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diff --git a/doc/documentation.mdwn b/doc/documentation.mdwn
index 79e242f4..9028dfaa 100644
--- a/doc/documentation.mdwn
+++ b/doc/documentation.mdwn
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Propellor's modules is the most important docuemntation of propellor.
Other documentation:
+* [[man page|usage]]
* [[Haskell Newbie]]
* [[Centralized Git Repository]]
* [[Contributing]]
diff --git a/doc/mdwn2man b/doc/mdwn2man
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..aadb13cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/mdwn2man
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# Warning: hack
+
+my $prog=shift;
+my $section=shift;
+
+print ".TH $prog $section\n";
+
+while (<>) {
+ s{(\\?)\[\[([^\s\|\]]+)(\|[^\s\]]+)?\]\]}{$1 ? "[[$2]]" : $2}eg;
+ s/\`([^\`]*)\`/\\fB$1\\fP/g;
+ s/\`//g;
+ s/^\s*\./\\&./g;
+ if (/^#\s/) {
+ s/^#\s/.SH /;
+ <>; # blank;
+ }
+ s/^[ \n]+//;
+ s/^\t/ /;
+ s/-/\\-/g;
+ s/^Warning:.*//g;
+ s/^$/.PP\n/;
+ s/^\*\s+(.*)/.IP "$1"/;
+ next if $_ eq ".PP\n" && $skippara;
+ if (/^.IP /) {
+ $inlist=1;
+ $spippara=0;
+ }
+ elsif (/^.SH/) {
+ $skippara=0;
+ $inlist=0;
+ }
+ elsif (/^\./) {
+ $skippara=1;
+ }
+ else {
+ $skippara=0;
+ }
+ if ($inlist && $_ eq ".PP\n") {
+ $_=".IP\n";
+ }
+
+ print $_;
+}