\fB\-print-\fR\fIoption\fR]
- \fIinfile\fR...
+ \fIinput-filenames\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
asn1c compiles ASN.1 specifications into a set of
target language (C/C++) encoders and decoders for BER, DER, PER, XER
and other encoding rules.
.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
-\fIOverall Options\fR
-\fB\-E \-F \-P \-R\fR
-.BI "\-S " directory
-\fB\-X
-.TP
-\fIWarning Options\fR
-.br
-\fB\-Werror \-Wdebug-lexer \-Wdebug-fixer \-Wdebug-compiler\fR
-.TP
-\fILanguage Options\fR
-.br
-\fB\-fbless-SIZE \-fcompound-names \-findirect-choice
-.BI "\-fknown-extern-type="<name>
-\fB\-fno-constraints \-fno-include-deps \-funnamed-unions \-fwide-types
-.TP
-\fICodecs Generation Options\fR
-.br
-.B \-gen-PER \-pdu=\fR{\fBall\fR|\fBauto\fR|\fIType\fR}
-.TP
-\fIOutput Options\fR
-.br
-.B \-print-constraints \-print-lines
-.SH OVERALL OPTIONS
-.TP
+.SS Stage Selection Options
+.TP 4
.B \-E
-Stop after the parsing stage and print the reconstructed ASN.1
-specification code to the standard output.
-.TP
+Run the parsing stage only.
+Print the reconstructed ASN.1 text.
+.TP 4
.B \-F
-Used together with \c
+Used together with
.B \-E\c
, instructs the compiler to stop after the ASN.1 syntax
tree fixing stage and dump the reconstructed ASN.1 specification
to the standard output.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-P
Dump the compiled output to the standard output instead of creating the
target language files on disk.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-R
Restrict the compiler to generate only the ASN.1 tables,
omitting the usual support code.
-.TP
+.TP 4
\fB\-S\fR \fIdirectory\fR
Use the specified directory with ASN.1 skeleton files.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-X
Generate an XML DTD schema for the specified ASN.1 files.
-.SH WARNING OPTIONS
-.TP
+.SS Warning Options
+.TP 4
.B \-Werror
Treat warnings as errors; abort if any warning is produced.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-Wdebug-lexer
Enable lexer debugging during the ASN.1 parsing stage.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-Wdebug-fixer
Enable ASN.1 syntax tree fixer debugging during the fixing stage.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-Wdebug-compiler
Enable debugging during the actual compile time.
-.SH LANGUAGE OPTIONS
-.TP
+.SS Language Options
+.TP 4
.B \-fbless-SIZE
Allow SIZE() constraint for INTEGER, ENUMERATED, and other types for which this
-constraint is normally prohibited by the standard. This is a violation of
-ASN.1 standard, and the compiler may fail to produce a meaningful code.
-.TP
+constraint is normally prohibited by the standard.
+This is a violation of ASN.1 standard, and the compiler may
+fail to\ produce a meaningful code.
+.TP 4
.B \-fcompound-names
Using this option prevents name collisions in the target source code
-by using complex names for target language structures. (Name collisions
-may occur if the ASN.1 module reuses the same identifiers in multiple
-contexts).
-.TP
+by using complex names for target language structures.
+(Name\ collisions may occur if the ASN.1 module reuses the same identifiers
+in multiple contexts).
+.TP 4
.B \-findirect-choice
When generating code for a CHOICE type, compile the CHOICE members as indirect
-pointers instead of declaring them inline. Consider using this option
-together with
+pointers instead of declaring them inline.
+Consider using this option together with
.B \-fno-include-deps
to prevent circular references.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.BI "\-fknown-extern-type="<name>
-Pretend the specified type is known. The compiler will assume the target
-language source files for the given type have been provided manually.
-.TP
+Pretend the specified type is known.
+The compiler will assume the target language source files
+for the given type have been provided manually.
+.TP 4
.B \-fno-constraints
-Do not generate ASN.1 subtype constraint checking code. This may make a shorter executable.
-.TP
+Do not generate ASN.1 subtype constraint checking code.
+This may make a shorter executable.
+.TP 4
.B \-fno-include-deps
Do not generate courtesy #include lines for non-critical type dependencies.
