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diff --git a/debian/manpage.xml.ex b/debian/manpage.xml.ex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b2ee81 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/manpage.xml.ex @@ -0,0 +1,291 @@ +<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> +<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" +"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ + +<!-- + +`xsltproc -''-nonet \ + -''-param man.charmap.use.subset "0" \ + -''-param make.year.ranges "1" \ + -''-param make.single.year.ranges "1" \ + /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl/manpages/docbook.xsl \ + manpage.xml' + +A manual page <package>.<section> will be generated. You may view the +manual page with: nroff -man <package>.<section> | less'. A typical entry +in a Makefile or Makefile.am is: + +DB2MAN = /usr/share/sgml/docbook/stylesheet/xsl/docbook-xsl/manpages/docbook.xsl +XP = xsltproc -''-nonet -''-param man.charmap.use.subset "0" + +manpage.1: manpage.xml + $(XP) $(DB2MAN) $< + +The xsltproc binary is found in the xsltproc package. The XSL files are in +docbook-xsl. A description of the parameters you can use can be found in the +docbook-xsl-doc-* packages. Please remember that if you create the nroff +version in one of the debian/rules file targets (such as build), you will need +to include xsltproc and docbook-xsl in your Build-Depends control field. +Alternatively use the xmlto command/package. That will also automatically +pull in xsltproc and docbook-xsl. + +Notes for using docbook2x: docbook2x-man does not automatically create the +AUTHOR(S) and COPYRIGHT sections. In this case, please add them manually as +<refsect1> ... </refsect1>. + +To disable the automatic creation of the AUTHOR(S) and COPYRIGHT sections +read /usr/share/doc/docbook-xsl/doc/manpages/authors.html. This file can be +found in the docbook-xsl-doc-html package. + +Validation can be done using: `xmllint -''-noout -''-valid manpage.xml` + +General documentation about man-pages and man-page-formatting: +man(1), man(7), http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/ + +--> + + <!-- Fill in your name for FIRSTNAME and SURNAME. --> + <!ENTITY dhfirstname "FIRSTNAME"> + <!ENTITY dhsurname "SURNAME"> + <!-- dhusername could also be set to "&dhfirstname; &dhsurname;". --> + <!ENTITY dhusername "Jonathan McCrohan"> + <!ENTITY dhemail "jmccrohan@gmail.com"> + <!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection other parameters are + allowed: see man(7), man(1) and + http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/q2.html. --> + <!ENTITY dhsection "SECTION"> + <!-- TITLE should be something like "User commands" or similar (see + http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/q2.html). --> + <!ENTITY dhtitle "modbuslog User Manual"> + <!ENTITY dhucpackage "MODBUSLOG"> + <!ENTITY dhpackage "modbuslog"> +]> + +<refentry> + <refentryinfo> + <title>&dhtitle;</title> + <productname>&dhpackage;</productname> + <authorgroup> + <author> + <firstname>&dhfirstname;</firstname> + <surname>&dhsurname;</surname> + <contrib>Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.</contrib> + <address> + <email>&dhemail;</email> + </address> + </author> + </authorgroup> + <copyright> + <year>2007</year> + <holder>&dhusername;</holder> + </copyright> + <legalnotice> + <para>This manual page was written for the Debian system + (and may be used by others).</para> + <para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this + document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, + Version 2 or (at your option) any later version published by + the Free Software Foundation.</para> + <para>On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public + License can be found in + <filename>/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL</filename>.</para> + </legalnotice> + </refentryinfo> + <refmeta> + <refentrytitle>&dhucpackage;</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>&dhsection;</manvolnum> + </refmeta> + <refnamediv> + <refname>&dhpackage;</refname> + <refpurpose>program to do something</refpurpose> + </refnamediv> + <refsynopsisdiv> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>&dhpackage;</command> + <!-- These are several examples, how syntaxes could look --> + <arg choice="plain"><option>-e <replaceable>this</replaceable></option></arg> + <arg choice="opt"><option>--example=<parameter>that</parameter></option></arg> + <arg choice="opt"> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><option>--example</option></arg> + </group> + <replaceable class="option">this</replaceable> + </arg> + <arg choice="opt"> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><option>--example</option></arg> + </group> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>this</replaceable></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>that</replaceable></arg> + </group> + </arg> + </cmdsynopsis> + <cmdsynopsis> + <command>&dhpackage;</command> + <!