Include only local subsections into TOC. This prevent duplication of
TOC when build single page HTML document. Also this make unnecessary CSS hack
to hide document title as top level section.
.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
.. include:: HEADER.rst
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Man pages
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.. contents::
:local:
Man sections
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1 Executable programs or shell commands.
2 System calls (functions provided by the kernel).
3 Library calls (functions within program libraries).
4 Special files (usually found in /dev).
5 File formats and conventions eg /etc/passwd.
6 Games.
7 Miscellaneous (including macro packages and conventions).
8 System administration commands (usually only for root).
Invoking man
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Search for prog, func, conf file::
$ man [<section>] <item>
Search by specific keywords::
$ man -k <keywords>
Viewing inside Emacs::
M-x man RET [<section>] <item>
M-x man RET -k SPACE <keywords>
Sections order
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::
NAME - brief prog description
SYNOPSIS (USAGE) - command line options in BNF
DESCRIPTION - long prog description
OPTIONS - long option descriptions
... misc sections ...
EXAMPLES
EXIT STATUS
ENVIRONMENT
AVAILABILITY - whare search source, where home page
FILES - list of files that has effect on program working
AUTHORS
COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
BUGS - know issue, how report bug
HISTORY
Man page showing
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TODO
Bolt by print char, back one char and print same char.
Underscore by printing undescore, back one char and print char.
Development tools
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To preview local man page::
$ groff -man -Tascii foo.1 # 7-bit char
$ groff -man -Tlatin1 foo.1 # 8-bit char
$ groff -man -Tlatin1 foo.1 | less
$ groff -a -mandoc -Tlatin1 e.1
$ groff -man -Tutf8 foo.1
$ man ./foo.1 # if slashes in path - use file
$ mkdir man1
$ cp foo.1 man1
$ man -M . 1 foo # without slashes search in MANPATH item
# and add /man1 to each item
Output format
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Plain text::
$ man foo | col -b >.foo.txt
PostScript::
$ groff -Tps foo >foo.ps
DVI::
$ groff -Tdvi foo >foo.dvi