info2man(1) [debian man page]

INFO2MAN(1)						      General Commands Manual						       INFO2MAN(1)

NAME

       info2man - generate man pages from info documents

SYNOPSIS

       info2man info-file

DESCRIPTION

       info2man  converts a GNU info file to a man page.  It first generates a POD (Plain Old Documentation) file using info2pod(1), then converts
       this to a man page using pod2man(1).

       info-file should be the full path to the info file (probably in /usr/share/info or similar).

OPTIONS

       None.

NOTES

       The style of info documentation and man pages differs considerably.  Info documentation is generally written as a book, making full use	of
       chapters, hyperlinks, footnotes, and the like.  By contrast, man pages are often intended as something closer to a reference card.

       That said, many people prefer the interface used to view man pages (a normal pager) to the available info browsers.  This program will con-
       vert the form, but not the content; don't expect it to possess the artificial intelligence necessary to turn a lengthy interconnected  info
       file into a man page that is a model of conciseness!

AUTHOR

       Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> wrote info2man.

       Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> wrote this manual page.

SEE ALSO

       info2pod(1), pod2man(1).

																       INFO2MAN(1)

LDP(7)							 Miscellaneous Information Manual						    LDP(7)

NAME

       LDP - Intro to the Linux Documentation Project, with help, guides and documents

SYNOPSIS

       The  Linux  Documentation Project (LDP) provides a variety of free documentation resources including guides, FAQs, HOWTOs, and man-pages to
       the Linux community.

AUTHORS

       The various documents in the LDP archives are maintained by individual authors, and are listed in the beginning of each HOWTO.  If you have
       any questions or inputs to a document we encourage you to contact the authors directly.

WEB PAGES

       The LDP has its own dedicated web site as do many of the various translations projects which are linked from the main LDP web site at:

	      http://www.tldp.org/

MAN PAGES

       A web page with status information for manual pages and translations is found at:

	      http://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/linux/man/

MAILING LISTS

       LDP has a number of mailing lists, such as

       <announce@en.tlpd.org>
	      Announcements from the LDP project

       <discuss@en.tldp.org>
	      General discussion on the LDP project

       <docbook@en.tldp.org>
	      Questions about the use of DocBook

       For subscription information, see the website.

       If  you	are interested in DocBook beyond the simple markup of your LDP document, you may want to consider joining one of the OASIS DocBook
       mailing lists.  Please see http://docbook.org/mailinglist/index.html for more information.

FILES

       Most distributions include the HOWTOs and mini-HOWTOs in the installation
       /usr/doc/		   (old place for documentation)
       /usr/share/doc/		   (new place for documentation)
       /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/	   (HOWTO files)
       /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/mini/  (mini-HOWTO files)

SEE ALSO

       info(1), man(1), xman(1x)

       info pages as read with emacs(1) or info(1)

LDP
								    2001-11-15								    LDP(7)