There are three ways to invoke Emacs nroff mode while working on the
AOLserver man page documentation:
1. Tell Emacs that files ending with the .n suffix are to be edited in
nroff-mode by placing this text in your .emacs file:
; Edit .n files in nroff mode. Files ending with a number
; as a suffix (e.g. Ns_Adp.3) are already recognized as
; nroff files by Emacs.
(setq auto-mode-alist
(cons
'("\.n$" . nroff-mode)
auto-mode-alist)
)
2. Open the file in Emacs, then do an 'M-x nroff-mode'.
3. Place this as the first line of the man file:
'\" -*- nroff -*- (Tells Emacs what major mode to use)
Selection 1. is the preferred method; use 2. if you really want to
change modes manually.
/s.
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Scott S. Goodwin
Chief, Information Technology Section
96th Communications Group
Eglin AFB, FL
