xmltoman(1)

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💖 xmltoman(1) — bestie edition 💖

okay so welcome to the General Commands Manual, section 1, and today's main character is xmltoman. no cap, she's a tiny little converter and she eats. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

xmltoman — the xml to man converter, periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

xmltoman file.1.xml > file.1

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, xmltoman is a small script that takes your XML and turns it into a MAN page in GROFF format. literally that's the whole glow-up. ✨

she's got all the usual man page items you'd expect — a description, options, see also, etc etc, the whole wardrobe. and plot twist bestie: the XML format also supports converting to HTML pages. versatile queen 👑

on a Debian GNU/Linux system, you'll find the DTD sitting pretty in /usr/share/xmltoman/. there's also an XSL file to generate html using xsltproc(1). iykyk 🔥

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /usr/share/xmltoman/xmltoman.dtd — the DTD file, iconic, essential, no notes 💖
  • /usr/share/xmltoman/xmltoman.xsl — XSLT stylesheet to generate HTML, she's the HTML maker fr fr 🌈
  • /usr/share/xmltoman/xmltoman.css — stylesheet to be used for HTML, the fit that the HTML wears 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

xmltoman was written by Oliver Kurth <oku@masqmail.cx> — absolute legend, we stan 🫶

💜 MAINTAINER 💜

xmltoman is currently maintained by Adam Bilbrough — keeping the vibes immaculate to this day ✨

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

💀 COMMENTS 💀

not me finding out that this man page was written using xmltoman(1) by the same author and / or maintainer — she's self-made, she's self-referential, she's the moment 😭💖

okay bestie that's the whole page, you're officially an xmltoman scholar now, go convert something and slay 💅

signing off from the Manuals corner of the User section, dated xmltoman(1) — stay groffy, mwah 🎀💜

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