Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 19:27:51 -0700 (PDT) From: "David E. O'Brien" <obrien@Nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org (FreeBSD ports list) Subject: Re: Writing man pages Message-ID: <199608070227.TAA02633@relay.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960805145912.11075J-100000@ginger.eng.umd.edu> from Chuck Robey at "Aug 5, 96 03:00:10 pm"
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> On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, James FitzGibbon wrote:
>
> > Question: if the author of a program provides no manpage-style
> > documentation, is it customary for the porter to create one ? If so, can
> > someone point be to a resource on writing man pages ?
>
> Well, it'd be kinda unusual, yes, but appreciated! The only stuff I know
> is in the mdoc and mdoc.sample man pages, and perusing other man pages to
> see how it's done.
You also can look at /usr/share/misc{mdoc.template,man.template}
Filling in the blanks of /usr/share/misc/mdoc.template would probably be
the place to start.
-- David (obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu)
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