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Subject:Re: man pages From:John Lord <jlord -at- LIVINGSTON -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 23 Jan 1998 17:26:30 -0800
Hi John:
A very useful "pure" text editor is the "Programmer's File Editor", which
you can find on many shareware web sites, and which has the facility of
saving text files in DOS, UNIX, or Mac format. No conversions are
necessary, as you can import from one format and save in a different format.
Good Luck
John Lord
At 04:00 PM 1/23/98 PST, Bernice Kieffer wrote:
>Hi John:
>
>The best and easiest way to create a man page is to convert the Frame file to
>acscii using something like FM2A. Once you have the ascii file, all you
have to
>do isplace it in the following directory structure:
>
>man1/filename.1
>
>The UNIX filter looks for the man1 directory then for the filename.1 file and
>prints the information on screen.
>
>If you do not have FM2A, you can create the page in any pure ascii text
editor.
>You really don't need vi. I use the openwin text editor when I don't have an
>existing Frame file. Its nicer to do it in Frame however because it is easier
>to format that way and FM2A can be configured to keep your formating.
>
>
>Hope this helps.
>Bernice Kieffer
>
