Hi, Marco, Marco Bertorello написа: > I always used help2man to generate a manpage for those packages that > hasn't one. > > But now, I'm working on a package that has a non useful help output: > > $ gcstar --help > Usage: /usr/bin/gcstar [[-u|--update [-a|--all] [-c|--collection] > [-w|--website] [-i|--import] [-e|--export] [-l|--lang]] | [FILE]] > > How can I write a manpage good for debian? /usr/share/doc/man-db/examples/manpage.example /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/debian/manpage.xml.ex /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/debian/manpage.sgml.ex /usr/share/debhelper/dh_make/debian/manpage.1.ex (last three from dh-make package) Except for the synopsis above, you should describe each option's meaning and what the program does. Write in the manpage whatever you'd expect to read if you face the program for the first time :) HTH, dam -- Damyan Ivanov Modular Software Systems dam@modsoftsys.com phone +359(2)928-2611, 929-3993 fax +359(2)920-0994 mobile +359(88)856-6067 dam@jabber.minus273.org/Gaim
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