Helps prevent namespace collisions.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-funnamed-unions
Enable unnamed unions in the definitions of target language's structures.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-fwide-types
Use the unbounded size data types (INTEGER_t, ENUMERATED_t, REAL_t) by default,
instead of the native machine's data types (long, double).
-.SH CODECS GENERATION OPTIONS
-.TP
+.SS Codecs Generation Options
+.TP 4
.B \-gen-PER
Generate Packed Encoding Rules (PER) support code.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-pdu=\fR{\fBall\fR|\fBauto\fR|\fIType\fR}
-Create a PDU table for specified types, or discover Protocol Data Units
-automatically. In case of -pdu=\fBall\fR, all ASN.1 types defined in
-all modules will form a PDU table. In case of -pdu=\fBauto\fR, all types
-not referenced by any other type will form a PDU table.
-If \fIType\fR is an ASN.1 type identifier, it is added to a PDU table.
-The last form may be specified multiple times to add any number of PDUs.
-.SH OUTPUT OPTIONS
-.TP
+Create a PDU table for specified types, or discover Protocol Data Units automatically.
+In case of -pdu=\fBall\fR, all ASN.1 types defined in all modules will form a PDU table.
+In case of -pdu=\fBauto\fR, all types not referenced by any other type will form a PDU table.
+If\ \fIType\fR is an ASN.1 type identifier, it is added to a PDU table.
+The\ last form may be specified multiple times to add any number of PDUs.
+.SS Output Options
+.TP 4
.B \-print-constraints
When -EF are also specified, this option forces the compiler to explain
its internal understanding of subtype constraints.
-.TP
+.TP 4
.B \-print-lines
Generate "-- #line" comments in \fB-E\fR output.
.SH SEE ALSO
-.TP
+.TP 4
\&\fIunber\fR\|(1), \&\fIenber\fR\|(1)
.SH AUTHORS
Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>
diff --git a/asn1c/enber.1 b/asn1c/enber.1
index f3503728..999917eb 100644
--- a/asn1c/enber.1
+++ b/asn1c/enber.1
@@ -1,49 +1,53 @@
-.de Vb
+.TH enber 1 "2014-10-23" "unber counterpart"
+.if n .ad l \" Turn off justifications
+.nh \" Turn off hyphenation; can damage formatting in technical documents.
+.de Vb \" Verbatim begin.
.sp
+.in +4
.ft CW
.nf
..
-.de Ve
+.de Ve \" Verbatim end.
.ft R
+.in
.fi
-.sp
..
-.TH enber 1 "\*(Dt" "unber counterpart" "unber counterpart"
.SH NAME
-enber \- Convert the unber XML output back into BER
+enber \(em Convert the unber XML output back into BER
.SH SYNOPSIS
-enber [\fB-n\fR] [\fB-\fR] [\fIinfile\fR...]
+enber [\fB\-n\fR] [\fB\-\fR] [\fIinput-filenames\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
enber convers the XML-formatted files produced by \fIunber\fR\|(1) back into the BER format.
A single dash denotes the standard input.
.SH OPTIONS
-.TP
+.TP 4
\fB\-n\fR
-Disable input validation. By default, enber performs some basic validity checks
+Disable input validation.
+By default, enber performs some basic validity checks
against XML input.
.SH EXAMPLES
Decode a BER sequence and immediately encode it back
.Vb
-\& unber \fB-p\fR \fIfilename.ber\fR | enber \fB-\fR > \fIreconstructed.ber\fR
+unber \fB\-p\fR \fIfilename.ber\fR | enber \fB\-\fR > \fIreconstructed.ber\fR
.Ve
.SH FOOTNOTES
-This program does not attempt to perform full-fledged XML parsing. It is merely
-compatible with \fIunber\fR\|(1)'s output.
+This program does not attempt to perform full-fledged XML parsing.
+It is merely compatible with \fIunber\fR\|(1)'s output.
In particular, XML style comments are not supported.
A hash "\fB#\fR" or two dashes "\fB--\fR" following a whitespace is treated as a beginning of a comment line, which is ignored completely.
Empty lines are ignored as well.
