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. ============================================================== Scott S. Goodwin Chief, Information Technology Section 96th Communications Group Eglin AFB, FL