Add script to generate man page

.gitignore

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ TODO
 .pytest_cache
 Makefile
 .venv
+**/.doctrees

docs/documentation/contributing.rst

@@ -169,3 +169,7 @@ from the source code. It must be run from the repository directory using::
     $ scripts/src2rst.py
 
 Once this is completed I can re-build the actual website using ``sphinx``.
+
+In analogy another script is used to re-build the man page::
+
+    $ scripts/gen_manpage.sh

scripts/gen_manpage.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Simple script to create the man page using sphinx
+
+# First re-create the source code documentation
+scripts/src2rst.py
+
+# Then call sphinx to rebuild the man page
+sphinx-build -b man docs misc/