Subject: Re: Style of "man" pages for NetBSD
To: Florian Stoehr <netbsd@wolfnode.de>
From: Charles M. Hannum <abuse@spamalicious.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/25/2005 17:38:28
On Saturday 22 January 2005 15:24, Florian Stoehr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I see most man pages for NetBSD are in .Dd-Style. I like the other .TH
> style with the "justified" text more.
>
> Is it OK to use the TH (e.g. ipf(4))-Style within pages designed for
> NetBSD only?

AFAICT, you're referring to the different between "mdoc" and "man" style 
pages.  We do not write documentation in "man" style any more.  "mdoc" is 
intentionally not justified when rendered in text form, because people 
generally find it harder to read that way.