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brew install mandoc v1.14.6_1 ISC

UNIX manpage compiler and formatter toolset, converts man/mdoc markup to HTML, PDF, plain text.

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Essential for systems that need to build or render manual pages independently of groff; faster and more portable than GNU troff. Used in BSD systems and embedded environments where groff isn't available. Single C binary with no heavy dependencies.

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groff pandoc
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