doc/README
author Alexis S. L. Carvalho <alexis@cecm.usp.br>
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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