> The reason is that "good-old man format" is, at the base, a
> layout description language, like TeX, and its conversion to
> a structured format like HTML is impossible.
This is not altogether incorrect but still a bit misleading.
Some man macro packages use macros as a form of structural
make-up in a way that allows perfect translation to HTML.
The common man page allows a reasonable translation - I have
used lynx for many years on my man pages, and not many things
were really ugly.
Andries
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