.man files can be processed using nroff, try:

[glamb] lib> nroff -man daemon.man | more


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George W. Lamb
Nicira Networks, Inc.
Federal Systems Engineering
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On Jul 22, 2011, at 3:07 AM, Justin Pettit wrote:

> I assume you mean files like "lib/daemon-syn.man".  These are snippets of man 
> pages that are included in other "real" man pages.  For example, that 
> daemon-syn one is included the ovsdb-client and ovsdb-server man pages.  This 
> allows common snippets to be written in one location and used elsewhere.  You 
> shouldn't need to look at them directly, as the man pages for things that 
> need them will already include them.
> 
> --Justin
> 
> 
> On Jul 21, 2011, at 11:43 PM, Ramana Reddy wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Is there any format/text editor/parser to read .man pages in the OVS code.
>> When I open with vim editor, its looking very odd and difficult to read.
>> 
>> What exactly this .man pages. Are these manuals regarding the code in that 
>> folder.
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Ramana Reddy.
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