-- Normally the help and version options make the programs stop + right after outputting the requested information. --> + <group choice="opt"> + <arg choice="plain"> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg> + </group> + </arg> + <arg choice="plain"> + <group choice="req"> + <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg> + <arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg> + </group> + </arg> + </group> + </cmdsynopsis> + </refsynopsisdiv> + <refsect1 id="description"> + <title>DESCRIPTION</title> + <para>This manual page documents briefly the + <command>&dhpackage;</command> and <command>bar</command> + commands.</para> + <para>This manual page was written for the Debian distribution + because the original program does not have a manual page. + Instead, it has documentation in the GNU <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>info</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> format; see below.</para> + <para><command>&dhpackage;</command> is a program that...</para> + </refsect1> + <refsect1 id="options"> + <title>OPTIONS</title> + <para>The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, + with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of + options is included below. For a complete description, see the + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>info</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> files.</para> + <variablelist> + <!-- Use the variablelist.term.separator and the + variablelist.term.break.after parameters to + control the term elements. --> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-e <replaceable>this</replaceable></option></term> + <term><option>--example=<replaceable>that</replaceable></option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Does this and that.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-h</option></term> + <term><option>--help</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Show summary of options.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>-v</option></term> + <term><option>--version</option></term> + <listitem> + <para>Show version of program.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1 id="files"> + <title>FILES</title> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>/etc/foo.conf</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>The system-wide configuration file to control the + behaviour of <application>&dhpackage;</application>. See + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>foo.conf</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> for further details.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><filename>${HOME}/.foo.conf</filename></term> + <listitem> + <para>The per-user configuration file to control the + behaviour of <application>&dhpackage;</application>. See + <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>foo.conf</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> for further details.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1 id="environment"> + <title>ENVIONMENT</title> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><envar>FOO_CONF</envar></term> + <listitem> + <para>If used, the defined file is used as configuration + file (see also <xref linkend="files"/>).</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1 id="diagnostics"> + <title>DIAGNOSTICS</title> + <para>The following diagnostics may be issued + on <filename class="devicefile">stderr</filename>:</para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term><errortext>Bad configuration file. Exiting.</errortext></term> + <listitem> + <para>The configuration file seems to contain a broken configuration + line. Use the <option>--verbose</option> option, to get more info. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + <para><command>&dhpackage;</command> provides some return codes, that can + be used in scripts:</para> + <segmentedlist> + <segtitle>Code</segtitle> + <segtitle>Diagnostic</segtitle> + <seglistitem> + <seg><errorcode>0</errorcode></seg> + <seg>Program exited successfully.</seg> + </seglistitem> + <seglistitem> + <seg><errorcode>1</errorcode></seg> + <seg>The configuration file seems to be broken.</seg> + </seglistitem> + </segmentedlist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1 id="bugs"> + <!-- Or use this section to tell about upstream BTS. --> + <title>BUGS</title> + <para>The program is currently limited to only work + with the <package>foobar</package> library.</para> + <para>The upstreams <acronym>BTS</acronym> can be found + at <ulink url="http://bugzilla.foo.tld"/>.</para> + </refsect1> + <refsect1 id="see_also"> + <title>SEE ALSO</title> + <!-- In alpabetical order. --> + <para><citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>bar</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>baz</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry>, <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>foo.conf</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>5</manvolnum> + </citerefentry></para> + <para>The programs are documented fully by <citetitle>The Rise and + Fall of a Fooish Bar</citetitle> available via the <citerefentry> + <refentrytitle>info</refentrytitle> + <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> + </citerefentry> system.</para> + </refsect1> +</refentry> + |