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Initial check-in based on 2.1.5 (SGI IRIX) source tree.

This directory contains the Inventor man pages.

Note that Inventor man pages are created using a custom Inventor program
called `ivman'.  We have designed a simple language which we use to write
our original man pages in (*.ivm) and then run `ivman' to generate
a standard Unix man page (TROFF).  We ONLY edit the .ivm files found in
man3/ivm/* - NOT the *.3 files.

Note however, that we write standard Unix man pages for the commands
and demos found in man/man1 (e.g., ivcat).


IVMFormat.doc - describes the Inventor Man Page Format (.ivm)
Makefile      - makes man pages
mandefs       - man page include file for common definitions
manrules      - man page rules file

ivman	 - contains the source code for the InVentor MAN page generator (ivman)
macros   - contains macro files used by man pages
man1     - contains Inventor command man pages
man3     - contains Inventor toolkit man pages
tools    - contains various tools used to make man pages