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From: "Andrey Simonenko" <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua>
To: "Ruslan Ermilov" <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: How to write a man page
Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 15:29:07 +0400
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BTW how to output ' or \ character in manual page placed in
/usr/local/man/RU_SU.KOI8-R? In manual pages placed
in /usr/local/man sequence \' and \\ works, but in .../RU_SU.KOI8-R
' and \ character are ignored.

Is it a bug? Or I do something wrong?

----- Original Message -----
From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>
Newsgroups: lucky.freebsd.questions
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: How to write a man page


> On Sat, May 26, 2001 at 11:00:04AM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > Hey,
> >
> > As a maintainer of a few ports, I would like to be able to write man
pages
> > too. Is there a guide to writing man pages? I'm looking for a
description of
> > the format, a set of rules and guidelines, etc.
> >
> > For now I need this knowledge specifically for writing a man page for
the
> > `orionctl' script that is installed with the port java/orion, the Orion
J2EE
> > Application Server.
> >
> man 7 mdoc
>



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