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Date:      Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:14:19 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: man page weirdness!
Message-ID:  <19990831191419.F271@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <37CC03DA.7C547D28@ispro.net.tr>; from Evren Yurtesen on Tue, Aug 31, 1999 at 07:33:30PM %2B0300
References:  <37CC03DA.7C547D28@ispro.net.tr>

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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
> 
> 
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