Leonard Stiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hendrik Sattler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> what formats,
>
>Troff, with the man macros.
>
>> tools do I need to write
>
>A text editor (or better still, *the* text editor, ie. Emacs :-)
>
>> and format a man page?
>
>groff
>
>See "man 7 man" for more information on the troff man macros.

Also have a look at /usr/share/doc/man-db/examples/manpage.example for
the basic structure.

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Colin Watson                                  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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