man pages - was: wiki vs documentation

Little Girl littlergirl at gmail.com
Fri Sep 20 21:48:14 UTC 2013


Hey there,

Lars Noodén wrote:
> Little Girl wrote:

> > Are there guidelines for how they should be constructed?
 
> The man pages use a very simple markup but are significantly harder
> to get at than a wiki.  See man(7) for the format and document
> structure.

Thanks! I found that here:

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/precise/man7/

I also found it by typing this in a terminal:

man man-pages

It took me a little while to figure that last one out. (:

-- 
Little Girl

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