Re: [Groff] Is there a good man page style guide somewhere?

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

> There are two macro packages available to write man pages.  The first
> are the classical -man macros, completely documented in groff_man(7).
> The second is the -mdoc package documented in groff_mdoc(7).  While
> the -man macros are quite easy to understand, -mdoc provides a better
> interface, separating page layout from logical markup.

One downside of using -mdoc is that the macro package might not be
installed on the system where the user is trying to read the man page.


Ralph.