Re: [Groff] man/troff to LaTex?

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Is there a way to convert a man source to a LaTex typesetting?
> 
> Run groff -man vim.1 and you should get a PostScript file.  Why not
> print that?  I see no value in going to LaTex, but then I've never
> used it either.

I see at least two possible use cases:

  . Embedding a man page into a LaTeX document.

  . Using a man page as a starting point for a LaTeX document.

What about the route

  man page -> DocBook -> LaTeX

?  The former can be done with the doclifter program, the latter with
dblatex.


    Werner