From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 23 17:59:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (mta03-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE5C337BA27 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 17:59:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.88.80]) by mta03-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000624005908.KPBZ290.mta03-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:59:08 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA00415; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:58:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 01:58:54 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Christopher Johnson Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: Writing man pages Message-ID: <20000624015854.A233@parish> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from cjohnson@wcug.wwu.edu on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 12:04:30PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message