Index: doc/docbook/system/man1/en/CMakeLists.txt
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   anim_track.xml
   anim_turn.xml
   ap-pix.xml
+  archer.xml
   asc-nmg.xml
   asc-plot3.xml
   asc2dsp.xml
Index: doc/docbook/system/man1/en/archer.xml
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+<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:id="archer1">
+  <refmeta>
+      <refentrytitle>archer
+</refentrytitle>
+    <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+    <refmiscinfo class="source">BRL-CAD</refmiscinfo>
+    <refmiscinfo class="manual">BRL-CAD User Commands</refmiscinfo>
+  </refmeta>
+
+  <refnamediv xml:id="name">
+    <refname>archer</refname>
+    <refpurpose>updated interface to solid geometry editor</refpurpose>
+  </refnamediv>
+
+  <!-- body begins here -->
+  <refsynopsisdiv xml:id="synopsis">
+    <cmdsynopsis sepchar=" ">
+      <command>archer</command>
+      <arg choice="opt" rep="norepeat"><replaceable>database</replaceable></arg>
+    </cmdsynopsis>
+  </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+  
+  <refsection xml:id="description"><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
+    <para>
+      <application>Archer/MGED</application> is the next iteration of BRL-CAD's
+      MGED model editing tool, designed for clearer and easier geometry editing.
+      Archer represents a major improvement on the existing editing interface
+      with lots of new features and internal code refactoring and restructuring
+      to allow for developments in the future.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      With <application>Archer/MGED</application>, existing GED commands have
+      been turned into reusable, generic libraries so that new interfaces can be
+      built on top without losing functionality. Besides this, some highlights
+      include an integrated graphical tree view, a single window framework, drag
+      and drop geometry editing, information panels, shortcut buttons, improved
+      polygonal mesh and 2D sketch editing, level of detail wireframes, NURBS
+      shaded display support, and much more.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      A full description of <application>Archer/MGED</application>'s features,
+      abilities, and the interface itself it outside the scope of this document:
+      further documentation is still in progress. This document will deal with
+      the options available when starting
+      <application>Archer/MGED</application>.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      As of now, <application>Archer/MGED</application> takes only an optional
+      <emphasis remap="I">database</emphasis> argument, which can be any of the
+      following file formats: .3dm, .asc, .bdf, .fas, .fg, .fg4, .g, .stl, .stp,
+      and .step. Internally, the database is converted to a .g database with the
+      same name in the same directory if it does not already exist;
+      <application>Archer/MGED</application> quits with an error if it does. For
+      all conversions, a log file is created with the same name as the input
+      file in the same directory. If a .g database which does not already exist
+      is specified, then it is created, but this does not apply to other
+      formats. 
+    </para>
+  </refsection>
+
+  <refsection xml:id="examples"><title>EXAMPLES</title>
+    <para>
+      The command
+      <literallayout>
+<prompt>user:~</prompt> <command>archer</command>
+      </literallayout>
+      starts <application>Archer/MGED</application> without any loaded
+      database. No log file is created.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The command
+      <literallayout>
+<prompt>user:~</prompt> <command>archer /path/to/new.g</command>
+      </literallayout>
+      starts <application>Archer/MGED</application> with a new, empty database
+      called new.g in the /path/to/ directory, if it does not exist already; if
+      it does, then it is opened. No log file is created.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The command
+      <literallayout>
+<prompt>user:~</prompt> <command>archer /path/to/database.asc</command>
+      </literallayout>
+      converts database.asc to database.g, writes out a log of the conversion to
+      database.log, and then starts <application>Archer/MGED</application> with
+      the newly created database.g, all in the /path/to/ directory.
+    </para>
+  </refsection>
+
+  <refsection xml:id="see_also"><title>SEE ALSO</title>
+    <para>
+      The geometry database converters <command>3dm-g</command>,
+      <command>asc2g</command>, etc. used by
+      <application>Archer/MGED</application> to convert databases in the
+      background might be of interest.
+    </para>
+    
+    <para>
+      <citerefentry><refentrytitle>brlcad</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>mged</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+    </para>
+  </refsection>
+  
+  <refsection xml:id="diagnostics"><title>DIAGNOSTICS</title>
+    <para>Error messages are intended to be self-explanatory.</para>
+  </refsection>
+
+  <refsection xml:id="author"><title>AUTHOR</title>
+      <para>BRL-CAD Team</para>
+  </refsection>
+
+  <refsection xml:id="bug_reports"><title>BUG REPORTS</title>
+    <para>
+      Reports of bugs or problems should be submitted via electronic
+      mail to &lt;devs@brlcad.org&gt;.
+    </para>
+  </refsection>
+</refentry>
