diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index c344477..fe59f5e 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
 	# for each source, build a specific command that runs tfm to generate the
 	# troff output as a gzipped file. Sed is needed to remove the leading blank
 	# that tfm likes to insert even if indention is 0. We also generate postscript
-	# and rts output which are left in the build directory for the developer to 
-	# use as needed.
+	# markdown, plain ascii and rts output which are left in the build directory 
+	# for the developer to use as needed.
 	#
 	foreach( nm IN LISTS man_names )
 	  set( out ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${nm} )
@@ -104,10 +104,17 @@
 	  add_custom_command(
 			OUTPUT ${out}.gz
 			DEPENDS ${in}
-			COMMAND bash -c "export OUTPUT_RST=0; export LIB=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/src; \
-				${tfm} ${in} stdout | sed 's/^ //' | gzip >${out}.gz; \
-				export OUTPUT_RST=1; ${tfm} ${in} ${out}.rst; \
-				${pfm} ${in} ${out}.ps"
+			COMMAND bash -c "export LIB=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/src; \
+				export OUTPUT_TYPE=troff; \
+					${tfm} ${in} stdout | sed 's/^ //' | gzip >${out}.gz; \
+				export OUTPUT_TYPE=rst; \
+					${tfm} ${in} ${out}.rst; \
+				export OUTPUT_TYPE=txt; \
+				  ${tfm} ${in} ${out}.txt; \
+				export OUTPUT_TYPE=markdown; \
+					${tfm} ${in} stdout | sed 's/^ //' >${out}.md; \
+				export OUTPUT_TYPE=postscript; \
+					${pfm} ${in} ${out}.ps"
 			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
 			COMMENT "Building manpage ${out}"
 			VERBATIM
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr.7.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr.7.xfm
index affdf24..1c973c6 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr.7.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr.7.xfm
@@ -23,22 +23,8 @@
 	Date		29 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** and rst.im will cause rst to be generated depending on OUTPUT_TYPE env
-.** var.
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
-
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 =
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_alloc_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_alloc_msg.3.xfm
index a9dad95..cd9da7f 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_alloc_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_alloc_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,22 +23,10 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im
 
 &line_len(6i)
-
 &h1(RMR Library Functions)
 &h2(NAME)
 	rmr_alloc_msg
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2meid.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2meid.3.xfm
index fcc3955..0699cdf 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2meid.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2meid.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2payload.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2payload.3.xfm
index a8f99e2..b9412a8 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2payload.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2payload.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2xact.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2xact.3.xfm
index dbfe679..97fb5a3 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2xact.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_bytes2xact.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_call.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_call.3.xfm
index d83151e..edd8a5b 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_call.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_call.3.xfm
@@ -25,19 +25,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_close.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_close.3.xfm
index 8b05f0b..3fe439c 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_close.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_close.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		21 February 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_free_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_free_msg.3.xfm
index e29f8d9..5c0fd91 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_free_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_free_msg.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_meid.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_meid.3.xfm
index 427fbd6..939a372 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_meid.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_meid.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_rcvfd.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_rcvfd.3.xfm
index 8300d4e..54cc515 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_rcvfd.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_rcvfd.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		11 February 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_src.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_src.3.xfm
index 42146e8..98ec5a5 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_src.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_src.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 =
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_srcip.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_srcip.3.xfm
index 050f1f2..7db7efe 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_srcip.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_srcip.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		11 June 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 =
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trace.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trace.3.xfm
index f22596a..21c0285 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trace.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trace.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		19 April 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trlen.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trlen.3.xfm
index 1f0d774..770935c 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trlen.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_get_trlen.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		19 April 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 
 &line_len(6i)
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_init.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_init.3.xfm
index 83a0f18..3871d03 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_init.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_init.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_init_trace.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_init_trace.3.xfm
index 8d6b1da..b6e534b 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_init_trace.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_init_trace.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		19 April 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_call.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_call.3.xfm
index b0246bb..ecb65ca 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_call.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_call.3.xfm
@@ -25,19 +25,8 @@
 	Date		24 May 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_rcv.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_rcv.3.xfm
index 7c83f18..8be015a 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_rcv.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_mt_rcv.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		24 May 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_payload_size.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_payload_size.3.xfm
index 7dbfa69..9e8bf1c 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_payload_size.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_payload_size.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		29 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 
 &line_len(6i)
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_rcv_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_rcv_msg.3.xfm
