I am trying to use org to export to a man page and I noticed that some items with formatting do not show up appropriately. I will provide an example of the issue below in addition to system information and the troubleshooting I’ve done so far. I would appreciate any guidance you can provide with fixing this issue. Thank you for your help with this.

 

I have a simple org file that has the following within it.

{{{

  1 #+TITLE: Test of org-mode

  2 #+AUTHOR: Anthony M. Agelastos

  3 #+EMAIL: iqgrande@gmail.com

  4 #+DATE: 2017-10-17

  5 #+LANGUAGE: en

  6 #+OPTIONS: ^:nil

  7 #+DESCRIPTION: This document is a test of org mode.

  8 #+KEYWORDS: org-mode

  9 #+KEYWORDS: test

10 #+LATEX_COMPILER: lualatex

11 #+LATEX_CLASS: article

12 #+LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS: [letterpaper,11pt]

13 #+LATEX_HEADER: \input{preamble}

14 #+STARTUP: overview

15

16 * Introduction

17 ** foo

18 Does this work?

19 ** bar

20 Does this =work=?

21 ** baz

22 Does this ~work~?

23

24 * Results

25 ** foo

26 Does this *work*?

27 ** bar

28 Does this /work/?

}}}

 

This generates the following man page where much of the formatting save for “==” and “~~” work. Those 2, however, ultimately fail with different behavior. I should also note that this exports correctly to Info, PDF, ASCII, HTML, and Markdown.

{{{

Test of org-mode(1)                       General Commands Manual                       Test of org-mode(1)

 

Introduction

   foo

       Does this work?

 

   bar

       Does this .nf nil

 

   baz

       Does  this  (code (:value work :begin 453 :end 459 :post-blank 0 :parent (paragraph (:begin 443 :end

       461 :contents-begin 443 :contents-end  461  :post-blank  0  :post-affiliated  443  :parent  (section

       (:begin  443 :end 462 :contents-begin 443 :contents-end 461 :post-blank 1 :post-affiliated 443 :par‐

       ent (headline (:raw-value baz :begin 436 :end 461 :pre-blank 0 :contents-begin 443 :contents-end 461

       :level  2 :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-type nil :post-blank 0 :footnote-section-p

       nil :archivedp nil :commentedp nil :post-affiliated 436 :title (baz) :parent  (headline  (:raw-value

       Introduction :begin 373 :end 462 :pre-blank 0 :contents-begin 388 :contents-end 461 :level 1 :prior‐

       ity nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-type nil :post-blank 1 :footnote-section-p nil  :archivedp

       nil  :commentedp  nil  :post-affiliated  373  :title  (Introduction)  :parent (org-data nil (section

       (:begin 1 :end 373 :contents-begin 1 :contents-end 372 :post-blank 1 :post-affiliated 1 :parent #10)

       (keyword (:key TITLE :value Test of org-mode :begin 1 :end 27 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 1 :par‐

       ent #11)) (keyword (:key AUTHOR :value Anthony M. Agelastos :begin 27 :end 58 :post-blank  0  :post-

       affiliated  27 :parent #11)) (keyword (:key EMAIL :value iqgrande@gmail.com :begin 58 :end 86 :post-

       blank 0 :post-affiliated 58 :parent #11)) (keyword (:key DATE :value 2017-10-17 :begin 86  :end  105

       :post-blank  0  :post-affiliated  86 :parent #11)) (keyword (:key LANGUAGE :value en :begin 105 :end

       120 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 105 :parent #11)) (keyword (:key OPTIONS :value ^:nil :begin  120

       :end  137  :post-blank  0  :post-affiliated 120 :parent #11)) (keyword (:key DESCRIPTION :value This

       document is a test of org mode. :begin 137 :end 189 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 137 :parent #11))

       (keyword (:key KEYWORDS :value org-mode :begin 189 :end 210 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 189 :par‐

       ent #11)) (keyword (:key KEYWORDS :value test :begin 210 :end 227 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 210

       :parent #11)) (keyword (:key LATEX_COMPILER :value lualatex :begin 227 :end 254 :post-blank 0 :post-

       affiliated 227 :parent #11)) (keyword (:key LATEX_CLASS :value article :begin 254  :end  277  :post-

       blank  0  :post-affiliated  254  :parent  #11)) (keyword (:key LATEX_CLASS_OPTIONS :value [letterpa‐

       per,11pt] :begin 277 :end 319 :post-blank  0  :post-affiliated  277  :parent  #11))  (keyword  (:key

