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authorPatrick Spek <p.spek@tyil.nl>2022-08-25 08:26:44 +0200
committerPatrick Spek <p.spek@tyil.nl>2022-08-25 08:26:44 +0200
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+<?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 "root">
+ <!ENTITY dhemail "root@unknown">
+ <!-- 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 "bashtard User Manual">
+ <!ENTITY dhucpackage "Bashtard">
+ <!ENTITY dhpackage "bashtard">
+]>
+
+<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>ENVIRONMENT</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>
+