Introduction to Marked-man

Marked-man is a powerful tool for converting Markdown files to man pages for Unix-based systems. It allows for seamless documentation generation, enabling developers to maintain consistent and easily readable documentation for their projects.

Key Features and APIs of Marked-man

Below are some of the critical APIs of Marked-man and their usage:

Basic Usage

Let’s start with a simple example of how to convert a Markdown file to a man page:

marked-man input.md -o output.1

This command converts the content of input.md into a man page file named output.1.

Setting Man Page Section

You can define the man page section using the -s option:

marked-man input.md -s 7 -o output.7

This command sets the man page section to 7.

Specifying Manual Type

Specify the type of manual using the -t option:

marked-man input.md -t "Programmer's Manual" -o output.1

Sets the manual type to “Programmer’s Manual”.

Setting Title and Section

Title and section can be set directly in the Markdown file using front matter:

 --- title: "Sample Command" section: 1 --- 

The above front matter will set the title to “Sample Command” and section to 1.

Code Snippet Integration

You can include code snippets in your Markdown file, and they will be converted properly. For example:

``` # Sample Code print("Hello, World!") ```

Will appear as:

# Sample Code print("Hello, World!")

Creating an App Using Marked-man

Here’s a simple app example that generates a man page using Marked-man:

 // Import necessary modules const { exec } = require('child_process');
/**
 * Function to generate man page
 * @param {string} input - Input markdown file
 * @param {string} output - Output man page file
 */
function generateManPage(input, output) {
    exec(`marked-man ${input} -o ${output}`, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
        if (error) {
            console.error(`Error: ${error.message}`);
            return;
        }
        if (stderr) {
            console.error(`Standard Error: ${stderr}`);
            return;
        }
        console.log(`Output: ${stdout}`);
    });
}
// Generate a man page from 'example.md' and save it as 'example.1' generateManPage('example.md', 'example.1'); 

This application utilizes the marked-man command to convert a example.md file into a example.1 man page.