Re: Why we're stuck with man(7) (was: man/man8/ldconfig.8: document system-wide tunables)

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:28:13 +0200

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Hi DJ,

On 2026-07-10T18:11:09-0400, DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> "G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> writes:
> > * Markdown can't do semantics.
> 
> And roff has .IR ;-)
> 
> These days, most of the docs I write are in texinfo or HTML (raw html,
> not markup).  I think I've experienced most of the formats on your list.
> I think I've written converters between many things on your list.
> 
> Is there a canonical reference to the flavor of roff that we write to,
> for modern systems' man page formatters?

groff_man(7) and groff_man_style(7) are what you're looking for,
I believe.


Cheers,
Alex

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