From 5c90280037ef3d2e3f64e6248832bde5f9fe5bff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kevinnls <developer@kevinnlsamuel.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:16:50 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix man; include built man in repo

---
 Makefile   | 20 +++++++++-----------
 README.md  |  4 ++++
 man/args.1 | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 man/args.1

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 661e9ad..e422121 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,8 +7,14 @@ ifneq "$(wildcard src/*.h)" ''
 	HEADERS = $(wildcard src/*.h)
 endif
 
+ifeq "$(shell id -u)" '0'
+	PREFIX := /usr/local
+else
+	PREFIX := $(HOME)/.local
+endif
+
 define DOCS
-	$(subst docs/, build/man/,
+	$(subst docs/, man/,
 		$(patsubst
 			%.md, %,
 			$(wildcard docs/*.md)
@@ -21,17 +27,9 @@ build: build/ build/$(NAME)
 build/$(NAME): src/main.c $(HEADERS)
 	cc -o $@ $<
 
-define PREFIX
-ifeq $(UID) 0
-	/usr/local
-else
-	$(HOME)/.local
-endif
-endef
-
 install:
 	install -CDm0755 -t $(PREFIX)/bin/ build/$(NAME)
-	install -CDm0644 -t  $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 build/$(NAME)
+	install -CDm0644 -t  $(PREFIX)/share/man/man1 man/$(NAME).1
 
 test:
 	$(error testing using `make' not supported; use `just')
@@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ test:
 docs:
 	make $(strip $(DOCS))
 
-build/man/%: docs/%.md build/man/ docs/
+man/%: docs/%.md man/
 	pandoc --to man \
 		--standalone \
 		--output $@ \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5b0413..53ed141 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ $ args "$(echo hello \"world\")"
 ```
 ## how do i install it?
 
+## requirements
+- gcc
+- make
+
 ```console
 $ cd [a reasonable place]
 $ #     |_ personally i create and use ~/.local/src
diff --git a/man/args.1 b/man/args.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3d1d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/args.1
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 3.6.4
+.\"
+.TH "args" "1" "" ""
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+args ARGUMENT \&...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\f[B]args\f[R] separately prints to standard output each argument it
+receives with its position.
+.PP
+The intended use of this tool is to help understand word splitting and
+quote removal by the shell.
+.PP
+Each argument prints one line of output in the following format.
+.IP
+.EX
+    \[at][POSITION]    [ARGUMENT]
+.EE
+.PP
+The two fields are separated by a single tab character.
+.PP
+In case an empty string is received as an argument, it is represented as
+follows for clarity.
+These quotes are not the actual input.
+Quotes would normally be removed by the shell before the command\[cq]s
+execution.
+.IP
+.EX
+    \[at]1      \[aq]\[aq]
+.EE
+.SH EXAMPLE
+.IP
+.EX
+$ args one two \[dq]\[dq] \[dq]word with spaces\[dq] $(echo substituted command)
+\[at]1      one
+\[at]2      two
+\[at]3      \[aq]\[aq]
+\[at]4      word with spaces
+\[at]5      substituted
+\[at]6      command
+.EE
+.PP
+If \[at]5 and \[at]6 surprised you, finding cases like these and playing
+around is the exact reason this tool exists.
+.SH EXIT CODES
+0 Success
+.PP
+1 Failed because no arguments were received
+.SH LICENSE
+This software is distributed under the license specified in
+\f[CR]LICENSE.txt\f[R]
+.SH AUTHORS
+Kevin Samuel \c
+.MT developer@kevinnlsamuel.com
+.ME \c.