Re: whatis parse failed?
> i asked a similar question to debian-mentors few days ago, but i was not
> clear enough and did not get relevant answers. I am the new WML
> maintainer, which contains some text files as manpages. These text files
> are manified by inserting header, e.g. the one below. This worked for a
> long time, but i now get the whatis error that Darren is reporting.
> Could you tell me what to do to have a nice manpage? I may add .SH NAME,
> but are there other requirements?
>
> .TH WML_BAREBONE 7 "21 July 1996" "WML" "Website META Language"
> .ad r
> .na
> .ss 12 0
> .in 0
> .nh
> .nf
I'm not the manpages wise-old-man... but let's try: "Do as man(7) tell you,
my son, for I don't know any of the macros you use here. Let the wisdom of
the wise(!) invade you, and use those macros we all know, so as parsers,
manpage converters and tools can multiply on earth".
[ Ugh... I'd really want to be a native writer in this sitations.. =) ]
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