Man page writing aid?

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From: Larry W. Virden
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 10:55

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Did anyone ever consider writing a man page form type program?  That is,
the program would use curses, bring up a 'form' asking for title of man
page, author, usage, etc.  perhaps do some edit checking, generate a
man page, AND, if the user specifies that name when invoking the form,
reads in the man page, fills in the fields, and allows the user to edit
it?

This would enable folks uncomfortable with nroff to make corrections
to man pages (spelling errors, changes in directories, etc.) and also
be an aid to folks who dont program in -man regularly when they need
to generate a new man page.  It would also, if smart enough, allow me
to load in man pages from packages which are not quite right in terms
of the -man macros and update them...
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Subject: Man page writing aid?
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