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-rw-r--r--data/evolution.139
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/data/Makefile.am b/data/Makefile.am
index 5c3fdfa410..20c4dee0cd 100644
--- a/data/Makefile.am
+++ b/data/Makefile.am
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ kdedesktopdir = $(KDE_APPLNK_DIR)/Applications
kdedesktop_DATA = $(desktop_in_files:.desktop.in=.desktop)
endif
-EXTRA_DIST = $(desktop_in_files) $(keys_in_files) $(mime_DATA)
+man_MANS = evolution.1
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(desktop_in_files) $(keys_in_files) $(mime_DATA) $(man_MANS)
diff --git a/data/evolution.1 b/data/evolution.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e0193d82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/evolution.1
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+.TH "Evolution" "1" "1.0" "Ximian, Inc." "GNOME Applications"
+.SH "NAME"
+.LP
+evolution \- Run Ximian Evolution, the GNOME groupware suite.
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.LP
+evolution [OPTION] ... [URI]
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.LP
+This program is a graphical groupware suite. Documentation for
+Evolution is available by running the application and selecting items
+from the Help menu, or by visiting the Ximian knowledge base at
+\fBhttp://support.ximian.com\fR.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-no-splash\fR
+do not display the start-up splash screen
+.TP
+\fB\-\-debug\fR=\fIFILENAME\fR
+output debugging messages to FILENAME
+.SH "EXAMPLES"
+To run this program the standard way type:
+.sp
+ \fBevolution\fR
+.sp
+To open your Inbox
+.sp
+ \fBevolution evolution:/local/Inbox\fR
+.sp
+To send mail to \fBjoe@somewhere.net\fR
+.sp
+ \fBevolution mailto:joe@somewhere.net\fR
+.sp
+To use Evolution as the handler for \fBmailto:\fR links in GNOME
+applications, set the GNOME URL handler in the GNOME Control Center to
+be:
+.sp
+ \fBevolution "%s"\fR
+.sp
+(The similar approach works for Mozilla and other applications.) \ No newline at end of file