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Re: writing man page



Eric writes:
> Is there any tool available to write man pages (with all the standard
> sections) and keep a nicely readable source?

Just use an existing man page as a template.  The page for man itself is a
good choice.

> I am now writing the thing directly in nroff, but the source is looking
> pretty awful.

I find the subset of nroff that man pages use to be pretty simple.  Send
men your source and I'll take a look at it if you want.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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