Subject: Re: how to write man pages
To: netbsd-help <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: lakomok <lakomok@free.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/12/2002 09:43:31
> Hi all,
>
> Every time I think about writing man pages, I look at mdoc.samples
> and think, that looks *hard*. Isn't there an easier way? No smgl and
> dsssl or xslt for man pages?
>
> I know, if it's hard to read it should be hard to write.
>
> If mdoc is the way, could someone tell me how widely it's used? I'm
> part of a project that could use a lot of man pages, and I'd expect
> the sources would wind up getting built on non-NetBSD systems.
>
> Thanks for any guidance.
>
> --jkl
I remember that a computer teaher told me that man page
are in the GROF (or GROFF) format
and I think that there is a grof-mode in emacs (but not sure)
enjoy man page
--
Nicolas Bruno BASTIEN
May NetBSD be with you