Bob Hilliard writes:
> Is there a manpage template or DTD or something similar for use with
> emacs in nroff mode?
I've always just used another man page as an example. The man page for man
itself makes a pretty good one. So does the man page for pppconfig, IMHO.
Don't just pick a man page at ra
On Mon, Mar 15, 1999 at 10:50:07AM -0500, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Randolph Chung wrote:
> > > what's the easiest way to write a manpage if i don't want to learn troff?
> > > :)
> >
> > Grab a manpage from a similar utility and fill in your own st
Richard Braakman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Randolph Chung wrote:
> > what's the easiest way to write a manpage if i don't want to learn troff? :)
>
> Grab a manpage from a similar utility and fill in your own stuff :-)
>
> Learning troff is not hard, though. man(7) tells you all you need t
> Grab a manpage from a similar utility and fill in your own stuff :-)
:) well, debmake does generate a template.
> Learning troff is not hard, though. man(7) tells you all you need to know.
i probably should at some point, though right now i think i'll try the pod
suggestion. Perl rulz :)
Randolph Chung wrote:
> what's the easiest way to write a manpage if i don't want to learn troff? :)
Grab a manpage from a similar utility and fill in your own stuff :-)
Learning troff is not hard, though. man(7) tells you all you need to know.
Richard Braakman
>> "RC" == Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
RC> what's the easiest way to write a manpage if i don't want to learn
RC> troff? :)
You could use a .pod file (this is the perl documentation format),
which you can convert into a man page.
pod2man --section=1 --release="`date +'%d
> "Randolph" == Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Randolph> if a package uses a .xpm file, is there something i can
Randolph> do so that lintian doesn't complain about it not being
Randolph> an executable file? do i list it as a conffile?
chmod -x xgdip.xpm
Randolph>
if a package uses a .xpm file, is there something i can do so that lintian
doesn't complain about it not being an executable file? do i list it as a
conffile?
i.e.
tausq[11:56] debian% lintian xgdipc*changes
W: xgdipc: executable-not-elf-or-script usr/share/xgdipc/xgdip.xpm
even though this is a
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