Re: Fwd: creating man pages
On Thu, Jun 17, 1999 at 11:44:22PM +0100, John Travers wrote:
> Is there a way to make manpages or texinfo files from .dvi or .tex files?
>From .dvi? No. You're asking for a decompiler.
>From .tex? Possibly, but only manually. The process cannot be automated
easily: it requires too much heuristics. Unless, of course, the .tex
file was written with such a conversion in mind.
> If there is a texinfo file, do I need a manpage?
Not having a manpage is a policy violation.
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