.\" Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*- .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1) .TH NEWBIEDOC 1 "27th September 2009" .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage. .\" .\" Some roff macros, for reference: .\" .nh disable hyphenation .\" .hy enable hyphenation .\" .ad l left justify .\" .ad b justify to both left and right margins .\" .nf disable filling .\" .fi enable filling .\" .br insert line break .\" .sp insert n+1 empty lines .\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7) .SH NAME newbiedoc \- Debian documentation for newbies by newbies. .SH SYNOPSIS .B newbiedoc .br .B newbiedoc\fP file .SH DESCRIPTION This manual page documents briefly the .B newbiedoc command. The program .B newbiedoc is a small script that starts your favorite browser and displays the index page of the NewbieDOC documentation package. Optionally, you can specify the name of a specific file to open in the browser. .PP .B newbiedoc can also be run directly from the Debian menu in the X Window System: .B Debian -> Help -> NewbieDOC. .PP NewbieDOC documentation is in the form of HTML files which form a snapshot of the documentation currently being developed by the Debian .nh NewbieDOC project. Visit the wiki at .B http://newbiedoc.berlios.de for the most recent versions, or if you wish to contribute to the project. The wiki is very easy to use. All Debian users are encouraged to author, edit or add comments to the articles. .PP Each NewbieDOC item is either explicitly licensed by its author, or licensed globally under the GNU Free Documentation License. .PP .SH SEE ALSO The NewbieDOC wiki is at .B http://newbiedoc.berlios.de .PP .SH AUTHOR The upstream source for newbiedoc was written by Chris Lale . .PP This manual page was written by Chris Lale , for the Debian project (but may be used by others).