Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:33:51 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Beech Rintoul <freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using groff Message-ID: <20061211043351.GH90162@k7.mavetju> In-Reply-To: <200612101804.47366.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com> References: <200612101804.47366.freebsd@alaskaparadise.com>
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On Sun, Dec 10, 2006 at 06:04:26PM -0900, Beech Rintoul wrote: > I need to write a man page for a port I just adopted. I have absolutely no > experience dealing with man pages or groff. Would one of you gurus point me > at a good tutorial. The man page for groff is pretty overwhelming. I googled, > but didn't find much that wasn't in the man page. Is there a tutorial > specific to man pages? I can copy the style from other pages, but I have no > clue where to begin. I use perlpod for it (perldoc perldoc). But then, I'm simple of mind :-) Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/
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