manlifter

Convert troff to DocBook

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/manlifter.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install doclifter
Ubuntu
apt-get install doclifter
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install doclifter
Fedora
dnf install doclifter
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install doclifter
Raspbian
apt-get install doclifter

doclifter

Convert troff to DocBook

Lifting documents from presentation level to semantic level is hard, and a really good job requires human polishing. This tool aims to do everything that can be mechanized, and to preserve any troff-level information that might have structural implications in XML comments.