Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:58:54 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Christopher Johnson <cjohnson@wcug.wwu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Writing man pages Message-ID: <20000624015854.A233@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000623113948.15245B-100000@sloth>; from cjohnson@wcug.wwu.edu on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 12:04:30PM -0700 References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1000623113948.15245B-100000@sloth>
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 12:04:30PM -0700, Christopher Johnson wrote:
> I need to write some man pages for my job, but I haven't found very
> much documentation on it through the internet. I'd also like to learn
> so I can contribute to the FreeBSD Documentation Project.
>
> Any suggestions for a good place to start? I'd really like something
> with examples, as that's my learning style. The FreeBSD Programmer's
> Documentation Project has some good source files, but no explanations.
>
I learnt by looking at the source of existing manpages and from the
mdoc.samples manpage, ``man mdoc.samples''
HTH
> Chris Johnson
> cjohnson@wcug.wwu.edu
>
>
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