kramdown-man.1.md

kramdown-man 1 "April 2013" kramdown-man "User Manuals"

NAME

kramdown-man - generates man pages from markdown files

SYNOPSIS

kramdown-man [options] MARKDOWN_FILE

DESCRIPTION

A Kramdown plugin for converting Markdown files into man pages.

ARGUMENTS

MARKDOWN_FILE : The input markdown file to convert.

OPTIONS

-o, --output OUTPUT : The file to write the man page output to.

-V, --version : Prints the kramdown-man version.

-h, --help : Prints the usage for kramdown-man.

EXAMPLE

Render a man page from markdown:

$ kramdown-man -o man/myprogram.1 man/myprogram.1.md

Preview the rendered man page:

$ kramdown-man man/myprogram.1.md

RUBY

require 'kramdown'
require 'kramdown/man'

doc = Kramdown::Document.new(File.read('man/kramdown-man.1.md'))
File.write('man/kramdown-man.1',doc.to_man)
system 'man', 'man/kramdown-man.1'

RAKE TASK

Define a man and files tasks which render all *.md files within the man/ directory:

require 'kramdown/man/task'
Kramdown::Man::Task.new

SYNTAX

Code

`code`

code

Emphasis

*emphasis*

emphasis

Strong

**strong**

strong

Paragraph

Normal paragraph.

Normal paragraph.

Usage String

`command` [`--foo`] **FILE**

command [--foo] FILE

Argument Definitions

*ARG*
: Description here.

ARG : Description here.

Option Definitions

`-o`, `--option` *VALUE*
: Description here.

-o, --option VALUE : Description here.

Links

[website](http://example.com/)

website

Man Pages

Link to other man pages in a project:

[kramdown-man](kramdown-man.1.md)

kramdown-man

Link to other system man page:

[bash](man:bash(1))

bash

Note: only works on firefox on Linux.

Email Addresses

Email <bob@example.com>

Email bob@example.com

Lists

* one
* two
* three

• one
• two
• three

Numbered Lists

1. one
2. two
3. three

1. one
2. two
3. three

Definition Lists

ex·am·ple
: a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

: a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated or the
  likelihood of their being imitated.

ex·am·ple : a thing characteristic of its kind or illustrating a general rule.

: a person or thing regarded in terms of their fitness to be imitated or the likelihood of their being imitated.

Blockquotes

> Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
>
> --Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Code Blocks

    #include <stdio.h>

    int main()
    {
        printf("hello world\n");
        return 0;
    }

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("hello world\n");
    return 0;
}

Code Fences

```
puts "hello world"
```

puts "hello world"

AUTHOR

Postmodern postmodern.mod3@gmail.com