On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 12:07 AM, Nathan Handler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Khashayar Naderehvandi > <[email protected]> wrote: >> What is one supposed to do if there's no manpage provided with the source? > > If upstream does not provide a man page, it is up to you to create > one. Usually, if upstream is active, they will be more than glad to > assist you with writing the man page. If they aren't, you can base the > man page on the provided documentation (if any). The man page doesn't > need to be the next great novel. It just needs to outline the basic > usage of the program. Feel free to look at some of the other man pages > that are included in Ubuntu packages to see an example. [1] might > prove useful when writing the man page. > > Nathan Handler (nhandler) > > [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide/SupplementaryFiles#Man%20Pages >
Thanks, that's exactly what I needed! I'm gonna start off with some really basic man page then, just to get it to the next step. Khashayar -- Ubuntu-motu mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu
