From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 31 11:23: 0 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sand5.global.net.uk (sand5.global.net.uk [194.126.80.249]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F6C415A65 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:22:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@globalnet.co.uk) Received: from p78s11a06.client.global.net.uk ([195.147.219.121] helo=marder-1.) by sand5.global.net.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 11LsXZ-0006Za-00; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:21:54 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id TAA00442; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:14:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:14:19 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Evren Yurtesen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man page weirdness! Message-ID: <19990831191419.F271@marder-1> References: <37CC03DA.7C547D28@ispro.net.tr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <37CC03DA.7C547D28@ispro.net.tr>; from Evren Yurtesen on Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 07:33:30PM +0300 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 07:33:30PM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > hello, > I have tried to create a man page using the examples at > /usr/share/examples/mdocs > (or something like that) and I have been successfull ! > > But, the problem is the man pages I made are working on FreeBSD but not > on > HPUX or Solaris (these are the only other platforms I could test) > > Is there any standarts on these man pages ? how can I write a man page > which > is compatible with other operating systems' man command? > The FreeBSD manpages are in -mdoc format, not -man (well most of them). A list was posted on -doc recently listing those still in -man format. I've tried viewing FreeBSD manpages on a Sun (so I could print them) and only a few worked as the mdoc macros are different on Suns (SunOS 4.1.3 at least). Have you tried with some of the other tmac macros on HPUX & Solaris, in /usr/share/tmac/, or similar, with nroff(1)? > thanks > Evren Yurtesen > yurtesen@ispro.net.tr > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. ________________________________________________________________ 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