Help convert troff manpage source files to asciidoc. Some hand editing of the file is needed afterwards

troff2asciidoc.py

#!/usr/bin/python2
"""
  A little helper to speed up converting troff files to adoc.

	usage:	
		./troff2adoc.py manpage.man.in

	typical post conversion tasks:
		clean up bolded items outside the OPTIONS section.
		clean up SYNOPSIS 
"""
import sys
import re

Nargs = len(sys.argv)
if Nargs == 2:
        myfilename = sys.argv[1]
else:
        print("""
        Usage: process <filename>
        """
        )
        print Nargs
        quit()
myfile = open(myfilename)
outfile = open(myfilename[:-3]+".adoc",'w')

for line in myfile:
	rline = line.replace('\-','-')
	rline = rline.replace(r'\fB','*')
	rline = rline.replace(r'\fP','*')
	if rline[:3]==".SH":
		outfile.write("\n"+rline[4:])
		outfile.write("-"*(len(rline)-4)+"\n")	
	elif rline[:2]==".B":
		outfile.write("*"+rline[3:-1]+"*::"+"\n")
	elif rline[:3]==".TP":
		outfile.write("\n")
	elif rline[:3]==".TH":
		l = rline[4:].split()
		outfile.write(l[0]+"("+l[1]+")"+"\n")
		outfile.write('='*(len(l[0])+3)+"\n")
		outfile.write(":doctype: manpage\n")
		outfile.write(":revdate: "+l[2].strip('"')+"\n")
		outfile.write(":revnumber: "+l[3].strip('"')+"\n")
		outfile.write(":manpurpose: "+l[4].strip('"')+"\n\n")
	elif rline[:3]==r'.\"':
		outfile.write("//"+rline[3:])

	elif rline[:3]=='.pc':
		outfile.write("//"+rline[3:])
	elif rline[:3]=='.RI':
		outfile.write('\t'+rline[3:])
	elif rline[:3]=="'\\\"":
		pass
	else:
		outfile.write(rline)


outfile.close()
myfile.close()