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-#! /usr/bin/perl
-
-=pod
-This is a silly little program for generating the libc FAQ.
-
-The input format is:
-top boilerplate
-^L
-? section name (one line)
-?? question...
-...
-{ID} answer...
-...
-^L
-{ID} name <email@address>
-...
-
-which gets mapped to:
-
-top boilerplate
-^L
-1. section 1...
-1.1. q1.1
-1.2. q1.2
-...
-^L
-1. section 1...
-
-1.1. q1.1
-
-answer 1.1....
-
-
-^L
-Answers were provided by:
-...
-
-=cut
-
-# We slurp the whole file into a pair of assoc arrays indexed by
-# the 'section.question' number.
-%questions = ();
-%answers = ();
-$question = 0;
-
-# These arrays and counter keep track of the sections.
-@sectcount = ();
-@sections = ();
-$section = 0;
-
-# Cross reference list.
-%refs = ();
-
-# Separators.
-$sepmaj = "\f\n" . ('~ ' x 36) . "\n\n";
-$sepmin = "\f\n" . ('. ' x 36) . "\n\n";
-
-# Pass through the top boilerplate.
-while(<>)
-{
-    last if $_ eq "\f\n";
-    print;
-}
-
-# Now the body.
-while(<>)
-{
-    /\f/ && do
-    {
-	$sectcount[$section] = $question;
-	last;
-    };
-
-    s/^\?\s+// && do
-    {
-	chomp;
-	$sectcount[$section] = $question if $section > 0;
-	$section++;
-	$sections[$section] = $_;
-	$question = 0;
-	next;
-    };
-    s/^\?\?(\w*?)\s+// && do
-    {
-	$cur = \%questions;
-	$question++;
-	$questions{$section,$question} = $_;
-	$refs{$1} = "$section.$question" if $1 ne "";
-	next;
-    };
-    /^\{/ && do
-    {
-	$cur = \%answers;
-	$answers{$section,$question} .= $_;
-	next;
-    };
-
-    ${$cur}{$section,$question} .= $_;
-}
-
-# Now we have to clean up the newlines and deal with cross references.
-foreach(keys %questions) { $questions{$_} =~ s/\n+$//; }
-foreach(keys %answers)
-{
-    $answers{$_} =~ s/\n+$//;
-    $answers{$_} =~ s/(\s)\?(\w+)\b/$1 . "question " . ($refs{$2} or badref($2,$_), "!!$2")/eg;
-}
-
-# Now output the formatted FAQ.
-print $sepmaj;
-for($i = 1; $i <= $section; $i++)
-{
-    print "$i. $sections[$i]\n\n";
-    for($j = 1; $j <= $sectcount[$i]; $j++)
-    {
-	print "$i.$j.\t$questions{$i,$j}\n";
-    }
-    print "\n";
-}
-
-print $sepmaj;
-for($i = 1; $i <= $section; $i++)
-{
-    print "$i. $sections[$i]\n\n";
-    for($j = 1; $j <= $sectcount[$i]; $j++)
-    {
-	print "$i.$j.\t$questions{$i,$j}\n\n";
-	print $answers{$i,$j}, "\n\n";
-	print "\n" if $j < $sectcount[$i];
-    }
-    print $sepmin if $i < $section;
-}
-
-print $sepmaj;
-
-# Pass through the trailer.
-while(<>) { print; }
-
-sub badref
-{
-    my($ref,$quest) = @_;
-    $quest =~ s/$;/./;
-    print STDERR "Undefined reference to $ref in answer to Q$quest\n";
-}