On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, David Coe wrote: > Any hints/clues/pointers on how to write a brand-new man page?
> Debian-specific or not, I'd appreciate a style-guide and a > syntax reference. Thanks. There are two good sources for information, which you may combine: - man(7) (the man man page in section 7, which you can view with "man 7 man). There was a new and much better version written on 16 June 1999, so you should install manpages_1.25-1 or newer! - groff_man(7) which is similar to man(7) but additionally explains how to create a dotted list. - The "Linux Man-Page HOWTO", which should be available from http://www.shuttle.de/schweikh/home.html. It was also in doc-linux-tex_98.09-1 (as /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Man-Page.gz) and doc-linux-html_98.09-1 (as /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Man-Page.html), but I cannot find in the actual potato packages :-( Ciao Roland -- * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.spinnaker.de/ * PGP: 1024/DD08DD6D 2D E7 CC DE D5 8D 78 BE 3C A0 A4 F1 4B 09 CE AF
