Roff::new() is currently set up to accept the name and section number of the man page.
However, .TH can also accept additional arguments: "the date of this revision of the manual page, where the program it documents came from, and the title of the whole book to which this page belongs to." https://liw.fi/manpages/
If Roff::new() could accept all of these arguments, it would allow man to pass the date/version more easily. I'll submit a PR that revises Roff::new() along these lines; let me know if you'd like me to implement it differently.
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Roff::new()is currently set up to accept the name and section number of the man page. However,.THcan also accept additional arguments: "the date of this revision of the manual page, where the program it documents came from, and the title of the whole book to which this page belongs to." https://liw.fi/manpages/If
Roff::new()could accept all of these arguments, it would allowmanto pass the date/version more easily. I'll submit a PR that revisesRoff::new()along these lines; let me know if you'd like me to implement it differently.