author | mpm@selenic.com |
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Mercurial's documentation is currently kept in ASCIIDOC format, which |
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is a simple plain text format that's easy to read and edit. It's also |
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convertible to a variety of other formats including standard UNIX man |
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page format and HTML. |
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To do this, you'll need to install ASCIIDOC: |
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http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/ |
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To generate the man page: |
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asciidoc -d manpage -b docbook hg.1.txt |
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xmlto man hg.1.xml |
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To display: |
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groff -mandoc -Tascii hg.1 | more |
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To create the html page (without stylesheets): |
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asciidoc -b html hg.1.txt |