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+.TH "ros-init" "1" "" "" ""
+.nh \" Turn off hyphenation by default.
+.PP
+ros-init - Create a roswell script (optionally based on a template)
+.SH Synopsis
+.PP
+\f[B]ros init [template]\f[] name
+.TP
+.B template
+Specify the name of a template.
+.RS
+.RE
+.SH Description
+.PP
+Initialises [name].ros.
+.PP
+The default template is something like:
+.IP
+.nf
+\f[C]
+#!/bin/sh
+#|-*-\ mode:lisp\ -*-|#
+#|\ <Put\ a\ one-line\ description\ here>
+exec\ ros\ -Q\ --\ $0\ "$\@"
+|#
+(defpackage\ :ros.script.test.3666781082
+\ \ (:use\ :cl))
+(in-package\ :ros.script.test.3666781082)
+(defun\ main\ (&rest\ argv)
+\ \ (declare\ (ignorable\ argv)))
+;;;\ vim:\ set\ ft=lisp\ lisp:
+\f[]
+.fi
+.PP
+This is basically a shell script which immediately invokes Roswell by
+exec (see \f[I]sh(1)\f[]).
+Roswell loads the same script as an input, skips multi-line comments,
+reads the rest of the file as a Common Lisp program, and finally invokes
+a function main with command-line arguments.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.PP
+\f[I]sbcl\f[](1) \f[I]ros\f[](1)
+.SH AUTHORS
+Roswell Project Team.