man pages

Reinhard Tartler siretart at tauware.de
Wed Dec 16 11:20:47 UTC 2009


rosea grammostola <rosea.grammostola at gmail.com> writes:

> What are the rules for man pages? It makes little sense to have manual
> pages for apps like rosegarden or synths like phasex right?

Please read debian policy, §12.1, Manual pages.

> I think man pages for command line apps are very useful though... 
> I feel it is close to a waste of time to make man pages for such apps.

I feel it is a waste of time to have a manpage without sufficient
information on how to use the application. What kind of documentation do
applications like rosegarden or phasex provide? Perhaps it is possible
to convert (parts) to a manpage?

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