Getting started

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Installation

Installation

gem install ronn

Usage

ronn foo.1.md        # creates foo.1.html
ronn -r foo.1.md     # creates foo.1 (--roff)
ronn -r -h foo.1.md  # builds --roff and --html
ronn -m foo.1.md     # view as manpage

Ronn is a Ruby gem.

Basic template

name(1) -- short, single-sentence description
=============================================

## SYNOPSIS

`name` [<optional>...] <flags>

## DESCRIPTION

A normal paragraph. This can span multiple lines and is terminated with two
or more line endings just like Markdown.

## OPTIONS

 * `-h`, `--help` :
   Displays the help screen.

 * `--version` : 
   Displays version information.

## EXAMPLES

Indent examples with 4 spaces.

    $ ls
    $ ls -la

## COPYRIGHT

**PROJECTNAME** is copyright (c) 2015, Rico Sta. Cruz. Released under the MIT
license.

## SEE ALSO

ronn-format(7), ronn(1)

Formatting tags

Inline

Bold

`code`
**strong**

Underline

<variable>
_emphasis_
*emphasis*

Linking

Manual references

sh(1)
markdown(7)

Sections

[STANDARDS][]
[SEE ALSO][]
[DIFFERENT TEXT][#SEE-ALSO]

URL links

[URL link](http://github.com/rstacruz)
<http://github.com>

Frequently-used sections

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Sections

• ## SYNOPSIS
• ## DESCRIPTION
• ## OPTIONS
• ## SYNTAX
• ## ENVIRONMENT
• ## RETURN VALUES
• ## STANDARDS
• ## SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
• ## BUGS
• ## HISTORY
• ## AUTHOR
• ## COPYRIGHT
• ## SEE ALSO
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Other CLI options

Options

--pipe                       # write to stdout
--server, -S                 # serve in http://localhost:1207

--html, -5                   # default
--fragment, -f               # html without header/title/footer

--style=toc,80c              # toc (table of contents)
                             # 80c (use 80c instead of 100c)
                             # print (include print stylesheet)
                             # dark

--manual="MY MANUAL"         # shown on top-center
--organization="RONN 0.7.0"  # shown on bottom-left
--date="YYYY-MM-DD"          # shown on bottom-center

Sections

Section	Description
1	General commands
2	System calls
3	C standard lib
4	Special files (/dev) and drivers
5	File formats
6	Games
7	Misc
8	System administration commands and procedures

See Man page sections (december.com).

Using with npm

npm scripts

Place manual files in man/xxx.1.md, then in package.json:
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"scripts": {
  "prepublish": "npm run build-man",
  "build-man": "if which ronn; then ronn man/*.md --html --roff --style=toc,80c --organization=\"@rstacruz\"; fi"
},
"directories": {
  "man": "man"
}

marked-man

npm install -g marked-man
marked-man foo.1.md > foo.1

Differences

• No definition lists
• Can’t use <br>

See marked-man.