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- From: rbt@tous.oau.org (Robert B. Tate)
- Subject: Re: man macro manual?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.211517.26876@tous.oau.org>
- Summary: This is LESS than usefull!
- Organization: Tate Enterprises
- References: <Bu6z2u.3tq@mtholyoke.edu> <1992Sep7.101314.3759@ericsson.se>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 21:15:17 GMT
- Lines: 48
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- In article <1992Sep7.101314.3759@ericsson.se> etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon) writes:
- >In article <Bu6z2u.3tq@mtholyoke.edu>, jbotz@mtholyoke.edu (Jurgen Botz) writes:
- >|> Where can I find a manual for the tmac.an macros? Does it exist or
- >|> is being able to figure them out a requirement for being qualified
- >|> to write man pages?
- >
- >Try:
- > eos6c02 ~ 43 > man 7 man
- >
- >MAN(7) ENVIRONMENTS, TABLES, AND TROFF MACROS MAN(7)
- >
- >NAME
- > man - macros to format Reference Manual pages
- >
- >SYNOPSIS
- > nroff -man filename...
- >
- > troff -man filename...
- >
- >DESCRIPTION
- > These macros are used to lay out the reference pages in this
- > manual. Note: if filename contains format input for a
- > preprocessor, the commands shown above must be piped through
- > the appropriate preprocessor. This is handled automatically
- > by man(1). See Conventions.
- >
- >
- >--
- >
- >Michael Salmon
- >
- >#include <standard.disclaimer>
- >#include <witty.saying>
- >#include <fancy.pseudo.graphics>
- >
- >Ericsson Telecom AB
- >Stockholm
-
- This is really LESS than usefull! If you already know what man is and how
- to use it, it will remind you, but what about HOW to USE the macros in
- the tmac.an? What do they mean? Where to use them? What order to do a
- proper man page? Not all of use are experts in roff macros!
-
-
-
- --
- rbt@tous.OAU.ORG (Robert B. Tate) | A little knowledge is a dangerous
- {ucf-cs,peora,tarpit}!tous!rbt | thing. Any less can kill you.
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