Message-ID: <379C8115.CF8735D9@pmail.net> Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 17:39:01 +0200 From: Fredrick Backman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: man page style guide References: <199907261351 DOT IAA03490 AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Here's a good document taken from the Linux Mini-HOWTO's: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/howto/mini/Man-Page cheers Fred Jeff Williams wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to document, using the man-page format, some utility and > analysis programs I have written using djgpp. Maybe man pages are > becoming obsolete, and maybe not, but: > > [1] I actually *like* man-pages more than info pages [:-/ > > [2] The programs don't require a lot of documentation, and certainly > their docs won't need the sophistication of hot links, etc. > > I can glean the general man-page format by studying my Solaris man pages, > but does anyone know if there exists an official (FSF, GNU, POSIX...?) > `style-guide' for writing man pages? > > TIA--jtw -- Fred Backman Lead Wizard Binary Spells www.femmefetish.com/games/