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-.TH macpack "Mono 1.0"
+.TH Mono "macpack"
 .SH NAME
 macpack \- Macintosh OS X Packager for managed gui assemblies
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .PP
-.B macpack [options] 
+.B macpack [options] assembly
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fImacpack\fP is a tool used to package managed assemblies (like
 System.Windows.Forms or Cocoa#) that require gui availability for deployment
 on Mac OS X.
 .PP
 macpack will prepare a OS X compatible bundle from the provided assembly 
-and resources.
+and resources.  The bundle will include the specified assembly as well
+as any of the provided resources (specified with the -resource: switch).
+.PP
+Developers can specify the kind of application to produce using the
+-mode: argument.  This controls how the environment in the Mono class
+libraries is setup.
 .PP
 .SH OPTIONS
-.I "-a" <assembly location>
+.I "-a assembly"
 .Sp
 This option tells macpack where the managed assembly that you
-want to bundle resides.
+want to bundle resides.  This option is also used to point to the shell
+script to launch in the case of a X11/Gtk# application.
+.Sp
+This is the same as just passing the assembly as an argument. 
 .Sp
-.I "-m" <mode>
+.I "-m [winforms,x11,console,cocoa]"
+or
+.I "-mode:[winforms,x11,console,cocoa]"
 .Sp
-An integer parameter of the mode (Cocoa# or System.Windows.Forms).
-System.Windows.Forms = 1
-Cocoa# = 2
+A value indicating the kind of application: WinForms is a Winforms
+application running on Quartz;  X11 is an application that requires
+the X11 server to run;  console is a non-graphical application;  cocoa
+is an application based on Cocoa#
 .Sp
-.I "-n" <application name>
+.I "-n NAME"
+or
+.I "-appname:NAME"
 .Sp
 This option specifies the application name of the emitted bundle.
 This is what you will see in Finder.
 .Sp
-.I "-o" <output path>
+.I "-o DIRECTORY"
+or
+.I "-output:DIRECTORY"
 .Sp
 This option specifies the path to output the generated Application.
 .Sp
-.I "-r" <resource>
+.I "-r RESOURCE"
+or 
+.I "-resource:RESOURCE"
 .Sp
 This option can be specified multiple times.  It will place a copy of each resource
-into the bundles resources directory.
+into the bundles resources directory.  Alternatively, you can use a
+comma separated list of resources.
 .fi
+.SH AUTHOR
+Geoff Norton
 .SH WEB SITE
 Visit: http://www.mono-project.com for details