.P
The following example demostrates the use of comments:
.Vb
-\& <C O="0" T="[1]" TL="2" V="2">
-\& <I O="2" T="[1]" TL="2" V="Indefinite">
-\& \fB--\fR </I O="4" T="[UNIVERSAL 0]" L="4">
-\& \fB#\fR Do not terminate:
-\& \fB#\fR the absence of end-of-content octets is intentional!
-\& </C O="6" T="[1]" L="6">
+<C O="0" T="[1]" TL="2" V="2">
+ <I O="2" T="[1]" TL="2" V="Indefinite">
+ \fB--\fR </I O="4" T="[UNIVERSAL 0]" L="4">
+ \fB#\fR Do not terminate:
+ \fB#\fR the absence of end-of-content octets is intentional!
+</C O="6" T="[1]" L="6">
.Ve
.SH SEE ALSO
.TP
-\&\fIunber\fR\|(1), \&\fIasn1c\fR\|(1)
+\fIunber\fR\|(1), \&\fIasn1c\fR\|(1)
.SH AUTHORS
Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>
diff --git a/asn1c/unber.1 b/asn1c/unber.1
index f2901e0d..e2725bd1 100644
--- a/asn1c/unber.1
+++ b/asn1c/unber.1
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
-.de Vb
+.TH unber 1 "2014-10-23" "ASN.1 BER Decoder"
+.if n .ad l \" Turn off justifications
+.nh \" Turn off hyphenation; can damage formatting in technical documents.
+.de Vb \" Verbatim.
.sp
.ft CW
.nf
..
-.de Ve
+.de Vbi \" Verbatim, indented.
+.sp
+.ft CW
+.nf
+.in +4
+..
+.de Ve \" Verbatim end.
.ft R
+.in
.fi
.sp
..
-.TH unber 1 "\*(Dt" "ASN.1 BER Decoder" "ASN.1 BER Decoder"
.SH NAME
-unber \- ASN.1 BER Decoder
+unber \(em the ASN.1 BER Decoder
.SH SYNOPSIS
-unber [\fB-1\fR] [\fB-i\fRindent] [\fB-m\fR] [\fB-p\fR] [\fB\-s\fR\fIskip\fR] [\fB\-t\fR\fIhex-string\fR] [\fB-\fR] [\fIinfile\fR...]
+unber [\fB\-1\fR] [\fB\-i\fRindent] [\fB\-m\fR] [\fB\-p\fR] [\fB\-s\fR\fIskip\fR] [\fB\-t\fR\fIhex\-string\fR] [\fB\-\fR] [\fIinput-filenames\fR...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
unber presents the internal structure of BER-encoded files as human readable text.
A single dash denotes the standard input.
@@ -26,14 +35,16 @@ This may be useful if the input contains garbage past the single BER sequence.
By default, unber continues decoding until the end of file (input stream).
.TP
\fB\-i\fR \fIindent\fR
-Use the specified number of spaces for output indentation. Default is 4 spaces.
+Use the specified number of spaces for output indentation.
+Default is 4 spaces.
.TP
\fB\-m\fR
Generate shorter output while still preserving BER encoding information.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR
-Do \fInot\fR attempt pretty-printing of known ASN.1 types (BOOLEAN, INTEGER, OBJECT IDENTIFIER, etc). By default, some ASN.1 types are converted into
-the text representation. This option is required for \&\fIenber\fR\|(1).
+Do \fInot\fR attempt pretty-printing of known ASN.1 types (BOOLEAN, INTEGER, OBJECT IDENTIFIER, etc).
+By default, some ASN.1 types are converted into the text representation.
+This option is required for \&\fIenber\fR\|(1).
.TP
\fB\-s\fR \fIskip\fR
Ignore the first \fIskip\fR bytes in the input stream; useful for stripping off
@@ -41,14 +52,15 @@ lower level protocol framing data.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR \fIhex-string\fR
Interpret the hex-string as a sequence of hexadecimal values representing
-the start of BER TLV encoding. Print the human readable explanation.
+the start of BER TLV encoding.
+Print the human readable explanation.
.SH XML FORMAT
unber dumps the output in the regular XML format which preserves most of the
information from the underlying binary encoding.
