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# Project     : UDO manual
# Chapter     : Formats: Manualpage
# Language    : English
# Initial Date: 2009-06-05
# Author      : Dirk Hagedorn
# Co-author(s): Ulf Dunkel (fd)
# Write-access: fd
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# 2009:
#   fd  Jun 05: file introduced (extracted from formats.ui)
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!begin_node Manualpage
!html_name format_manpage

The Manualpage is an ASCII format where text styles are made by inserting
backspace sequences. It is used for short software descriptions for Unix
systems. For longer descriptions you should use the GNU Texinfo format.

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!item [How can I set the page length for manpages?]
You can set the lines each page of a manpage should have with the command
(!KW [man_lpp]) (""lpp"" means ""lines per page"").

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!item [How can I set the program type for manpages?]
Use the switch (!KW [man_type] [X]) where ""X"" is displayed inside brackets
in the headlines of the manpage.

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!item [Why does'nt UDO create a table of contents?]
It is very unusual to use a table of contents in a manpage. For short program
description -- you only should use manpages for -- tables of contents
don't make sense, too.

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