Re: How to write a man page?

[cjwatson@flatline.org.uk (Colin Watson)]

Leonard Stiles <ljs@uk2.net> wrote:
>Hendrik Sattler <sattler2000@gmx.de> writes:
>> what formats,
>
>Troff, with the man macros.
>
>> tools do I need to write
>
>A text editor (or better still, *the* text editor, ie. Emacs :-)
>
>> and format a man page?
>
>groff
>
>See "man 7 man" for more information on the troff man macros.

Also have a look at /usr/share/doc/man-db/examples/manpage.example for
the basic structure.

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]