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| From | Peter Ludikovsky <peter@ludikovsky.name> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Debian man pages - mechanics of creation/publication? |
| Date | 2017-04-19 14:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <txWAN-3iG-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <txWhr-2Xi-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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On 04/19/2017 01:40 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I've an idea for something to be added to some man pages. > It has not risen even the "wishlist bug" stage yet. > To rise that far I have to convince myself that the modification of so > many existing man pages could be automated. > > A web search turned up very low level details but not the need overview. > Suggestions? > TIA 1) What do you want to do? I'm asking this because it decides whether this change could be interesting for others or not. 2) Does it affect only Debian-specific man pages, or man pages in general? This answer decides if the change is a relatively small one (1 or 2 packages), or if you'll have to contact every upstream project to get the changes included. 3) For any change you want to do & submit an patch for you should read up on groff/troff, as that syntax is the base for man. Regards /peter
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