index b432f9d..6b0c40c 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_rcv_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_rcv_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		29 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_ready.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_ready.3.xfm
index 9a82010..61ea2f8 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_ready.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_ready.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_rts_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_rts_msg.3.xfm
index 830f6a6..a5251d4 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_rts_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_rts_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_send_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_send_msg.3.xfm
index 5b5a206..9d9b625 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_send_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_send_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_set_stimeout.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_set_stimeout.3.xfm
index 5550d24..b8747d2 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_set_stimeout.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_set_stimeout.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
     Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-    .im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-    .gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-    .if .ev &use_rst 1 =
-    	.im &{lib}/rst.im
-    .ei
-    	.im &{lib}/roff.im
-    .fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_set_trace.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_set_trace.3.xfm
index 2ee05ba..bb9a1f4 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_set_trace.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_set_trace.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		19 April 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_str2meid.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_str2meid.3.xfm
index 81ed6c9..1b741a4 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_str2meid.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_str2meid.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_str2xact.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_str2xact.3.xfm
index 1f14cd6..6bc40d0 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_str2xact.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_str2xact.3.xfm
@@ -25,19 +25,8 @@
 	Date		8 March 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_support.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_support.3.xfm
index b4cdd7f..29a228a 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_support.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_support.3.xfm
@@ -28,19 +28,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_torcv_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_torcv_msg.3.xfm
index 0482419..b38b9ad 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_torcv_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_torcv_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		29 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_trace_ref.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_trace_ref.3.xfm
index a5db1dd..fc3e213 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_trace_ref.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_trace_ref.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		11 July 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_tralloc_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_tralloc_msg.3.xfm
index 64a0d72..0f26cf1 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_tralloc_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_tralloc_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		19 April 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_close.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_close.3.xfm
index 3ee4b34..e122a28 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_close.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_close.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		21 February 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_open.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_open.3.xfm
index c271651..417a7de 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_open.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_open.3.xfm
@@ -24,19 +24,8 @@
 	Date		20 February 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_send_msg.3.xfm b/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_send_msg.3.xfm
index 38bf85f..460d9cb 100644
--- a/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_send_msg.3.xfm
+++ b/doc/src/man/rmr_wh_send_msg.3.xfm
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 	Date		28 January 2019
 .fi
 
-.** if formatting with tfm, the roff.im will cause roff output to be generated
-.** if formatting with pfm, then pretty postscript will be generated
 .gv e LIB lib
-.if pfm
-	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
-.ei
-	.gv e OUTPUT_RST use_rst
-	.if .ev &use_rst 1 = 
-		.im &{lib}/rst.im
-	.ei
-		.im &{lib}/roff.im
-	.fi
-.fi
+.im &{lib}/man/setup.im 
 
 &line_len(6i)
 
diff --git a/doc/src/man/setup.im b/doc/src/man/setup.im
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..546dfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/man/setup.im
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+.if false
+==================================================================================
+	Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia
+	Copyright (c) 2018-2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================================
+.fi
+
+.if false
+	Mnemonic:	setup.im
+	Abstract:	Look at environment variables and pull in the correct setup prep
+				imbed file based on the desired output type (when running tfm).
+				Obviously, when running pfm we are always generating postscirpt
+				so this isn't really doing much.
+	Date:		29 July 2019
+.fi
+
+
+.gv e LIB lib
+.if ! lib
+	.dv lib ..
+.fi
+
+.** CAUTION:  xfm comparisons are reverse polish so  "a b ="  is true if a == b.
+.if pfm
+	.im &{lib}/generic_ps.im
+.ei
+	.gv e OUTPUT_TYPE ot
+	.if "&ot" "txt" =
+		.im &{lib}/txt.im
+	.fi
+	.if "&ot" "rst" =
+		.im &{lib}/rst.im
+	.fi
+	.if "&ot" "markdown" =
+		.im &{lib}/markdown.im
+	.fi
+	.if "&ot" "troff" =
+		.im &{lib}/roff.im
+	.fi
+.fi
+.xx 0
diff --git a/doc/src/markdown.im b/doc/src/markdown.im
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f31281d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/markdown.im
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+.if false
+==================================================================================
+	Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia
+	Copyright (c) 2018-2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================================
+.fi
+
+.if false
+	Mnemonic:	markdown.im
+	Abstract:	This is a setup for a very basic generation of markdown from the few
+				macros which are designed for the RMR doc.  It is very scaled down from
+				the markdown imbed file supplied with {X}fm.
+
+	Author:		E. Scott Danils
+	Date:		26 October 2016
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+.fi
+
+
+.dh 1 m=.5i  e=no s=21 i=0 p=16 f=Helvetica-bold
+.dh 2  m=.5i s=21 i=0      p=14 f=Helvetica-bold
+.dh 3  m=.5i s=10 i=0      p=12 f=Helvetica-bold
+
+.ju on
+.hn off
+
+
+.** super sccript number for start_note macro
+.dv ss_num 1
+
+.**  these macros are common for prfm/tfm, markdown will override some
+.dv indent .ll -.5i .in +.25i
+.dv uindent .in -.25i .ll +.5i
+.dv smindent .ll -.2i .in +.1i
+.dv smuindent .in -.1i .ll +.2i
+
+.dv def_list .bd $1
+.dv end_dlist .ed
+.dv bd .bd $1
+.dv ed .ed
+
+.dv ex_start .sp .5 .ll -.25i .in +.25i .sf Courier .st ^&extextsize .fo off
+.** ex_end macro calls _must_ be placed in col 0 to cause an exit from no-format mode.
