From 0a993be001ab5ff250fae4c5f20bab11f89e30cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "W. Trevor King" Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:31:21 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add manpage/DocBook section to doc/doc.txt. --- doc/doc.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/doc.txt b/doc/doc.txt index e1b7a3a..1b2b5aa 100644 --- a/doc/doc.txt +++ b/doc/doc.txt @@ -21,3 +21,24 @@ syntax. http://docutils.sourceforge.net/docs/user/rst/quickref.html .. _NumPy/SciPy documentation guide: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/wiki/CodingStyleGuidelines + +Man page +======== + +The man-page source :file:`be.1.xml` is writen in DocBook 5 [#DB5]_ +format. The :file:`Makefile` converts it to :manpage:`roff(7)` format +using an XSLT stylesheet. See DocBook XSL [#DBXSL]_ for details. +See :doc:`install` for suggestions on setting up a DocBook 5 toolchain +in several distributions. + +The man page should conform to `Debian policy`_. + +.. [#DB5] + See Norman Walsh's `DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide + `_ + +.. [#DBXSL] + See Bob Stayton's `DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide + `_ + +.. _Debian policy: http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-docs.html#s12.1 -- 2.26.2