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 rst2man
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generate unix manpages from reStructured text
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:Author: grubert@users.sourceforge.net
:Date:   2006-10-22
:Copyright: public domain
:Version: 0.1
:Manual section: 1
:Manual group: text processing

.. TODO: authors and author with name <email>

SYNOPSIS
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  rst2man.py inputfile outputfile

DESCRIPTION
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rst2man transforms a reStructured text document into a unix man page.

In theory any valid reStructured text document should be processable,
in reality this is

* a goal, that is not met yet
* a goal that might never be met, because only few constructs are
  used in man pages *and* because the common text file does not adhere
  to man page requirements. 
  
  For example a unix man page belongs into a numbered section, 1 is 
  user commands, 8 contains administrator commands and the headlines
  of all manpages are collected into a database, queryable with the
  programm ``apropos``, therefore the headline should contain a short
  text describing into which group this command belongs.

  These informations are collected from title, subtitle and the
  docinfo, see this document as an example.

OPTIONS
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--config=<file>         Read configuration settings from <file>, if it exists.
--version, -V           Show this program's version number and exit.
--help, -h              Show this help message and exit.

And a lot more standard docutils options.

FILES
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None yet.

SEE ALSO
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`docutils <http://docutils.sourceforge.net>`__
`linux man page howto <http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Man-Page/>`__

and ``man man`` also ``man 7 man``

BUGS
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1. Format options are included as they are required. 
2. bullet lists
3. number lists


Discussion is still open.


