[gentoo-user] Re: writing man pages (gentoo conventions)

[Martin Vaeth]

James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
>
> So instead of my spew of ascii information files, I'm now composing
> 'man pages' mostly using txt2man.

If you want to avoid learning *roff, there is also e.g. pod from perl
which gives you simple basic markup functionality and can output in
man page format (and other format).
For other formats, there are also tools like docutils or texinfo.
If you want something which should eventually be printed (on paper),
I would strongly recommend to learn LaTeX to get professional results.