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   Michael Sanders to highcrew   
   Re: OT: Man Pages   
   03 Jan 26 14:13:43   
   
   From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 09:59:25 +0100, highcrew wrote:   
      
   > On 1/3/26 7:11 AM, Michael Sanders wrote:   
   >> Okay, first draft of a man page.   
   >   
   > I love manpages! Thank you for writing one   
   >   
   > On the same topic, I find basic roff a little rough, so   
   > I evaluated a few options over time.   
   >   
   > My personal rank:   
   > 1. openbsd's "mdoc"   
   > 2. perl POD -> pod2man   
   > 3. asciidoc (hint: this is how git manpages are built)   
      
   Hey-hey. Oh yeah, glad to have at least dipped a toe into   
   the system. Not nearly as fussy to mess around with as I'd thought.   
      
   So what did you write your man page(s) about?   
   C'mon spill the beans. =)   
      
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   :wq   
   Mike Sanders   
      
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