Re: man Pages

[John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM>]

Chris...the part that worries me is that I recall seeing hyperlinks in some man pages that appeared on the screen in reverse video. How do I create that effect and how to I create the hyperlink? Was I imagining something?

John

>Hey, guys...
>
>The time has come for me to figure out how to create set of UNIX man =
>pages.
>
>Unfortunately, I don't know where to even start.

I did man pages for UNIX:  I wrote them in MS Word on the PC platform --
saved them to .txt.  I then filtered them to from DOS to UNIX.<<<<<


Are there specifics such as line length or is that taken care of when its run through the UNIX text editor.  I also assume that when I open and save in vi, that the PC end of line/end of file will convert to the appropriate UNIX end of line/end of file characters ?

>>>>>I checked the files via XEDIT -- VI is fine too -- to make sure the
translation was ok.  Your UNIX guru *should* know that ASCII/text files
need to run through a filter for proper used [on both sides of the
platform].

My main thought in the exercise was to keep the files in a format where I
could edit/spell check easy.

You should check with the UNIX guru for name specifications of your files.
The program will "look" for the file in a specific location.

[I used "Exodus" as my UNIX gateway.]<<<<<

I use CuteFTP for my FTPing

>>>>>However, you can ftp the files in and do the same.

It was easier than using VI and hoping the spelling gawds were nice.

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