JD writes:
Hi all, I have an app that has no manpage, but has about 170 html files, all of which index into a subset of the 168 files. I would like to use an app that will produce a single manpage like text file. Is there an app that can do this?I saw a few apps on google search, but none of them are producing what I want.
If this is your app and your documentation, I suggest you spend the time converting your app's documentation to Docbook XML, and then use docbook tools to generate both HTML and man page documentation from your docbook sources.
That's going to be a major time sink; but is definitely the way to go.I think that converting Linux man pages to Docbook XML is long overdue. 'roff deserves an honorable retirement. It served us well, but the technology is more than just obsolete, it's prehistoric.
I broached this topic with Michael Kerrisk some years ago, and I even wrote a tool that converted all Linux man pages to Docbook XML (see http://manpages.courier-mta.org) – but he wasn't interested. Oh well.
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