Man pages are written in plain text with a simple markup language called troff.
Actually there are several related markup systems all supported by a set of commands ending in roff: nroff, troff, and the all singing, all dancing super-set groff.
My Mac OS 10.5 systems has a nice summary of the history in man 7 roff.
As others have noted there are several tools around which can convert other markup formats to man pages.
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您可以用
markdown编写它，然后通过pandoc将其转换为手册页格式 ((t|g)roff)。这是精美的手册：http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html。华泰
You can write it e.g. in
markdownthen convert it via e.g.pandocto manpage format ((t|g)roff). Here is the fine manual: http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html .HTH
当然，继续学习格式并在常规文本编辑器中手写。
另一方面，
perl项目使用一种称为pod的通用标记，然后通过运行pod2man转换为手册页。Sure, go ahead and learn the format and write it by hand in a regular text editor.
On the other hand, the
perlproject uses a kind of universal markup calledpodand then converts into manpages by runningpod2man.手册页是使用一种名为
troff的简单标记语言以纯文本形式编写的。实际上有几个相关的标记系统都由一组以
roff结尾的命令支持：nroff，troff，以及所有唱歌，所有跳舞超集groff。我的 Mac OS 10.5 系统在
man 7 roff中有一个很好的历史总结。正如其他人所指出的，有几种工具可以将其他标记格式转换为手册页。
Man pages are written in plain text with a simple markup language called
troff.Actually there are several related markup systems all supported by a set of commands ending in
roff:nroff,troff, and the all singing, all dancing super-setgroff.My Mac OS 10.5 systems has a nice summary of the history in
man 7 roff.As others have noted there are several tools around which can convert other markup formats to man pages.
最简单的方法是将内容编写为“reStructuredText”（比 wiki 语法更简单）并使用 docutils 从中生成联机帮助页。
请参阅本教程。
The easiest way is to write content as "reStructuredText" (simpler than wiki syntax) and use docutils to generate manpage from it.
See this tutorial.