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Martin Vaeth <martin <at> mvath.de> writes: |
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> > So instead of my spew of ascii information files, I'm now composing |
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> > 'man pages' mostly using txt2man. |
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> If you want to avoid learning *roff, there is also e.g. pod from perl |
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> which gives you simple basic markup functionality and can output in |
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> man page format (and other format). |
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Pod leaves me with too many choices. Can you narrow it down? |
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eix -3 pod returns nothing. An overlay perhaps? |
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> For other formats, there are also tools like docutils or texinfo. |
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> If you want something which should eventually be printed (on paper), |
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> I would strongly recommend to learn LaTeX to get professional results. |
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Wow. I have not use latex since decades ago. If I want to print a man |
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page, I just cat it a file and upload it into libreoffice for printing. |
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I still have a very old latex manual (version 2.09 by Leslie Lamport |
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of Digital Equipment corp). I wrote my masters thesis in Latex, much |
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to the University's chagrin...... |
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eix latex returns too many choices. What is the best one(s) to install |
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to play iwth latex again? Why is this better can just using libreoffice |
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once the files are in man page format? |
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James |
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