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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: Re: Easy way to create unix man pages? Message-ID: <1992Dec18.040514.11824@netcom.com> Keywords: unix manual hypertext Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest) References: <1992Dec17.165257.9439@oakhill.sps.mot.com> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:05:14 GMT Lines: 18 In article <1992Dec17.165257.9439@oakhill.sps.mot.com> wcl@oakhill.sps.mot.com (Wayne Long) writes: > >I'm looking for a filter, utility, or editor that >will take normal, what-you-see-is-what-you get >text, and convert it into a unix man page with >minimal hassle. > >I realize that some of the major sections and headings >would have to be delimeted in some way, but I'd like to >be able to do this editing with a normal text editor >(or framemaker or MacIntosh Word) in as minimally >cryptic way as possible. One route is GNU texinfo -> texi2roff. I think texi2roff is not finished yet/ever. It was not part of texinfo, last I looked. Probably easier is just using an existing troff document as skeleton. -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>