.P
The XML opening tag format is as follows:
.Vb
-\&<\fBtform\fR O="\fBoff\fR" T="\fBtag\fR" TL="\fBtl_len\fR" V="{Indefinite|\fBv_len\fR}" [A="\fBtype\fR"] [\fBF\fR]>
+<\fBtform\fR O="\fBoff\fR" T="\fBtag\fR" TL="\fBtl_len\fR" V="{Indefinite|\fBv_len\fR}" [A="\fBtype\fR"] [\fBF\fR]>
.Ve
Where:
.TP
@@ -71,33 +83,34 @@ The length of the value (V, encoded by the L), may be "Indefinite".
Likely name of the underlying ASN.1 type (for UNIVERSAL tags).
.TP
[\fBF\fR]
-Indicates that the value was reformatted (pretty-printed). This will never appear in the output produced using \fB-p\fR command line option.
+Indicates that the value was reformatted (pretty-printed).
+This will never appear in the output produced using \fB\-p\fR command line option.
.P
Sample XML output:
.Vb
-\&<I O="0" T="[UNIVERSAL 16]" TL="2" V="Indefinite" A="SEQUENCE">
-\& <P O="2" T="[UNIVERSAL 19]" TL="2" V="2" A="PrintableString">US</P>
-\& <C O="6" T="[UNIVERSAL 16]" TL="2" V="6" A="SEQUENCE">
-\& <P O="8" T="[UNIVERSAL 2]" TL="2" V="4" A="INTEGER" F>832970823</P>
-\& </C O="14" T="[UNIVERSAL 16]" A="SEQUENCE" L="8">
-\&</I O="14" T="[UNIVERSAL 0]" TL="2" L="16">
+<I O="0" T="[UNIVERSAL 16]" TL="2" V="Indefinite" A="SEQUENCE">
+ <P O="2" T="[UNIVERSAL 19]" TL="2" V="2" A="PrintableString">US</P>
+ <C O="6" T="[UNIVERSAL 16]" TL="2" V="6" A="SEQUENCE">
+ <P O="8" T="[UNIVERSAL 2]" TL="2" V="4" A="INTEGER" F>832970823</P>
+ </C O="14" T="[UNIVERSAL 16]" A="SEQUENCE" L="8">
+</I O="14" T="[UNIVERSAL 0]" TL="2" L="16">
.Ve
.SH EXAMPLES
Decode the given Tag/Length sequence specified in hexadecimal form:
-.Vb
-\& unber \fB-t\fR "\fIbf 20\fR"
+.Vbi
+unber \fB\-t\fR "\fIbf 20\fR"
.Ve
Decode the DER file using two-spaces indentation:
-.Vb
-\& unber \fB-i\fR \fI2\fR \fIfilename.der\fR
+.Vbi
+unber \fB\-i\fR \fI2\fR \fIfilename.der\fR
.Ve
Decode the binary stream taken from the standard input:
-.Vb
-\& cat \fI...\fR | unber \fB-\fR
+.Vbi
+cat \fIfilename.der\fR | unber \fB\-\fR
.Ve
Decode the binary stream and encode it back into an identical stream (see \&\fIenber\fR\|(1)):
-.Vb
-\& cat \fI...\fR | unber \fB-p\fR \fB-\fR | enber \fB-\fR > \fIfilename.ber\fR
+.Vbi
+cat \fIfilename.der\fR | unber \fB\-p\fR \fB\-\fR | enber \fB\-\fR > \fIfilename.ber\fR
.Ve
.SH FOOTNOTES
The constructed XML output is not necessarily well-formed.
@@ -107,9 +120,9 @@ terminated with the end-of-content octets, will cause the terminating \fB</I>\fR
XML tag to disappear.
Thus, invalid BER framing directly causes invalid XML output.
.P
-The \&\fIenber\fR\|(1) utility understands such XML correctly.
+The \fIenber\fR\|(1) utility understands such XML correctly.
.SH SEE ALSO
.TP
-\&\fIenber\fR\|(1), \&\fIasn1c\fR\|(1)
+\fIenber\fR\|(1), \fIasn1c\fR\|(1)
.SH AUTHORS
Lev Walkin <vlm@lionet.info>