From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Sep 8 19: 5:36 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 554C814D00 for ; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 19:05:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chris@holly.dyndns.org) Received: from holly.dyndns.org (adsl-216-62-157-60.dsl.hstntx.swbell.net) by mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (Sun Internet Mail Server sims.3.5.1999.05.24.18.28.p7) with ESMTP id <0FHR00DM1SG3VB@mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net> for doc@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 8 Sep 1999 21:04:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from chris@localhost) by holly.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA99277; Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:04:38 -0500 (CDT envelope-from chris) Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 21:04:37 -0500 From: Chris Costello Subject: Re: Simplest man page source format? In-reply-to: <19990908214055.A62660@ipass.net> To: Randall Hopper Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-To: chris@calldei.com Message-id: <19990908210437.C98739@holly.calldei.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Mutt/0.96.6i References: <19990908214055.A62660@ipass.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Sep 08, 1999, Randall Hopper wrote: > Hi. I need to write a man page. I've browsed some of the FreeBSD doc > pages, and I have a question that I couldn't quite find the definitive > answer to. What is the simplest supported source format for writing man > pages? FreeBSD's man pages are written using the nroff "language". -- |Chris Costello |Press any key to continue or any other key to quit `--------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message