Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:25:51 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Fbsd1 <fbsd1@a1poweruser.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How to make "man" pages Message-ID: <4BB2F8FF.7090707@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4BB2BABF.9070401@a1poweruser.com> References: <4BB2BABF.9070401@a1poweruser.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 31/03/2010 04:00:15, Fbsd1 wrote: > Where can I find documentation on the procedure to create "man" pages > for a port? If you want to write a man page from scratch, probably the best way to get started is to just copy a man page from the base system and edit it to taste. See groff(1) for documentation on the command used to format man pages from source, and groff_mdoc(7) for details on the groff macro syntax. groff+mdoc might be a markup language, but it's nothing at all like HTML. If you're after how to install man pages for a port, then look at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/makefile-manpages.html Note that the MANX and other ports Macros only affect the pkg-list and compressing the man pages /after/ installation. You'll still have to put in some code to copy your self-written man page into place. Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkuy+P8ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIxcggCeLR3OcpdwZ/OZGZv623DawCC9 E+4AoJNMvoINM9xkL2CdYBwz/ozPnAgK =qVD0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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