[techtalk] How to make man pages?

Britta Koch bkoch at rz.uni-osnabrueck.de
Fri Jul 7 11:23:58 EST 2000


>I'm working on a program and I would like to create man pages for
>it.  Does anyone know where I could find a document that outlines how to
>create one (or several)?  I'm totally lost. :^(
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Stephan

I have never used it, but I'm told that docbook can do wonders in that respect -
it can generate html, ps, and man output among others. If you want to have choices
regarding the output format, try that.

Britta






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