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
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