       LATEX_HEADER  :value  input{preamble} :begin 319 :end 352 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 319 :parent

       #11)) (keyword (:key STARTUP :value overview :begin 352 :end 372 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated  352

       :parent #11))) #8 (headline (:raw-value Results :begin 462 :end 522 :pre-blank 0 :contents-begin 472

       :contents-end 522 :level 1 :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-type  nil  :post-blank  0

       :footnote-section-p nil :archivedp nil :commentedp nil :post-affiliated 462 :title (Results) :parent

       #10) (headline (:raw-value foo :begin 472 :end 497 :pre-blank 0  :contents-begin  479  :contents-end

       497  :level  2 :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-type nil :post-blank 0 :footnote-sec‐

       tion-p nil :archivedp nil :commentedp nil :post-affiliated 472 :title (foo)  :parent  #11)  (section

       (:begin  479 :end 497 :contents-begin 479 :contents-end 497 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 479 :par‐

       ent #12) (paragraph (:begin 479 :end 497 :contents-begin 479 :contents-end 497 :post-blank 0  :post-

       affiliated  479 :parent #13) Does this  (bold (:begin 489 :end 495 :contents-begin 490 :contents-end

       494 :post-blank 0 :parent #14) work) ?  ))) (headline (:raw-value bar :begin 497 :end 522 :pre-blank

       0  :contents-begin  504  :contents-end 522 :level 2 :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-

       type nil :post-blank 0 :footnote-section-p nil :archivedp nil :commentedp nil  :post-affiliated  497

       :title (bar) :parent #11) (section (:begin 504 :end 522 :contents-begin 504 :contents-end 522 :post-

       blank 0 :post-affiliated 504 :parent #12) (paragraph (:begin 504 :end 522 :contents-begin 504  :con‐

       tents-end  522  :post-blank  0 :post-affiliated 504 :parent #13) Does this  (italic (:begin 514 :end

       520 :contents-begin 515 :contents-end 519 :post-blank 0  :parent  #14)  work)  ?   ))))))  (headline

       (:raw-value  foo  :begin  388  :end  411 :pre-blank 0 :contents-begin 395 :contents-end 411 :level 2

       :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil  :todo-type  nil  :post-blank  0  :footnote-section-p  nil

       :archivedp  nil  :commentedp  nil :post-affiliated 388 :title (foo) :parent #8) (section (:begin 395

       :end 411 :contents-begin 395 :contents-end 411 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 395 :parent #9) (para‐

       graph  (:begin 395 :end 411 :contents-begin 395 :contents-end 411 :post-blank 0 :post-affiliated 395

       :parent #10) Does this work?  ))) (headline (:raw-value bar :begin 411 :end 436 :pre-blank  0  :con‐

       tents-begin  418 :contents-end 436 :level 2 :priority nil :tags nil :todo-keyword nil :todo-type nil

       :post-blank 0 :footnote-section-p nil :archivedp nil :commentedp  nil  :post-affiliated  411  :title

       (bar)  :parent #8) (section (:begin 418 :end 436 :contents-begin 418 :contents-end 436 :post-blank 0

       :post-affiliated 418 :parent #9) (paragraph (:begin 418 :end 436 :contents-begin  418  :contents-end

       436  :post-blank  0  :post-affiliated  418 :parent #10) Does this  (verbatim (:value work :begin 428

       :end 434 :post-blank 0 :parent #11)) ?  ))) #6)) #4)) #2)) Does this  #0 ?  )))?

 

Results

   foo

       Does this work?

 

   bar

       Does this work?

}}}

 

I generate the man page with the following command.

{{{

emacs -Q -l load.el -l init.el Test.org --batch -f org-man-export-to-man --kill

}}}

 

The “load.el” script contains the following.

{{{

(add-to-list 'load-path "/path/to/my/org-mode/lisp")

}}}

 

The “init.el” script contains the following.

{{{

;;; EMACS USUALLY HAS A SPLASH SCREEN ON STARTUP. LET'S GET RID OF THAT AND START WITH A BLANK BUFFER.

(setq inhibit-startup-message t)

 

;;; FIX PARAGRAPH FILLING WIDTH

;; To do this easily, just do M-q

(setq-default fill-column 72)

 

;;; MAKE ORG MODE SPIT OUT SMART QUOTES

(setq org-export-with-smart-quotes t)

 

;;; HANDLE TODO BETTER

(setq org-log-done 'time)

(setq org-log-done 'note)

 

;;; ENABLE EXPORTING

(require 'ox-texinfo)

(require 'ox-man)

}}}