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Wayne R. Clesi
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‎07-05-2001 09:00 AM

‎07-05-2001 09:00 AM

writing man pages

Hello! Is there any basic information on writing man pages?

Thanks!

Wayne
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A. Clay Stephenson
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‎07-05-2001 09:05 AM

‎07-05-2001 09:05 AM

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Re: writing man pages

Hi:

The place to start is man 5 man. It gives you the basic macros for troff and nroff than man pages use. I warn you, this is not a WYSIWIG project but it is not difficult either merely tedious.

A good way to start is with an existing uncompressed man page entry.

Regards, Clay
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Wayne R. Clesi
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‎07-05-2001 11:27 AM

‎07-05-2001 11:27 AM

Re: writing man pages

Thanks! Seems I have a bit of reading to do now!

Wayne
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