+.dv ex_end .fo on .sf ^&textfont .st ^&textsize .in -.25i .ll +.25i .sp .1
+
+.dv h1 .sp .1 .h1 $1
+.dv h2 .sp .1 .h2 $1
+.dv h3 .sp .1 .h3 $1
+.dv di .di $1 ^:
+
+.dv super .sm ^[ .sm ^&{ss_num}]
+.dv note .dv ss_num ^[ ^&ss_num 1 + ] ^: .sm ^[ .sm ^&{ss_num}]
+
+.dv start_note .cn start atend Times-roman 8p .5i
+.dv end_note .cn end
+.dv bold $1
+.dv cw $1
+.dv set_font_prop
+.dv ital $1
+.dv lic1 *
+.dv lic2 +
+
+.dv line_len .ll $1
+.dv space .sp 1
+.dv half_space .sp 1
+
+.** -----------------------------------------------
+.** not used, but might be needed if doc expanded
+.** .dv ta .br  ^.ta .br |
+.** .dv et .br ^.et .br
+.** .dv cl |
+.** .dv tr | .br ^.tr .br |
+.** .dv table_head $1
+.** .dv empty_cell &nbsp;
+.** -----------------------------------------------
+
+.dv break .sm ^`  ^` .br
+.dv br .sm ^`  ^` .br
+.ju off
+.dv image .ep ^[ .sm $2] ($3)
+
+.** no concept of a definition list in markdown; no start/end and just make the text bold to emulate
+.dv beg_dlist  .sp 1
+.dv bd  .sp 1
+.dv end_dlist .sp 1
+.dv ed .sp 1
+.dv di ^&break  **$1:**
+
+.dv beg_list .bl *
+.dv item .li
+.dv li .li
+.dv end_list .el
+
+.dv line .sp 1  ------
+
+.** leading indention is significant to markdown, so turn it off
+.in 0
+.dv indent
+.dv uindent .sp 2
+.dv smindent
+.dv smuindent .sp 2
+.dv bold ** .sm $1 .sm **
+.dv ital _ .sm $1 .sm _
+.dv h1 .sp 2 # $1 .br
+.dv h2 .sp 1 ## $1 .br
+.dv h3 .sp 1 ### $1 .br
+
+.dv ex_start .sp .5 .ll -4 .in .5i .sp 2 .fo off
+.dv ex_end .fo on .in 0i .ll +4 .sp 2
diff --git a/doc/src/txt.im b/doc/src/txt.im
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf57bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/src/txt.im
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+.if false
+==================================================================================
+	Copyright (c) 2019 Nokia
+	Copyright (c) 2018-2019 AT&T Intellectual Property.
+
+   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================================
+.fi
+
+.if false
+	Mnemonic:	txt.im
+	Abstract:	To generate raw ASCII we just need to 'disable' the macros which
+				are defined to support things like troff, markdown and rts.
+				For each of those macros, we just map to real {X}fm commandd
+				which do the right thing when generating real .txt output.
+
+	Author:		E. Scott Daniels
+	Date:		29 July 2019
+
+.fi
+
+
+.cd 1 6.5i i=0
+.in .25i
+
+.** paragraph headers
+.dv h1 .h1 $1
+.dv h2 .h2 $1
+.dv h3 .h3 $1
+.dv h4 .h4 $1
+
+.dh 1 s=2,1 i=.25i
+.dh 2 s=1,1 i=.25i
+.dh 3 s=1,0 i=.25i
+.hn off
+
+.dv fig .fi t=figure
+.dv set_font_cw
+
+.dv nf  .sp 1 ^:^: .br .ll -2 .in +2
+.dv fo  .in -2 .ll +2 .sp 1
+
+.dv indent .ll -.25i .in +.25i
+.dv uindent .in -.25i .ll +.25i
+
+.dv lic1 *
+.dv lic2 +
+.dv lic3 -
+
+.dv line_len .ll $1
+.dv space .sp 1
+.dv half_space .sp 1
+.dv beg_list .sp 1 .dv lic $1 ^:
+.dv end_list .sp 1
+
+.dv beg_dlist .sp 1 .bd $1
+.dv end_dlist .ed
+
+.** for now we allow only a single layer of defitems
+.dv di .di $1 ^:
+.dv diitem  .di $1 ^:
+.dv item .li
+
+.dv ex_start .sp 1 .ll -2 .in +2 .nf
+.dv ex_end .fo on .in -2 .ll +2 .sp 1
+
+.** fonts and font macros
+.dv ital $1
+.dv bold $1
+.dv cw $1
+.dv set_font_prop
+
+.dv table .sp 1 ^[table not supported in plain txt output]  .if false
+.dv tab_cell
+.dv tab_row
+.dv end_table .fi
+
+.ju on
+