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Re: Template for GNOME man pages.: msg#00106

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Subject: Re: Template for GNOME man pages.

<quote who="Pat Costello"/>

> When you say "convert it to a man page", what exactly do you mean? Do you
> mean that the final output is nroff? If so, why not write the man page in
> nroff in the first place? What's the aim of writing in one format (xml) if
> we have to convert to another?

[ I'd offer that the Docbook XML is easier to read and maintain for a docs
project that works almost entirely with Docbook XML already. :-) ]

- Jeff

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"On Tuesday I saw Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with Zack and two
ladies whom I presume are gracious." - Seth Schoen


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